DUBAI, Nov 30: Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has said he would like his country’s leadership to allow for an elected advisory council instead of an appointed one.

“If people speak more freely and get involved more in the political process, you can really contain them and make them part of the process,” the prince told the New York Times in an interview published on Thursday.

“What I’m saying could be too much for Saudi Arabia...but I’m speaking my mind,” it quoted Prince Alwaleed as saying.

Prince Alwaleed has rarely waded into politics, focusing instead on investments that have made him one of the world’s richest men.—Reuters