A new proposal to implement a new legal system to “protect national unity” was voted down by Saudi Arabia’s 150-member Shura Council as “unnecessary,” according to reports in the Saudi Gazette.
Put forth by the Islamic and judicial committee, the proposal “implies the necessity of establishing an entire legal body to deal with one issue, which is tribalism and racism,” the Saudi Gazette reports. Several Shura members spoke out against the proposal after the vote, calling it “weak” and noting the proposal “does not really propose anything new to what our current legal system already covers.”
The Shura Council shot down a proposed unity law.
From the Saudi Gazette:
“Shoura Council member Maj. Gen. Nasser Al-Otaibi also opposed the proposal. He said: “Is our national unity truly threatened? Is our social structure truly withering? Has tribalism increased sharply lately? Is the current legal system so ineffective in establishing national unity that we need a new and external entity to take care of the problem?”
He added the country is not under threat of losing its national unity and the current systems in place are capable of controlling corruption.
