Saudi King Stepping Down for Son: Report

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Alwaght- Octogenarian Saudi King Salman plans to relinquish his throne to his abrasive son in a move shake the Al-Saud dynasty and probably herald its downfall.
The Institute for [Persian] Gulf Affairs, quoting multiple highly-placed sources in Riyadh, revealed that the ailing King Salman is on the verge of abdicate to his son, Mohamed bin Salman is the current deputy crown prince, second in-line to the throne, and defense minister.
The reports notes that King Salman, 80, has been making the rounds visiting his brothers seeking support for the move that will also remove the current crown prince and American favorite, Mohammed bin Naif from his positions as the crown prince and the minister of interior.
Insider sources say, Salman who is thought to have Alzheimer's or dementia, told his brothers that the stability of the Saudi monarchy requires a change of the succession from lateral or diagonal lines to a vertical order under which the king hands power to his most eligible son.
Since the establishment of Saudi Arabia as an absolute monarchy in 1932, the throne was handed down from the founder King AdbulAziaz to his son Saud, then to his brothers Faisal, Khald, Fahd, Abdullah, then Salman, who became king on January 23, 2015. Salman is the last son of King AbdulAziz AlSaud to rule as king of Saudi Arabia. AbdulAziz is the only man in history who served as king and fathered six kings.
The current arrangement is that the throne will go to the nephew of King Salman, interior minister Mohamed bin Naif, who has been slowly marginalized by his younger cousin and the king’s son, Mohamed bin Salman.
Salman plans to abdicate and install his son as king while he is still alive to guarantee his offspring would not be marginalized and driven out of power like all the sons of former Saudi kings who lost power and influence after the death of their fathers.
The sources did not give a specific time line for the abdication but believed the matter will be concluded within a matter of weeks. The sources said that the king is spending hundreds of millions to buy support for his decision within the ruling family.
Several months ago a senior Saudi prince launched an unprecedented call for change in the country’s leadership, as it faces its biggest challenge in years in the form of war, plummeting oil prices and criticism of its management of Hajj.
The prince, one of the grandsons of the state’s founder, Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, told the Guardian that there is disquiet among the royal family – and among the wider public – at the leadership of King Salman, who acceded the throne in January 2015 following the death of his half brother, King Abdulaziz, at the age of 90.
The prince, who was not named for security reasons, wrote two letters earlier calling for the king to be removed.
“The king is not in a stable condition and in reality the son of the king [Mohammed bin Salman] is ruling the kingdom,” the prince complained.

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