"How premature?"
"'Bout 400 years." |
| Give or take a millennia. |
There is no official plan so far to hold elections to the Shoura Council, says its chairman Dr. Saleh Bin-Humaid. "Talks about an elected council are premature as the subject has not yet been officially mooted," he said. Bin-Humaid's statement comes ahead of the proposed plan to reshuffle the 120-member consultative body, injecting new blood representing various tribes and regions of the country. The Shoura Council will be expanded to include 150 members in less than two months. There are talks that famous artists and footballers might be inducted in the body for the first time. Some say the new list that includes a number of young technocrats and retired experts is already finalized and it would be announced on April 12. |