Global Direct Democracy

DirectDemocracyS

The political, economic, financial, and social program

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

A comprehensive critical analysis and roadmap for democratic transition

June 2026

Published under the DirectDemocracyS (DDS) global framework

Introduction: A message from DirectDemocracyS to the people of Saudi Arabia

Dear Saudi citizens, dear residents of this ancient land,

This program is brought to you by DirectDemocracyS (DDS), a global political system built on the firm foundations of genuine direct democracy, inalienable collective ownership, shared leadership, and respect for the will of the people. We firmly believe that the wealth and decision-making power of every country must forever remain, and exclusively, in the hands of its people.

We are not here to impose a Western or Eastern model, nor to erase your identity, heritage, noble Islam, and authentic Arab culture. We are here to provide tools and mechanisms that empower every citizen and resident to actively participate in shaping their future and the future of their children, in a peaceful, intelligent, safe, and gradual manner.

We categorically reject any form of violence, coup, or chaos. True and lasting change is not built by force, but by awareness, organization, and the collective will of the people.

Chapter One: A Critical Analysis of the Current Reality in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

1.1 The political system: absolute monarchy and the absence of popular representation

Since its founding in 1932, Saudi Arabia has been ruled by the Al Saud family under an absolute monarchy with no genuine national legislative elections, no licensed political parties, and no constitutionally guaranteed rights to freedom of expression or assembly. This makes it one of the most centralized systems of power in the world.

The system is officially based on the provisions of Islamic law, but the practical interpretation of these provisions is almost entirely subject to the will of the ruling family, which often makes religion a tool to justify power rather than a constraint on it.

Since Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman assumed de facto power in 2017, the kingdom has witnessed what has been described as "reform": allowing women to drive, opening entertainment venues, and partially amending the guardianship system. However, these reforms were imposed from the top down, granted by the authorities rather than being earned by the people, and were accompanied by an unprecedented wave of systematic repression of any dissenting voice.

Documented evidence and facts:

• In 2025, the Kingdom carried out at least 300 executions, including the execution of journalist Turki al-Jasser in June 2025, while human rights organizations point to the use of the death penalty as a tool to silence peaceful dissent.
• Women’s rights activists, such as Manal al-Wateibi, remain behind bars for their peaceful expression on social media, while those released face strict restrictions such as long-term travel bans.
• The counter-terrorism and cybercrime system allows for the prosecution of anyone on vague charges for criticizing the government online, and decades-long prison sentences have been handed down for tweets.
• The male guardianship system still restricts women's freedom to travel outside the kingdom and to make essential decisions without the permission of their male guardian.
• The giant NEOM projects have led to the forced displacement of the Huwaitat tribe from their ancestral lands, and those who protested among them have been sentenced to death or imprisonment for decades.
• The media is severely restricted, there is no truly independent press inside, and bloggers and digital activists face arrest and prosecution.

1.2 The Economy: Oil Wealth and the Diversification Crisis

Saudi Arabia possesses the world's second-largest proven oil reserves and is the world's largest oil exporter. However, the national economy remains hostage to one variable: the price of crude oil. When it rises, money flows and budgets flourish; when it falls, deep structural vulnerabilities are exposed.

Mohammed bin Salman launched Vision 2030 as a roadmap for economic diversification and reducing dependence on oil. By 2026, the vision had entered its third and final implementation phase. The reality is more complex: some indicators, such as the increased employment rate of Saudis and the growth of non-oil sectors, have been met or even exceeded. However, projects like NEOM and the Red Sea Project have experienced sharp budget cuts and timeline extensions, in addition to the general budget being based on an oil price breakeven point of around $80-90 per barrel, while actual prices have fluctuated below that.

Fundamental structural problems:

• Concentration of wealth: The state-owned Public Investment Fund (PIF) controls assets estimated at more than $700 billion, with almost no transparency or public oversight of how this national wealth is directed.
• Rentierism and structural unemployment: A large segment of Saudis have become accustomed to guaranteed government jobs and government support, resulting in a dual-character labor market: a bloated government sector that includes Saudis, and a private sector that relies heavily on cheap foreign labor.
• Exploitation of migrant workers: Millions of foreign workers suffer from sponsorship, forced labor, wage theft and destructive working conditions. Amnesty International has documented the exploitation of migrant workers in the construction of the Riyadh Metro and other major projects.
• The absence of direct popular taxes: The state collects its revenues mainly from oil rents and value-added tax (15%), with the absence of a progressive income tax, which reinforces the citizen’s feeling that he is a beneficiary, not a partner.
• Financial fragility: The International Monetary Fund estimates that the Kingdom needs an oil price exceeding $80 per barrel to balance its budget, and resorts to borrowing and the savings of the Public Investment Fund to finance the deficit during periods of low prices.

1.3 Social situation: Tensions beneath the surface of apparent calm

Saudi Arabia is home to approximately 36 million people, of whom about 40% are non-Saudis. The population is remarkably young: over 70% are over thirty years old. This new generation—educated, connected to the digital world, and imbued with the aspirations and demands of the modern age—finds itself facing a rigid set of political and social boundaries.

Key social challenges:

• Lack of political rights: There are no political parties, no elected parliament, and no freedom of expression within safe limits. Those who speak out against dissent pay a heavy price.
• The women's issue: Despite partial reforms, women remain restricted by the male guardianship system in essential aspects, and women's rights activists pay the price for their struggle with imprisonment, travel bans, and deprivation.
• Religious and sectarian minorities: Members of the Shiite sect, many of whom are in the oil-rich Eastern Province, are subjected to systematic discrimination in employment, religious practice, and political representation.
• Lack of freedom of worship: Conversion from Islam or the public practice of religious rites by non-Muslims is criminalized, and there is no official religious freedom for minorities.
• Transparency and corruption: Despite anti-corruption campaigns such as the 2017 Ritz-Carlton detentions, the standards for distributing wealth and contracts remain opaque and subject to favoritism.
• Mental health and personal freedoms: The climate of fear, constant surveillance, and mandatory submission to strict social standards creates enormous psychological pressure on a wide segment of Saudi youth.

 

Chapter Two: DirectDemocracyS' Vision for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2.1 Fundamental Non-Negotiable Principles

The DirectDemocracyS program stems from firm, uncompromising convictions:

• The wealth of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — its oil, gas, land, minerals and human minds — belongs exclusively to the people of the Kingdom, and not to a family, elite, party or multinational corporation.
• Political power, oversight, and accountability emanate from the people and belong to them alone. This fact does not contradict Islam, but rather is consistent with the principle of consultation in its highest manifestations.
• Islamic identity, Arab culture, local heritage, and tribal and sectarian diversity represent an indispensable civilizational asset that must be preserved, strengthened, and developed, not erased or marginalized.
• Change must be peaceful, gradual, conscious, organized, and from the grassroots upwards. No coups, no chaos, no bloodshed.
• Full transparency, accurate and impartial information, and free and responsible dialogue are the only weapons in the path to liberation.

2.2 The Fractal Micro-Groups Model: Building Democracy from the Ground Up

The fundamental organizational pillar of DirectDemocracyS is the fractional micro-group. The idea is simple in principle, yet profound in its impact:

Each group begins with five people who know and trust each other. This group of five is the basic unit of direct democracy. As it matures, each member branches out to form their own new group, resulting in five groups (25 people), then 125, then 625, then thousands, then millions—through natural fractional growth.

Applying the model in the Saudi context:

• In cities: groups of neighbors, colleagues, students, or residents of the same neighborhood. In Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Mecca, Medina, and every city and village.
• In rural areas and tribes: Groups are formed on the basis of tribal or regional affiliation, with full respect for hierarchy and tribal identity, employed to serve the people, not to fragment them.
• Among foreign workers: Migrant workers form their own groups connected to the global DDS network, to defend their rights with an organized voice.
• Among Saudi women: Under current social restrictions, women’s groups are finding their safe space through DDS’s protected digital platforms to build their awareness and organizational strength.

Key significance: These groups, in their formative stages, do not require government authorization, nor do they declare themselves in opposition to the state. They are educational, consultative, and organizational circles, operating gradually within available spaces until they reach a level of density and reach that makes them a popular force that cannot be ignored.

 

Chapter Three: The Political Program — From Absolute Monarchy to Popular Partnership

3.1 Diagnosis: The gap between legitimacy and authority

The true legitimacy of any regime stems from three sources: genuine service to the people, authentic representation of their will, and accountability and transparency. In Saudi Arabia, legitimacy still rests on a different triad: religion, distributed oil wealth, and selective repression. This equation is inherently fragile: when oil prices decline, legitimacy erodes, and when repression intensifies, latent anger accumulates.

3.2 The gradual path towards participatory democracy

Phase 1 (1-3 years): Building awareness and grassroots organization

• Launching the DDS platform in Arabic with an improved interface for Gulf users, while ensuring privacy protection and non-trackability.
• Establishing the first micro-groups in major cities, universities and professional circles, with leadership training on DDS principles and democratic dialogue tools.
• Producing educational content in Arabic that explains the principles of direct democracy in light of Islamic values and the principle of consultative agreement.
• Activating ddsAI in Arabic to provide objective and impartial information about the political, economic and social conditions in the Kingdom, away from official media misinformation.

Phase Two (3-7 years): Expansion and peaceful pressure

• The network expanded through the fractional growth of micro-groups to cover all regions of the Kingdom.
• Organized public pressure — through petitions, statements and well-planned awareness campaigns — towards specific and verifiable reforms: judicial independence, the election of truly representative local councils, and explicit legislation for freedom of expression.
• Networking with Saudi civil society abroad and international human rights organizations, and transforming international pressure from external rhetoric into support for credible internal demands.

Phase Three (7-15 years): Institutional Transformation

• The transition towards a genuine constitutional monarchy with executive powers for the elected government, similar to the successful models in Scandinavian Europe that combine stability and popular participation.
• Establishing an elected national parliament with real legislative powers and the right to constitutional oversight of the executive branch.
• Electing an independent Supreme Council for Combating Corruption with real powers and not subject to the executive authority.
• Establishing an independent national institution for the wealth of generations, managed with transparency and popular participation, embodies the principle that natural wealth belongs to the whole people, not just the state.

3.3 allddsAI System: Democracy Protected from Manipulation

One of the greatest challenges to democracy in our time is media and digital manipulation: fake news, bias algorithms, and systematic disinformation campaigns. The allddsAI system addresses this challenge with a rigorous scientific methodology.

• A network of independent artificial intelligence provides citizens with reliable and impartial information on the issues they vote on.
• There is no commercial or political bias algorithm: information is presented as is, with its sources, and with multiple points of view.
• The platform is designed to counter media brainwashing tactics and protect against external influences on the democratic process.
• In the Saudi context: allddsAI allows Saudi citizens, for the first time, access to reliable information on issues that are prohibited from being discussed publicly, in a protected and secure space.

A concrete example: When the Micro-DDS group in Riyadh raises the issue of distributing oil revenues, allddsAI provides it with accurate figures on the size of production, revenues and government spending, compared to global models such as Norway and Alaska, so that members can make their decisions with full awareness, not ignorance or fear.

 

Chapter Four: The Economic Program — The Earth's Wealth for the People of the Earth

4.1 Restructuring Natural Resource Ownership

Oil and gas do not belong to the Al Saud family, nor to the Public Investment Fund as an unchecked state entity. They are a national resource owned by 30 million citizens and 10 million residents who build this nation through their hard work. The DDS program proposes the creation of:

Saudi People's Wealth Fund (SVWF)

A new, fully transparent sovereign wealth fund, managed by a popularly elected board of directors and directly monitored and held accountable by citizens, dedicated to three objectives:

• A guaranteed annual share for every adult Saudi citizen from the proceeds of natural resources (similar to the Alaska Permanent Fund that distributed thousands of dollars annually to every Alaskan citizen).
• Strategic investments in education, health, infrastructure and economic diversification according to priorities determined by micro-groups, not by a centralized individual decision.
• Future Generations Reserve: A minimum of 20% of natural resource revenues is reserved for future generations who will one day find no oil.

A concrete example: the Norwegian model and beyond.

Norway established its sovereign wealth fund in 1990, and today it is the world's largest, with assets exceeding $1.6 trillion. It finances a third of the government budget and ensures a standard of living for all citizens. However, the Norwegian model remains top-down in its management; the DDS model goes further: the people decide how these funds are invested through mechanisms of direct democracy.

4.2 Economic Diversification: A Popular Roadmap

Technology and Digital Economy Sector

Saudi Arabia possesses exceptional qualities to become a regional technology hub: an educated youth population, advanced digital infrastructure, a strategic geographic location, and substantial financial reserves. DDS suggests:

• Establishing one hundred technology incubators in all regions of the Kingdom, funded by the People’s Fund and managed with community participation through local DDS micro-groups.
• A national program to transform every university graduate into a creator or producer, not just a government job seeker, with a social safety net that allows them to embark on the adventure of entrepreneurship without existential risk.
• Attracting global technology companies with new conditions: participating in capital with the Saudi Public Fund, and a real transfer of knowledge, not just operating offices.

Agriculture and Food Security Sector

The Kingdom relies on imports for approximately 80% of its food needs. This strategic vulnerability will be exacerbated by the increasing severity of climate change. DDS Map:

• Heavy investment in vertical, protected, and hydroponic farming technologies, as well as water desalination and treatment, enables abundant food production even in arid environments.
• Establishing popularly owned agricultural cooperatives in arable areas (especially the southwestern region) allows for gradual self-sufficiency and provides real job opportunities in the agricultural sector.

Renewable energy: From oil king to clean energy pioneer

Saudi Arabia possesses some of the world's most abundant solar radiation and vast expanses of desert. With the gradual decline of the oil era, the Kingdom has a historic opportunity to transform from the world's largest supplier of fossil fuels to the world's largest supplier of clean energy.

• Solar Sovereignty Project: A massive $100 billion investment from the People's Fund over ten years in solar and wind power plants and green hydrogen production.
• Switching the entire domestic electricity grid to renewable energy by 60% by 2035 will save citizens billions of dollars annually on their electricity bills.
• Exporting green hydrogen to Europe and Asia as an alternative and sustainable source of income that guarantees revenues for future generations even after the oil runs out.

4.3 Labor market reform: The end of sponsorship and modern slavery

The sponsorship system is one of the most egregious violations of human rights in modern times. It ties a migrant worker's residency status to a single employer, effectively making the worker the property of the employer rather than a citizen of a state governed by the rule of law. DDS Scheme:

• The complete and final abolition of the sponsorship system and the transition to a flexible work visa system linked to the sector, not the employer, which allows the worker to change employers freely and eliminates the source of structural exploitation.
• A unified minimum wage that is reviewed annually by a collective decision of workers’ representatives, employers’ representatives and the community, not by a unilateral government decision.
• Genuine independent trade unions for all sectors — for citizens and foreigners — with the right to collective bargaining and peaceful strike.
• Fast and independent labor courts that consider cases of exploitation, wage theft and violations in maximum periods of three months, not years.

 

Chapter Five: The Financial Program — Managing the Nation's Wealth in the Hands of the Nation

5.1 Full financial transparency: The first and most important requirement

In Saudi Arabia today, the average citizen doesn't know how their oil revenues are spent, how the Public Investment Fund's investments are directed, or what the difference is between the state budget and the ruling family's wealth. This opacity isn't an administrative failing; it's a deliberate policy to maintain control.

The DDS program requires:

• Publishing the complete and detailed public accounts of all state revenues and expenditures on an open digital platform accessible to every citizen, in real time.
• A complete separation between public funds and the private funds of the ruling family, with an independent annual international audit.
• Ending secret government contracts and publishing every contract exceeding one million riyals on the DDS public platform for public review.

5.2 Fair Taxation: From Rentierism to Economic Citizenship

The current tax system relies heavily on value-added tax (VAT) (15%), which disproportionately burdens low-income earners, while there is no truly progressive income tax to distribute the burden fairly. DDS alternative:

• A progressive income tax: zero on the lowest incomes, gradually increasing to 35% on incomes exceeding one million riyals per month. This system distributes wealth without harming individual initiative.
• The value-added tax (VAT) will be reduced to 5% on basic goods, food and medicine, while remaining at 15% for luxury goods.
• A wealth accumulation tax on idle real estate assets exceeding 50 million riyals, to combat land monopoly and reduce housing prices.
• Full exemption from income tax for small and medium-sized enterprises during the first five years of their establishment, to encourage entrepreneurship.

5.3 Non-transferable collective ownership (NTCO) in the Saudi context

The NTCO principle in DDS simply means: National strategic assets—natural resources, vital infrastructure, and essential utility services—remain collectively owned by the people and are not to be sold or privatized to private or foreign entities. A Saudi application:

• Saudi Aramco: At least 80% of its ownership belongs to the citizens through a democratically managed public trust fund. The state's share is managed with complete transparency. Profits go to the people, not the ruling family.
• Water, electricity and public transport networks: are run as public services at cost-effective prices, not for profit, while ensuring universal access for all citizens.
• Public lands: Government lands are not sold to private developers; instead, they are developed according to popularly approved development plans.

 

Chapter Six: The Social Program — Human Dignity First

6.1 Fundamental Human Rights: From Exception to Rule

The DDS presents fundamental human rights not as an imported Western demand, but as a natural extension of authentic Islamic and Arab values: justice, consultation, human dignity, integrity, and the prevention of injustice. In practice:

• Abolish the death penalty for all crimes except those legally warranted by strict judicial standards and procedures that ensure that no innocent person is executed, while imposing an immediate moratorium on executions until the judicial system is reformed.
• Repeal the broad cybercrime and counter-terrorism laws used to criminalize opinion, and limit criminalization to actual incitement to violence and terrorism.
• The immediate release of all prisoners of conscience, the annulment of their sentences, and their compensation, which embodies institutionalized justice, not just individual mercy.
• Abolish the male guardianship system completely and establish full legal equality between men and women before the law in all aspects of life.

6.2 Protecting Diversity: Minorities, Regions, and Religions

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia encompasses a rich human diversity: Shia, Sunni, Sufi, numerous tribes, and regions with deeply rooted cultural identities. The DDS program is based on:

• Full equality in civil, political and religious rights among all citizens regardless of their sect, region, gender or origin.
• Freedom of religious practice for all residents — Muslims and non-Muslims — within the bounds of public order, with respect for prevailing Islamic values.
• Decentralized development: State resources are distributed fairly across all regions, not concentrated only in Riyadh, Jeddah and the Eastern Province.
• Ending sectarian-based employment discrimination, particularly in energy companies and security agencies from which the Shiite minority is excluded.

6.3 Education Reform: From Rote Learning to Critical Thinking

The current education system in the Kingdom suffers from two main problems: rote learning instead of critical thinking, and an excessive focus on religious education at the expense of science, technology, and innovation. DDS Scheme:

• Developing curricula that balance sound religious grounding with critical thinking, science, technology, and life skills.
• Free and compulsory education from kindergarten to high school, and comprehensive university scholarships for outstanding students from low-income families.
• Automating individualized learning via tdsAI: Each student receives a personalized learning path according to their abilities and interests, with immediate feedback.
• Including the subject of “Democracy and Civic Participation” in school curricula from the fourth grade of primary school, in age-appropriate language that reinforces the values of participation and collective responsibility.

6.4 Health: From political privilege to guaranteed right

The current health system provides relatively decent services, but it relies on discretionary government spending rather than a legally guaranteed right, and suffers from severe disparities between urban and rural areas. DDS proposals:

• Legislation guaranteeing the right to universal healthcare is an inalienable constitutional right that obligates the state and does not leave the matter to its discretion.
• Expanding the primary health network to cover all neighborhoods and villages with primary care centers within a 15-minute walk of every home.
• A national program to combat obesity and diabetes, which are creating a real health crisis in the Kingdom, through interventions in the food environment, awareness and physical activity.
• Mental health: Breaking the social stigma and providing free mental health support services in all primary health centers, with special programs for young people.

 

Chapter Seven: DDS Technologies — The Digital Democratic Revolution

7.1 The DDS Platform: The Digital Backbone of Democracy

The DirectDemocracyS platform represents the digital infrastructure that enables the large-scale implementation of direct democracy. Its key features in the Saudi context are:

• The three-digit identity system: The platform allows citizens to register using a three-code system that proves their identity without revealing their name to any government agency, thus ensuring security in environments with political repression.
• Secure voting: A digital, encrypted vote that cannot be forged, manipulated, or have an individual's vote verified by any third party.
• Popular discussion of issues: Any citizen who raises an issue or proposal is first discussed in the micro-group, then it escalates to larger groups according to importance and consensus.
• Full Arabic language support: Interface, content and technical support are available in Modern Standard Arabic and Gulf dialects.

7.2 ddsAI: The neutral advisor for every citizen

Every Saudi citizen registered on the DDS platform receives free access to ddsAI, an artificial intelligence system designed on the principles of complete neutrality and reliable information:

• It answers questions of politics, economics and legislation with reliable information from multiple sources, citing sources and multiple viewpoints.
• It analyzes policy proposals and shows their expected outcomes based on objective data and comparative experiences from other countries.
• It monitors misinformation and alerts the user when they are exposed to misleading or incomplete information.
• It helps microgroups formulate their proposals accurately and workably before putting them to a vote.

A concrete example: A micro group in Jeddah is discussing a solar power plant project in their neighborhood, asking ddsAI about costs, benefits, and comparisons with similar projects in the UAE and Morocco — he answers them with accurate figures and reliable sources in two minutes.

7.3 GUMI-SV System: AI Universal Basic Income

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and the decline of traditional job opportunities, the GUMI-SV (Universal Basic Income linked to social value) system is being proposed as a DDS solution to ensure human dignity in the age of automation:

• Every adult Saudi citizen receives a basic monthly income that covers essential needs, funded by natural resource revenues and industrial automation taxes.
• Income is not contingent on employment, but is stimulated by participation in activities of social value: education, volunteering, family care, and community work.
• In the Saudi case: It enables women to achieve financial independence, allows young people to pursue their education or projects without immediate economic pressure, and reduces the gap between the rich and those with limited income.

 

Chapter Eight: The Executive Roadmap — From Dream to Reality

8.1 Zero Stage: Establishment (First Months)

Every great transformation begins with a first step. In the Saudi context, DDS's first step is:

• Forming the first micro group of 5 conscious Saudi citizens in any city (without the need for an official announcement or registration), starting with studying the principles of DDS and honestly discussing reality.
• Registration on the DDS platform using the secure triple identity system.
• Using ddsAI to gather reliable information and informed political formation.
• Contact the DDS global network for support and guidance.

8.2 First stage: Growth (1-5 years)

• Fractional growth of micro-groups: from one group to one hundred to one thousand to tens of thousands through organic diffusion and continuous sensitization.
• Building a database of popular demands and priorities from the bottom up, through secure digital voting on the platform.
• Organized peaceful pressure towards specific reforms: Freedom of Information Act, fair municipal elections, independent judiciary.
• Building partnerships with enlightened religious figures who see consultation as an authentic Islamic principle, not a threat to the religion.

8.3 Second stage: Transition (5-15 years)

• With the organizers' base reaching millions, popular demands are turning into a political force that cannot be ignored even by the most authoritarian regimes.
• Negotiating from a position of popular power towards genuine constitutional reforms: constitutional monarchy, elected parliament, independent judiciary, free press.
• Gradually transforming the public investment fund into a people's wealth fund with an elected board of directors and community oversight.

8.4 Expected obstacles and how to overcome them

The first obstacle: security repression

Response: The three-factor authentication system and full encryption on the DDS platform make it difficult to identify members. Activity begins in the educational and cultural sphere before the political one, thus reducing the legal grounds for prosecution.

The second obstacle: electronic censorship

Response: The DDS platform is designed to work across blocking circumvention technologies (VPN, Tor, decentralized network), with multiple mirror copies around the world.

The third obstacle: the discourse of "Western intellectual invasion"

Response: DDS does not have a Western agenda. Its philosophy intersects with the Islamic principle of Shura according to its deepest interpretations, and the established principle that wealth and power should remain with the people is an authentic Islamic Qur'anic principle.

The fourth obstacle: the acceptance of the status quo by some citizens

Response: DDS is not forced. It provides tools and information, and those who choose to participate do so of their own free will. Gradually, as people see the benefits of active participation in decisions that affect their daily lives, participation naturally increases.

 

Chapter Nine: Foreign Policy and International Relations

9.1 From Royal Diplomacy to People's Diplomacy

Saudi foreign policy is currently managed by the Al Saud family with almost complete disregard for public opinion. Wars and policies are waged in the name of the Kingdom without consulting its citizens. DDS establishes the principle that foreign policy must be based on public consultation on major issues.

• Any military alliance or armed intervention requires a popular mandate through a direct referendum on the DDS platform.
• Strategic economic partnerships are subject to public review through representatives of micro-groups specializing in the economy.
• The Kingdom adheres to international humanitarian law and international human rights standards as a popular commitment, not a royal grant.

9.2 Yemen File: Moral Responsibility and a Dignified Exit

The war in Yemen has led to a horrific humanitarian catastrophe for which the Kingdom bears a significant share of the responsibility. The DDS program offers a path out:

• An immediate halt to all airstrikes and the opening of full and unconditional humanitarian corridors.
• Negotiating a comprehensive political settlement that involves all parties to the Yemeni conflict through neutral international mediation.
• Allocating 5% of Saudi oil revenues for 10 years to rebuild Yemen as moral compensation.
• This decision will be presented to the Saudi people for a vote, so that it will be a popular decision, not a royal one.

 

Chapter Ten: Expected Results and Desired Future

10.1 Over a ten-year horizon

If the DDS process were to begin in Saudi Arabia today, comparative models and data-driven projections suggest that ten years of organized and honest work could lead to:

• A network of micro-groups comprising between 5 and 10 million citizens and residents, representing an organized popular force that cannot be ignored.
• Constitutional reforms that restrict absolute power and establish effective accountability mechanisms, whether through the voluntary acceptance of the ruling family or through organized, peaceful street pressure.
• A transparent public wealth fund that redistributes a portion of oil revenues directly to citizens, bringing about a qualitative shift in the standard of living.
• A more diversified economy with a burgeoning technology sector, sustainable agriculture, and renewable energy that makes up 30% of the energy mix.
• A freer and less fearful society, where citizens exercise their right to express themselves without consequence.

10.2 On the horizon of twenty-five years: The kingdom we dream of

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2051 could be:

• A participatory democratic state, Islamic in identity, Arab in spirit, governed by free and fair elections under a constitution that enshrines the rights of the citizen.
• A diversified economic power, far removed from oil rentierism, a leader in solar energy, green hydrogen, technology and tourism.
• A just society in which wealth is distributed fairly, in which women enjoy their full rights, and in which no one suffers from sectarian or ethnic discrimination.
• A soft power for regional peace, contributing to the stability of the Middle East through genuine public diplomacy, not through the power of money and weapons.
• A model that proves to the world that Islam, democracy, social justice and modernity are not contradictions, but rather partners in building humanity and civilization.

 

Conclusion: The final word belongs to the Saudi people.

Brothers and sisters in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,

This program is not intended to be imposed on you from the outside. It is simply presented for your discussion, critique, development, and adaptation to your specific circumstances. All the tools and proposals presented here are subject to modification and evolution based on the convictions of the Saudi people themselves.

What we insist on in principle is the following: Your wealth is yours. Your decision is yours. Your future is yours. No to a ruling family, no to multinational oil companies, and no to foreign powers interfering in the name of democracy with their eyes on your oil.

The DirectDemocracyS system is not fighting against Islam—it sees the noble Quranic principle of Shura (consultation) as the seed of authentic democracy within Islamic civilization. Nor is it fighting against Saudi Arabian identity—it sees it as a treasure that all humanity should be proud of.

The road is long, the obstacles are many, and the price may be high. But peoples who hold fast to their will, organize themselves, and reject fear with the weapons of knowledge and unity—these peoples cannot be defeated.

DirectDemocracyS is with you, step by step, on the path.

— DirectDemocracyS (DDS) — June 2026

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