All but one of the liberal candidates have not made it into the new parliament, which has a distinct Islamist feel to it: 17 Wefaq (Shi’a), 8 Minbar (Muslim Brotherhood) and 5 Asala (Salafis). That’s 75% of the make-up of parliament, but when you look closely at the rest, only one is liberal, and the …
These four gentlemen have sacrificed more for this country and its people than the whole bunch of Salafis and Muslim Brotherhood candidates and MPs ever have, or ever will. To even start to list the good that the four gentlemen have done so far would fill volumes, while all the Islamists gave us is veiled …
More shenanigans it looks like: – خلت الدائرة الرابعة ÙÂيالمØÂاÙÂظة الوسطى منبطاقات التصويت قبل منتص٠النهار ونتج عنذلك توق٠لعملية التصويت. .. – ÙÂيالدائرة الثامنة ÙÂيالمØÂاÙÂظة الوسطى لم يتم ÙÂØÂص هوية المنقبات ÙˆÙÂÙ‚ الآلية الجاريالعمل بها. Al-Wasat :: 27 Nov, ’06 The Bahrain Human Rights Society and the Transparency …
So now it seems official. The throne has used its whiles to ensure that Dr. Munira Fakhro does not get elected to parliament. Up to the initial vote count last night, she had 2,853 votes to the bought and paid for royal puppet Salah Ali’s 2,867. A mere 14 votes difference which ensured that there …
update 20:05: I wrongly thought that this video was showing newly naturalized citizens about to cast their ballots. That notion was corrected by Ehsan, hence I have corrected the main heading of the piece (removed “casting their ballots”). Thanks Ehsan.