THE SHOURA COUNCIL HAS CONGRATULATED THE KING, CROWN PRINCE, AND ISLAMIC AND ARAB NATIONS ON THE HOLY EID ALFITR. IN ITS FIRST MEETING FOLLOWING THE EID RECESS UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF ITS CHAIRMAN SHEIKH DR. SALIH BIN ABDULLAH BIN HOMAID, THE SHOURA COUNCIL ALSO LAUDED THE GREAT EFFORTS EXERTED BY THE GOVERNMENT BODIES TO MAKE THE UMRAH AND VISITS TO MAKKAH AND MADINAH EASY AND COMFORTABLE RITUALS FOR RAMADAN AND EID WORSHIPPERS. THE COUNCIL ALSO CONGRATULATED THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, ON THE ISSUANCE OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE COMMISSION SYSTEM. CITING THE ISSUANCE OF THE SYSTEMS OF STATUTE FOR GOVERNANCE, SHOURA COUNCIL, REGIONS, AND CABINET IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE SHOURA COUNCIL SAID THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE COMMISSION SYSTEM IS A STEP FURTHER IN THE PROCESS OF POLITICAL REFORMS INITIATED BY KING ABDULLAH AND HIS CROWN PRINCE. THE COUNCIL THEN DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIVE BILLS, PROTOCOLS, REPORTS AND DRAFT AGREEMENTS.
