Tag Archives: 2006-Parliament

First smart move of the day

They delayed the first parliamentary session in which all positions would have been chosen to Tuesday. The same day that the Shura is to choose their positions and committees. This gives everyone a breather and I hope (yes, ever the optimist) that good will ensue. Update 21:59 parliamentary press release announcing the rescheduling of the …

Wefaq fires another salvo

Another press release appeared on Al-Wefaq’s website this afternoon, in which I found these two paragraphs strong and might carry a threat of an escalation of the sitaution: وعبر سلمان عن أمله في ايجاد حلول في المستقبل حتى لا تتجه الوفاق لاتخاذ اجراءات اكثر , مؤكدا وجود تواصل سابق من أجل تغيير الوضع ومن أجل …

Okay… now what?

The king has left the building. Parliament is supposed to convene this afternoon to elect a chairman, 1st and 2nd vice chairmen, then the heads of five parliamentary committees. Al-Wefaq is no where to be seen and their demands are resolute: Investigate Bandargate Remove Attiyatallah Going with parliamentary custom and as they gained the majority …