Municipal elections and the active participation

 Will be home soon on a date with the maturity of municipal elections in the second test, which comes in the midst of a group of regional and international variables at different levels






 
In the vision assessment almost have crystallized from citizens about the experience of the previous municipal elections, which were devoted in turn the process involved in decision-making by the various categories of the Saudi society at the level of municipal councils, and strengthened at the same time a culture of institutional work group at the level of the Department of towns and villages. Came positive step that was announced last month to form a National Council to monitor the municipal elections to form a quantum leap in the participation of civil society organizations in public affairs, and 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, which inthe same time, a civilized and informed response from the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs of the desire expressed by the National Committee for Lawyers in is allowed to monitor the work of the municipal elections. In the same context, notes these days, the lack of enthusiasm remarkable in many segments of society for these elections, especially since that is associated with apathy in 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 promote 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 people to get the ballots and show this participation as a matter of national duty. I bet 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 positive aspects 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 begin in a few months. The great attention given to the previous elections at the popular and official at the same time was a true reflection of a common conviction of all the need for popular participation in decision-making and contribute to the overall national development process witnessed by the Kingdom under the steps of development and modernization, which has become the need for more urgent in light of changes The rapid developments in which we live, and also came to reflect the keen interest in driving the expansion of 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. Notwithstanding 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 interest to citizens, the national duty calls for everyone to increase attention to the election of current and push for development and advancement of their betterment and that can only be achieved conviction absolute that the march 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.