Of Oligarchies and Fake Parliaments………..

              

“FNC proposes path for Muslim parliaments to forge Islamic entente…….. The hope is that parliamentary diplomacy could provide an alternative avenue for discussing points of contention among the 57 Muslim states in the Organisation for the Islamic Conference (OIC). Members of the Federal National Council discussed setting up a standing committee to deal with disputes on the sidelines of yesterday’s meeting of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) in the Ugandan capital….. The proposal will be discussed tomorrow in the conference’s main meeting. It is understood that several countries, including Iran, will oppose it…….. But Dr Mohammed al Mazrouei, the secretary general of the FNC said governments and parliaments had separate roles, and discussing disputes among parliamentarians did not necessarily contradict the work of the governments……. The UAE delegation is headed by Abdul Aziz al Ghurair, the FNC Speaker, who has met counterparts from Middle Eastern and African countries to discuss the plan and other issues. The UAE’s proposal was approved by the executive committee of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union in Muscat this month. The FNC distributed a document yesterday explaining the need for a committee……….. “Parliamentary diplomacy has more room for manoeuvre and can lay the groundwork for decision makers,” Dr al Mazrouei said. “One of the FNC’s roles is to defend the causes of the country in all international and regional forums. The council is very active in parliamentary diplomacy.” Hesaid the dispute over the islands was “one of [the] most important causes”……..Mohammed al Zaabi, an FNC member from Sharjah, said most members of the union favour the UAE’s position. “Iran is the strongest opponent and are lobbying against it,” he said………..”

These people, this al-Mazrouei, was never elected to anything by anyone. He is talking as if he represents a real parliament, an elected parliament. Not something appointed, an advisory council of potentates appointed by potentates. It is the same all over the Arab world.
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