Arabic News Weekly Edition for Bahrain, 10/21/2002
Weekly Edition, Bahrain - Week of October 21, 2002
- Islamists in Bahrain win majority of parliamentary seats
Islamists candidates in Bahrain have won the first parliamentary elections held in Bahrain since three decades. Results of the Parliamentary elections which was announced by the Bahraini government yesterday at dawn unveiled the 16 candidates won at a majority, while elections will be repeated in other 20 election divisions because candidates in these circles did not get necessary votes qualifying them to win. Bahrain, Politics, 10/26/2002 - First Bahraini parliament, turn up exceeds 53%, Islamists, traders win Bahrain, Politics, 10/25/2002
- First democratic experience in 30 years, Bahrainis elect their parliament
Some 650,000 Bahraini citizens who are eligible to vote will today cast their votes to choose their candidates for the new parliament which was reconstructed following 30 years of it being desolved, under a boycott by four remarkable political societies in the country. Bahrain, Politics, 10/24/2002 - 50,000 Bahraini in a rally for opposition: toward a constitutional monarchy
The Bahraini political opposition societies yesterday declared themselves as a force greater" than the parliament which will be elected tomorrow in the framework of the "reform project" carried out by the King of Bahrain, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Bahrain, Politics, 10/23/2002 - King of Bahrain: No backtrack from our agenda
"Your future is drawn by the elections, therefore take part in it,"" Polling boxes are waiting for your positive participation,"" the elections are an opportunity to select the decision makers," These are the common slogans shared by the streets and papers in Bahrain in a call which was also advocated by the King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Issa al-Khaleifa in a reconciliatory speech he made yesterday, talking to his people urging them to ignore opposition voices which call for boycotting the elections. Bahrain, Politics, 10/22/2002