Middle East Economic Survey
VOL. XLVIII
No 8
21-February-2005
Saudi Municipal Elections Mark Shift Towards Democracy
Skeptics have dismissed the municipal elections that got under way in Saudi Arabia last weekend as nothing more than window-dressing. But senior Saudis and foreign observers in the kingdom say they mark a small but significant shift towards democracy there.
Saudi Arabias municipal elections, the first of their kind in the kingdom, mark the first step in the reform process, said Saudi...
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