Politics

Results are in

From the liberals points of view, it’s good news. At least all of the Wa’ad candidates have gone into a run-off with an opponent, so there is a good chance for a few of them to actually reach parliament, now that the vote is concentrated just between two people. The liberals now have to work …

Duty done

Frances came and picked me up and we drove to the polling station in our neighbourhood to cast my vote. The ample car parking made the process of reaching the venue easy; even considering the muck left over after the rains earlier in the day. We negotiated the path from the car park to inside …

It’s D-Day

Today – Nov 25th, 2006 – Bahrainis of all walks of life head to cast their ballot in Parliamentary and Municipal polls to elect those who they feel is worthy of representing them for the next four years, with runoffs scheduled for Dec 2nd. The elections this time around are vastly different from 2002 as …