We woke up this morning to headlines that municipal and parliamentary elections will be held on time, sometime before December 13th, 2006, as the present parliament first sat on December 14th, 2002. Four years. That’s the constitution and that’s the law.
When though is anyone’s guess, as it is constitutionally at the king’s pleasure.
One thing I am relieved because of is the assertion that the king will not extend this lame duck of a parliament for another two years, as is his constitutional right.
The last session of this parliament will be no later than this weekend, for that we should be thankful and I say with a happy heart: good fucking riddance!
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Congratulations Mahmood and Bahrain,
We have waited for this day for a long time now, haven’t we?
Let’s hope the coming parliament would be better than the baboons who ran this one, good luck.
That, my dear, depends on the baboons that run for parliament and the baboons that choose them… Looking at it from this perspective, I had no idea I was living in a zoo.
Cheers,
Mahmood…you should run for MP.
The parliament is and will continue to be the weakest element in the authoritarian and corrupt regime in Bahrain.
I honestly believe that our country cannot develop democratically as long as the PM is in power. Only after getting rid of Khalifa bin Salman and his tentacles of corruption, can Bahrainis have a chance.
Having said that, I agree with you : GFR indeed.
AbuRasool
No way F, they can’t afford me and I’ll just die of high blood pressure.
AbuRasool, no comment! Although the powers which are pulling away from him are growing in strength, slowly, but they are growing and there is even talk (just talk mind you) that he will tender his resignation as he should by Dec 13th to make way for the new parliament and government, and that he will not stand again… instead he will indulge in his passions of gardening and photography. I’ll even buy him a Flickr account to start him on that fantastic photographic journey!
😉
What Mahmood is saying is true …
high blood pressure , heart attack , Stress , Burnin out etc …
Stuff that happened to my father during thies sessions …
Not recommended … lol !
Mahmood…. my thoughts will be with you and your family tomorrow.
Those elections may be the first steps on the way to a better society. But there’s still a long way to go before you have all the ingredients that are needed to create the kind of country you are looking for.
I’ll keep my fingers crossed 🙂
Mahmood, why “no comment” to getting rid of Khalifa bin Salman? Stop burying your head in the sand. We need moderates like you to respectfully and PEACEFULLY call on His Majesty to release him from his duties. If you don’t do it then the oppressed masses will. But they will be egged on by the firebrand beards and turbans with vested political interests, so there is little chance that it will be peaceful. It will be too late to do anything when this country is burning and we have a Khomeinian revolution on our hands.
I’d really like to vote, but I’ll be quite far off. I wonder if there’s a way for people outside the country to have their votes counted
I am hopeful that the next parliament will show a HUGE improvement from this current shameful one as more moderates including businessmen and women will enter the scene. However, I regret to say that many hardline Islamists such as the current MPs will remain to be seen on the stage, but that is not necessarily a bad thing given the fact that liberals will finally earn seats thus resulting in a form of counterbalance.
I also want to congratulate Bahrain over the new e-voting system to be implemented this upcoming elections which I hope will be succesful in allowing for more Bahraini citizens, especially those abroad
(including myself :D), to now vote!
May God Bless Bahrain!
anon, I said “no comment” but commented. Read it again.
MoClippa, this time around I am told that everyone can vote at the Bahraini Embassies abroad, either physically or more probably through the electronic voting.
MooDy your father is one of the very few in parliament who did make a difference, not least when he took over the Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee’s chairmanship. Give him our best regards and tell him that should he elect to stand again, he would be on the top of my list!
Six months ago a friend of mine, a journalist and ‘in-the-know’, insisted on meeting me to advice me not take up ‘dead issues’. Khalifa bin Salman, I was informed, is a spent force and that he would render his resignation as soon as he returned to Bahrain a trip abroad (I am not sure, but I guess the PM was in SE Asia at the time).
My point is that getting rid of the PM and his tentacles is a miracle that I can believe it only when I, personally, see it. Until then Bahrain will be ruled through cohabitation, ala France. Among other results of the Bahraini style of cohabitation is in the cabinet: the PM’s ministers have under secretaries that are the king’s own , while each of the king’s ministers has an under secretary loyal to the PM alone. (NB: no sharing arrangement is perfect).
Does it really matter if one sucks your blood or two? My answer is yes. That is why I hope that MooDy’s information is well-based (considering his background?)
Mahmood. Do you find it strange that I agree with both your comment and ‘no comment’?
You’re too canny for me AbuRasool! No, I don’t find it strange as I know where you’re coming from, and you me! 😉
Mahmood. ( I know may be the wrong place to say it but..
Please accept and forward my sympathies to rest of Nasser’s family on his Arba3een. AbuRasool.
Thank you AbuRasool, you’re very kind.
Thanks Mahmood 🙂 will do …