Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister, and Defense Minister, Muhammad bin Salman, said Saudi Arabia as a complete Kingdom does not mean that the King can wake up tomorrow and do whatever he wishes, there are clearly three powers.
In an interview with Atlantic magazine, the Crown Prince explained that there are many attractive ideas, such as democracy, and the constitutional monarchy, but they depend on the environment, method and background.
Democracy in America is wonderful, it has resulted in the largest GDP in the world, a great country, and many great things in the world, but it was designed to accommodate the circumstance you were in from taking out the British to uniting America, so you designed your political system accordingly. and your social beliefs in a way that supports America, and then you progressed, and if you look at America 100 years ago, for example, you will find the prevailing social beliefs at that time ridiculous! Even for us in Saudi Arabia, it's ridiculous, so it has progressed.
However, Saudi Arabia's status as an absolute monarchy does not mean that the King can wake up tomorrow and do whatever he likes. The basic system of government clearly states that three powers govern the country.
The executive authority is led by the King, who is also the Prime Minister. He does not lead the other two judicial and regulatory authorities, but appoints them. This is an example of how to make a decision.
Women were supposed to be allowed to drive since 2015, but we could not do that before 2017, and that illustrates how we work according to the laws, according to the basic system of government, and in front of the people, but if we run the country's affairs randomly, like a tent, then the entire economy will crumble, and no one will invest in Saudi Arabia, and the Saudis will not trust us, we cannot make decisions randomly, that was Gaddafi's way.
As the Prince continued, "The Saudi royal family came 600 years ago, as a ruling family, where they established the Saudi state 300 years ago, then it collapsed for 7 years, came back again, collapsed for 10 years, and From the lessons, and our development, as the system evolved, and with every new generation that comes, it also comes based on these 3 powers, and whenever a new king or crown prince comes, they do not try to undermine these powers, because this is the strength of Saudi Arabia.
- The Saudi crown prince added that "this is what makes Saudi Arabia a country in the Group of Twenty, as it possesses 12% of oil needs, the second largest proven oil reserves in the world, as well as two of the largest sovereign funds in the world, and what made it so is that every generation comes, builds on it, and invests in it." And the Americans have done so for nearly 300 years."
