was voted and approved by 98.4% of the Bahraini voting population. This document forms the start of the “new ear” of political liberty in Bahrain in King Hamad’s reign.
This constitution has been superceded by the 2002 Constitution. Much of the discord in Bahrain is due to opposition holding the 1973 as the contractual constitution while while the 2002 as the imposed document without any weight of law.
The new Constitution of February 2002
Today was not as easy as I thought it would be, judging by what I said this morning. I’m about to go to bed in a few minutes, my head has been behaving itself all day thank goodness, but the “pull” has been much more than I thought it would be. I just keep reminding …
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