Most important points is that the king emphasised that there should be more council housing available and the building of new cities under the guardianship of the crown prince, and the other was the mention of the Qatar/Bahrain causeway. No real mention of continuing reforms etc… The king is walking out now… the inaugural session …
Aziz Abul is shaking hands.. he obviously is not part of the Wefaq stance this time. The beauty of independence?
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…
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 …