Bahraini parliamentarians intend to propose law for licensing political parties

First Deputy of Bahrain's Parliament Speaker, Abdul-Hadi Ahmad Marhoum, said that the bloc of the democratic nationalist parliamentarians which includes him together with the two parliamentarians Abdul Nabi Salman and Youssef Zeinal will propose a draft bill for permiting the foundation of political parties in Bahrain.

Marhoun said that this proposal "wins the support of considerable number of parliamentarians," especially the Islamic bloc forum ( 8 parliamentarians representing the Sunni Muslims ), the independent bloc ( nine Parliamentarians).

He indicated that al-Asalah bloc ( 6 parliamentarian of al-Salafeyah Sunni ) have reservations on this law, but do not oppose discussing it.

On the mainlines for this draft bill, Marhoun explained "we do not put restrictions on founding any type of parties." He explained that this draft bill "defines the terms of reference of founding parties for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, rather that the Ministry of the Interior."