Attorney-Shammari: the formation of the National Council to monitor the elections is a positive step

 Described step by legal counsel announced last month to form a National Council to monitor the municipal elections, the move to the positive shift in the participation of civil society organizations in public affairs http://riy.cc/667615

He played an active role towards the consecration customs and political control in the electoral process and the application of the highest electoral standards in order to achieve transparency and integrity, a response to a civilized and informed by the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs of the desire expressed by the National Committee for lawyers to allow them to monitor the work of the municipal elections.The lawyer said writer-Shammari told «Riyadh» notes these days, the lack of enthusiasm remarkable in many segments of society for these elections, especially that associated with the beginning of the media coverage of the event, which requires all local media to highlight the importance of and work to raise awareness of the election among the citizens and a culture of election by launching awareness campaigns aimed at achieving a comprehensive response to conscious and responsible for the municipal elections, motivate and encourage citizens to get a show of voting cards and such participation as a matter of national duty.


He said the lawyer-Shammari: wager a lot on the lack of success of past experience and its role in promoting the reality service and participation in the formulation and decision-making and here should the officials and specialists and the media contribute to the development of that past experience Bmyatea and positives under study and demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses which


The owner of that experience in order to improve and develop the second experiment, which will start within a few months. He said that the great attention given to the previous elections at the grassroots level and at the same time the official came true reflection of the common conviction of all the need of popular participation in decision-making and contribute to the development process


Comprehensive national witnessed by the Kingdom in the steps of development and modernization, which has become necessary and more urgent in light of the changes and rapid developments in which we live and came to attention as well as to reflect the leadership's keenness to expand popular participation in the light of the growing awareness among the citizens who have no doubt the ability to


Take responsibility and are competent in the management and development of their own affairs.


He said, adding that regardless of what the conclusion of the previous elections in terms of results, especially in terms of the effectiveness of municipal councils and submitted additions to the work of the service and the institutional concerns of citizens, the national duty calls for everyone to increase interest in elections, the current push for development and advancement of their betterment and that can only be achieved conviction absolute that the process of development and modernization led by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz must be enhanced by moves towards a culture of participation and the positive duty of every citizen and start from reality and developed to build the future of the homeland and the citizen.