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ELECTION CHANGES LITTLE
 
MANARA  ALBRAYD SRIA AL-MUSAMI
(If it’s in the Monsoon, it’s got to be true)
 
Majlis, February 17, 5672: After the elections to the Majlis, The Monsoon asked Education Minister Mariamne al-Qassem if changes were likely, and she responded.
 

Well, not many. There are more delegates not affiliated with any faction.  This will mean that there will not be personal conduct legislation that is more restrictive.  Do feel like religious parties will be able to keep them as is by making that a condition for support on forming government.
 
My brother, the Minister for Religious Affairs, tells me our Free Radical Supper Club (FRSC) faction has support for Abdul Jabbar continuing as Chancellor.  The Majlis really wants the oligarchy’s involvement but regards the FRSC as a check on return to corruption and abuse of power.
 
But there will be some Ministry and senior official changes. The Working Institutional Group’s (WIG) Faisal Abu Saq who is Managing Director of the Cental Bank really wants to retire, and I seem to be the con census candidate to replace him. I may insist on holding either Health or Education Ministry in addition since I have unfinished safety net business with the Bedwi and am not quite ready to retire.
 
The Governing Board of the General Intelligence Service (GIS)  seems to have named a new Director since Ivrahim Duqaq is now being introduced as a member of GIS Governing Board not GIS Director.
 
And WIG’s Defense Minister Hakim al-Sabah will likely become Interior Minister while Interior Miister Salman al-Makhtoum of the Israi Values (IV) faction will go to Defense. Why? Well, al-Sabah believes the Army Chief of Staff is capably leading the reform so he is superfluous.
 
Do think we will see some initiatives toward involvement with some other nations.

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