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Sep 27, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman appointed Prime Minister as King Salman orders a limited reshuffle of the cabinet. Quick thread on the change and what it means:
This is an usual arrangement: Saudi Arabia’s Basic Law of Governance, which serves as the kingdom’s proto-constitution, clearly states in Article 56 that “The King is the Prime Minister”. That’s why today’s royal decree labels it as “an exception to the provision” of Article 56