"Rejuvenating the Arab League into becoming a countervailing axis & balancing out the 'Royal Club'"

Some believe  that Nabil Al-`Arabi  was picked as SG of the Arab League as a chastsement, to remove him from the decision making circle of the new Egypt. They see in the Saudi press's criticism of al Arabi (and of course by association, the Saudi regime) as a clear indication that al Arabi needed to go. However, an Arab-watcher with impeccable contacts in the Egyptian nomenklatura (Civilians & others) offered this take:

"... no sooner that the GCC 'took in' both the Hashemite & Alawi monarchies as life members of the 'Sunni Club of Royals and royalists', the ruling class of Neo-Egypt hastened , in a sudden & swift display of its own, pulled the rug from beneath the 'Arab counter-revolutionaries' feet & named the chief diplomat of Neo-Egypt at the SG of the Arab league.... The Neo-Egyptians felt  outmaneuvered & outflanked by the 'guild of royals', who were unusually aggressive in asserting themselves & cementing their foothold in the Levant , and trying an 'over-reach' in North Africa, ... and 'hegemonizing' Yemen...  Al Arabi, known as the the 'dynamo of Egypt's foreign relations' and through him the military junta , are pegged to rejuvenate the league into becoming a  countervailing axis, balancing out the royal club. In my opinion, this is going to be significant & instrumental in the furthering an 'Egypt + Algeria's + Tunisia' common stance, and chips away at the invigorated and reckless Saudi (and co.) strategy of co opting Arab revolutions. Some might say : "Egypt lost an influential player or suggest that he may have been eased out." I say this is  nonsense. We are only 4 months before a new democratic game kicks in, with all that this entails! I believe,  the League & Egypt both gained an astute player that can blunt the whims of the royals for the benefits of all Arabs, with Egypt in the lead ..."