Alarm at Shia gains in Bahrain’s elections By Kim Sengupta Belfast Telegraph 28 November 2006 A radical Shia Islamist group has made significant gains in Bahrain’s national elections, raising serious concern among neighbouring conservative Sunni monarchies in the region. Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society has won 16 of the 40 seats in parliament and the party …
Does anyone have any idea why, and this is the third day after the elections, that the exalted Elections Committee has not released the elections stats? You know, those mundane things that would tell us, the citizens and interested parties around the world how many people actually voted, how many ballots were accepted as good, …
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.