The appointment of an "inexperienced" person like Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdul Aziz as Saudi Arabia's national guard minister confirms that Riyadh tends to appoint "those who trust them and guarantee their allegiance and not experience," the Brookings Institution said.
Abdullah bin Bandar said that Abdullah bin Bandar was a "replica" of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, noting that the successive changes within a year of the National Guard Foundation are evidence of instability and raise questions about the ability of this institution to protect the Saudi state from opponents Inside and outside enemies.
The report said that the series of royal orders, under which the Saudi cabinet and a number of higher institutions and institutions were re-established in the kingdom, did not change the reality of power. Bin Salman remains the "decision maker" in Saudi politics.
On the other hand, the report pointed out that the recent changes did not fill the void in the position of Crown Prince, which shows that bin Salman does not want to fill this post someone belonging to the narrow circle surrounding it.
The report noted that the consequences of the recent changes must be monitored and whether they would actually result in a real shift in Saudi Arabia's "reckless" policies by taking steps such as releasing detainees and limiting abuses of power, as was the case at the Ritz-Carlton events and with the Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri and Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The report questioned Saudi Arabia's ability to attract capital to ensure the success of the 2030 Vision and to reduce reliance on government funding that negatively affects local firms.
It is noteworthy that Saudi Arabia issued on December 27 a series of royal orders under which the Cabinet was restructured and included a number of higher institutions and institutions in the Kingdom, including the Foreign and National Guard, Information and Education and the Council of Political and Security Affairs.