In order to maintain absolutist power and to minimize public anger, the Saudi princes, led by Prince Naif, asked the reformers to sign an agreement that they would never again ask for reform. Prince Naif bans the very word “reform” from public discourse, because it suggests that there is something wrong with the system; his preferred term is “development.”
为了维持绝对权力并最大限度地降低公众的愤慨之情，沙特的亲王们在纳伊夫亲王的带领下，要求改革者们签署一项协议保证他们再也不会要求改革。纳伊夫亲王在公共演讲中禁止使用“改革”一词，因为这个词暗示了体系中的问题；他更喜欢的词语是“发展”。