Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN)—The Saudi Crown Prince, Prince Muhammad bin Salman, explained how the process of selecting the crown prince who will succeed him in this position will take place, pointing out that, for example, he cannot appoint his brother, Khalid bin Salman, to this position.
This came with a question during an interview with “The Atlantic” magazine, the text of which was: “I noticed that there is a change in the provisions of the Allegiance Council stating that following the end of the rule of the sons of Abdulaziz, at that stage, the crown prince cannot come from the same branch of the king.” The Crown Prince: “It is true, for example, that I cannot appoint Prince Khalid bin Salman as Crown Prince.”
The Crown Prince continued, “I have to choose from a different branch according to the Allegiance Council system.. You will be the last person to know regarding it. This is one of the forbidden topics that only we, the sons of the royal family, the king and I and the 34 members of the Allegiance Council know, and they will sacrifice their lives.” before they talk regarding any of these topics.
In response to a question regarding “the danger of political instability, and the danger associated with the continuation of power? Many of your advisors have told us that if the Crown Prince does not succeed, then we may witness the emergence of the Arab Islamic Emirate, and we may face a real catastrophe,” the Crown Prince replied, saying: “Undoubtedly the king’s job and mine is to ensure that it is not regarding him or me, yes we have made big changes in Saudi Arabia.. We are learning from the mistakes made by every generation, we are watching closely, we want to ensure that these mistakes are not repeated, whatever happens, whatever The projects were in Saudi Arabia, it had to go on, and the caliphate had to be peaceful and continuous, and if you look at the past 100 years, you’ll see that it was peaceful, in the second following the king’s death, the crown prince becomes the king, and a new crown prince is appointed, God bless in the age of the king.
