.- Riyadh Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, threw wallet again to quell any signs of social discontent and announced today a millionaire plan and job assistance, including 60,000 new jobs in the Ministry of Interior. The royal decrees were announced on state television. Two speakers were responsible for almost 45 minutes to read the rules adopted after a brief message of the monarch in which he appeals to keep the unity of the country.
The measures, which include increasing the minimum wage, employee assistance and funding for medical centers and mosques, were announced days after the tentative signs of protest arose in this absolute monarchy, the heat of the rebellion that has been in Tunisia Egypt and has spread throughout the region.
The official decisions are linked with social, religious, health and safety. Although it had been speculated the possibility that the king announced a cabinet reshuffle, it was announced at this time. Among the decrees passed a minimum wage set at 3,000 rials (800 dollars), two months salary for public employees or an attendance of 2,000 rials (533 dollars) for those seeking employment.
Also announced the creation of an agency to fight corruption and would respond directly to the king, and the creation of 500 jobs at the Ministry of Trade and Industry to prevent price manipulation and punish the corrupt. In terms of security, a royal decree announced the creation of 60,000 jobs in the Ministry of Interior and measures to promote police officers in the Armed Forces.
It was also announced which will be allocated 250,000 million rials (66 million dollars) for housing and 160,000 billion rials (42 million) to expand health facilities in various parts of the country. The royal decrees also neglected the spirit of the citizens of this country, which annually receives millions of pilgrims visiting Mecca and other holy places.
The monarch spent 500 million rials (133 million dollars) to restore mosques throughout the kingdom, and the same amount for Koranic schools and offices of spiritual guides. Also, another 200 million rials (53 million) will be devoted to the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, known as the Saudi religious police or Mutawa.
In a previous post, a few minutes, praised the Saudi king appeals for the ulema against the division of people "and also the work of the" brave men and military sectors of the security forces "responsible for protecting the country . "Let me speak to the ulema, who have preferred the word of God against the voice of those calling for separation and discord, and intellectuals who have been against the enemies of religion and the homeland," the monarch.
This is the second package of economic-social assistance to announce the king. The Feb. 23 announced an attendance of about 37,000 million dollars to the most needy, to return home after three months abroad to have surgery in New York for a herniated disc. And last Wednesday, the Labor Ministry announced unemployment benefits as part of the measures ordered by King Abdullah to help the needy.
These actions occur because of fears that Saudi Arabia, the world's largest exporter of oil, reproduce popular uprisings that have ended regimes Zine el Abidine ben Ali and Hosni Mubarak. On Friday, police stepped up security around the headquarters of the Interior Ministry in central Riyadh, for fear that protests were organized. 
The measures, which include increasing the minimum wage, employee assistance and funding for medical centers and mosques, were announced days after the tentative signs of protest arose in this absolute monarchy, the heat of the rebellion that has been in Tunisia Egypt and has spread throughout the region.
The official decisions are linked with social, religious, health and safety. Although it had been speculated the possibility that the king announced a cabinet reshuffle, it was announced at this time. Among the decrees passed a minimum wage set at 3,000 rials (800 dollars), two months salary for public employees or an attendance of 2,000 rials (533 dollars) for those seeking employment.
Also announced the creation of an agency to fight corruption and would respond directly to the king, and the creation of 500 jobs at the Ministry of Trade and Industry to prevent price manipulation and punish the corrupt. In terms of security, a royal decree announced the creation of 60,000 jobs in the Ministry of Interior and measures to promote police officers in the Armed Forces.
It was also announced which will be allocated 250,000 million rials (66 million dollars) for housing and 160,000 billion rials (42 million) to expand health facilities in various parts of the country. The royal decrees also neglected the spirit of the citizens of this country, which annually receives millions of pilgrims visiting Mecca and other holy places.
The monarch spent 500 million rials (133 million dollars) to restore mosques throughout the kingdom, and the same amount for Koranic schools and offices of spiritual guides. Also, another 200 million rials (53 million) will be devoted to the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, known as the Saudi religious police or Mutawa.
In a previous post, a few minutes, praised the Saudi king appeals for the ulema against the division of people "and also the work of the" brave men and military sectors of the security forces "responsible for protecting the country . "Let me speak to the ulema, who have preferred the word of God against the voice of those calling for separation and discord, and intellectuals who have been against the enemies of religion and the homeland," the monarch.
This is the second package of economic-social assistance to announce the king. The Feb. 23 announced an attendance of about 37,000 million dollars to the most needy, to return home after three months abroad to have surgery in New York for a herniated disc. And last Wednesday, the Labor Ministry announced unemployment benefits as part of the measures ordered by King Abdullah to help the needy.
These actions occur because of fears that Saudi Arabia, the world's largest exporter of oil, reproduce popular uprisings that have ended regimes Zine el Abidine ben Ali and Hosni Mubarak. On Friday, police stepped up security around the headquarters of the Interior Ministry in central Riyadh, for fear that protests were organized.
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