Al-Majed: Tender Law Amendments Cement Transparency
Advisor Haitham Al-Ruwais emphasized the administration's commitment to enhancing legal awareness among specialists in government entities to solidify transparency and governance, during a seminar on amendments to the Public Tenders Law.
Translated by Qiyas from النهار — Original source
Deputy Director of the Fatwa and Legislation Department, Advisor Haitham Al-Ruwished, affirmed the department’s commitment to enhancing legal awareness among specialists and staff in government entities, thereby reinforcing the principles of transparency and governance. This statement was made in an interview with KUNA on the sidelines of a dialogue seminar titled “The New Public Tenders Law: A Legal Reading of the New Amendments and Their Impact on Government Contracting Procedures,” which is part of the activities of the Second Legal Cultural Season of the Fatwa and Legislation Department.
Al-Ruwished said that the Fatwa and Legislation Department, through this seminar and its counterparts scheduled during the cultural season, aims to strengthen legal awareness and empower specialists and all relevant stakeholders, particularly those working in government entities subject to the Public Tenders Law, to gain a comprehensive understanding of the amendments it includes and to achieve its objectives of ensuring flexibility in application, as well as efficiency, transparency, and fairness.
He noted that the Fatwa and Legislation Department, under the patronage of its Chairman, Advisor Salah Al-Majed, continues its second cultural season by hosting its second seminar, which sheds light on the provisions of Decree-Law No. 94 of 2026 amending certain articles of Law No. 49 of 2016 concerning Public Tenders, which includes amendments related to regulating procurement and tendering processes conducted by government entities.
