But smiles are still effected. The broadest smiles seem to be exclusive to the GVC MPs… and they seem to be given extra times in their salams…
Month: December 2006
Thinking on it, I didn’t see Ahmed Attiyatallah in the ministers ranks… Helicopters are still flying around outside while the king is giving his speech and Bahrain TV are doing their damnest to make his speech sound bad. The audio levels are all over the place. update 18Dec06@1057 I’ve been told on the day that …
Sami Hijris is reading the introductions now and the king, the PM and CP are sitting at their positions however no sight of the Wefaqis yet although the seats suggest a full house… there are some turbans in the crowd but I can’t be too sure at the moment… I have the distinct feeling that …
I’ve just learned from a reliable source that Al-Wefaq has boycotted the inaugural session of parliament. This means that the largest political society in Bahrain, the one which won 17 clear seats out of 40, and gained 62% of the electoral vote is not participating in their first every parliamentary session to be opened by …
In either case the ultimate victor seems to be the monarchy, which continues to portray itself as an indispensable mediator over a fractious body politic. “Without the monarchy,” a ministry official asserted, “Bahrain would go the way of Iraq and Lebanon.” Echoing this assertion, a member of the king’s appointed consultative council, which has effective …