And that’s not the only reason why this “Saudi voting announcement” is a sham. There is also no parliament, so what can women vote for? Only for local councils, half of which will still be appointed by the king. And these local councils have the power to do nothing at all.
And there are more problems: http://andreasmoser.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/women-voting-saudi-arabia/
That’s the cartoon from the September 27th edition of The Chronicle Herald (Halifax, NS). The artist is Bruce MacKinnon.
And that’s not the only reason why this “Saudi voting announcement” is a sham. There is also no parliament, so what can women vote for? Only for local councils, half of which will still be appointed by the king. And these local councils have the power to do nothing at all.
And there are more problems: http://andreasmoser.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/women-voting-saudi-arabia/
That’s the cartoon from the September 27th edition of The Chronicle Herald (Halifax, NS). The artist is Bruce MacKinnon.