Saudi prince urges his uncles to seize power

SANAA, May 22 (YPA) –A dissident Saudi prince demanded his uncles to overthrow of King Salman and to seize power in the country.

In an interview with “Middle East Eye,” Prince Khaled bin Farhan said that the damage being done to the Saudi royal family and the kingdom by Salman’s “irrational, erratic and stupid” rule had gone beyond the point of no-return.

“If Ahmed and Muqrin were to unite ranks then “99 percent of the members of the royal family, the security services, and the army would stand behind them”, he added.

Prince Khaled, who was given political asylum in Germany in 2013, is a distant member of the Saudi royal family. But Riyadh is sensitive to any member breaking ranks, however distant he may be to the line of succession, and has tried to lure him back.

The prince said that recent statements by Mamduh bin Abdulaziz, one of the eldest surviving brothers of King Salman, indicated wider resentment within the family as a whole.

“There is so much anger within the royal family,” Prince Khaled said, “I took this information and appeal to my uncles Ahmed and Muqrin, who are the sons of Abdulaziz and are highly educated, well versed and able to change things for the better. I can say that we are all behind them and support them.”

Prince Khaled said that he had received a large number of emails from people within the police and army in support of his call. “I perceived from them that they are appealing, rather than demanding, to Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz to take an initiative to change the current situation.”

E.M