Qatar’s Shura Council, one of the country’s most important consultative bodies, has condemned the resolution adopted last week by the European Parliament to criticize the designation of the venue for the current World Cup and denounced an «unfounded» campaign based on «false accusations and misleading information».
In the resolution, MEPs denounced FIFA’s «rampant» corruption and called on the Qatari authorities, among other things, to extend the compensation fund to the families of workers killed during the construction of stadiums for the soccer event.
«Qatar is an independent country that will not accept dictates from others or moral lessons from anyone,» the Shura Council has warned, giving voice to the apparent unrest within the Qatari regime over the wave of criticism received in recent weeks.
The Council has denounced the «systematic conspiracy» against Qatar, which is allegedly the victim of «hypocrisy, double standards and racism» for being the first Arab country to host a World Cup. According to this organization, texts such as those of the European Parliament «encourage hatred between the East and the West», reports the official news agency QNA.
He has also boasted about the alleged labor integration of women, assuring that they represent more than 40 percent of the working population and that, contrary to what would happen in the West, «Qatar has never seen wage inequalities» based on gender.
In this sense, he warned that the country will not accept interference or dictates that want to «alter the deep-rooted moral values» of the local population, which would have received with «enthusiasm and friendship» the thousands of people who have moved from other countries.
