After former King of Saudi Arabia Adbullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud’ s death last week, the transfer of power appears to have passed smoothly to the new king, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. However, despite this, foreign policy experts have raised concerns that there may have been some elements of corruption at play in the most recent decision.
“ There are a lot of red flags.
” said one correspondent who declined to be identified, “ There are just too many indicators…I mean, the two [most recent] kings have had the exact same last name. We’ re concerned that we may be looking at a very deeply ingrained system of nepotism.”
Further investigation has revealed that Salman bin Abdulaziz is actually his predecessor’ s half-brother, and perhaps more alarmingly, he has already named his brother, Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, as the heir apparent. Muqrin will be followed by Salman’ s nephew, in what many etymologists have said is “ literally the definition of nepotism.
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Defenders of Salman have argued that he served as Governor of Riyadh, Second Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Defense for Saudi Arabia, but critics have dismissed these claims. “ Yes, he has an impressive resume, but at the end of the day, do you really think that’s what qualified him for the job?
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