Watch: When Mehdi Hasan asked Saudi ambassador why they support democracy in Syria and not Saudi Arabia

When the Al Jazeera presenter Mehdi Hasan asked the Saudi ambassador to the United Nations Abdallah al-Mouallimi about why he supported democracy in Syria but not in Saudi Arabia, he was left with not many words.

In response to Hasan's question,  Abdallah al-Mouallimi said that if he took a poll, the citizens of Saudi Arabia would say that they are satisfied with the current system of government. However, Hasan, in turns, asked him how would they express their need for a different system of government if it is illegal in Saudi Arabia to call for a change of government. The UN ambassador was clearly at a loss of words.

Watch the video here:

I asked the Saudi ambassador to the UN why he supports democracy in Syria but not in Saudi Arabia - @AJUpFront clip:https://t.co/bblCAHCdZS

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) March 25, 2016