Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard, has approved a proposal forwarded to him by Prince Sultan bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, the General President of Youth Welfare, to elect half of the members of the Saudi Olympic Committee and sports federations all over the Kingdom. The directive also authorized the youth welfare president to appoint the chairmen of all sports federations and give the sports clubs, in their capacity as general assemblies of the sports federations, the chance to select their representatives in the boards of directors. The sports clubs representatives constitute 50 percent of the federations membership, the order explained. The directive also directed the sports authority to get in touch with the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs to benefit from its experience in holding Saudi Arabia's first municipal elections. Accordingly, an ad hoc committee will be formed under the chairmanship of Prince Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy President of Youth Welfare, to draft the executive regulations for setting up sports federations in their new shape, the directive said.
