Bahrain cabinet resigns after election
(Reuters)
10 December 2006
MANAMA – Bahrain’s king accepted the resignation of the cabinet on Sunday to allow the formation of a new government after parliamentary polls in which opposition Shia Muslims won the largest bloc.
The move was expected after last month’s elections and no significant change is anticipated to the foreign and oil policies of the small Gulf Arab state.
The official BNA news agency said King Hamad bin Isa aAl Khalifa re-appointed Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa as prime minister and asked him to form a new cabinet.
Bahrain cabinet resigns after election
(Reuters)
10 December 2006
MANAMA – Bahrain’s king accepted the resignation of the cabinet on Sunday to allow the formation of a new government after parliamentary polls in which opposition Shia Muslims won the largest bloc.
The move was expected after last month’s elections and no significant change is anticipated to the foreign and oil policies of the small Gulf Arab state.
The official BNA news agency said King Hamad bin Isa aAl Khalifa re-appointed Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa as prime minister and asked him to form a new cabinet.
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the kingdom’s largest Shia opposition group, won 17 of parliament’s 40 seats. It had boycotted the previous polls in protest at the introduction of the Shura council, which has the same powers as the elected council.
Last week, Bahrain appointed a 40-member Shura council with 20 Sunni Muslims and 10 women.
