(MENAFN) Saudi writer Madawi al-Rasheed said that three recent waves of arrests reflect the paranoia of the new Saudi leadership, and suggested that that it appeared incapable of discriminating between friend and foe.
The author added in an article published on the British Middle East Eye website: "These arrest campaigns can be considered as a sign of the leadership"s sense of insecurity, repressive tactics, or a popular mobilization strategy to ensure agreement on his policies and leadership, considering his legitimacy as the heir to the throne."
The Saudi scholar went on to say "however, each campaign of arrests is targeting individuals in ways that seem to perpetuate the ongoing epic of the Saudi Game of Thrones. This in turn highlights the incapability of the Saudi leadership to focus on developing the economic vision it had presented. The arrests also reflect the evil desire to expand power through repression instead of consensus."
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