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| Saudi king appoints new public prosecutor, new security director |
| 2017-06-18 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's King Salman ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Cutodian of the Two Holy Mosquesand Lord of Most of the Arabians.... issued several royal orders on Saturday morning including the amendment of the name of the Investigation and Public Prosecution Commission to the Public Prosecutor's Office and to be headed by the Attorney-General. King Salman named Sheikh Saud bin Abdullah bin Mubarak Attorney General, with a ministerial rank, reported the official Saudi Press Agency. The royal decree stated that the Public Prosecutor's Office is to function under the King’s authority directly to guarantee its independence and autonomy and to assign experts to review the system of the General Investigation and Prosecution Authority to propose any required amendments within 90 days. Observers believe that the royal order "came as a step towards reformation for the justice system in the Kingdom, where the Public Prosecutor office is directly linked to the King and thus will be completely independent of the executive authority." The royal orders included relieving Sheikh Mohammed bin Fahd bin Abdulrahman al-Abdullah al-Arini, head of the investigation and prosecution agency of his duties and appointing Sheikh Saud bin Abdullah bin Mubarak as a public prosecutor. The Saudi monarch also decided to end the service of General Osman bin Nasser al-Muhraj, the director of public security, and promoted Major General Saud bin Abdulaziz Hilal as director of public security. The royal orders included the appointment of Abdulhakim bin Mohammed bin Sulaiman al-Tamimi as head of the General Authority of Civil Aviation under the rank of minister and Suhail bin Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Abanmi as governor of the General Authority for Zakat and Income, with the rank of excellence. |
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