Monday, March 14, 2011

King calls for a rapid dialogue in Bahrain

Benissa King Hamad Al-Khalifa called on Sunday 13 March at an early dialogue between government and opposition, so that incidents between Shiite demonstrators to police multiply in the small Gulf kingdom. The king wished to see "all the parties sit around the table quickly the national dialogue, with sincere intensions, to reach a consensus" on how to remove the kingdom from its crisis, reported the official news agency Bahraini , Bna.

The situation is indeed very tense and violent clashes around the Place de la Perle, central location of the protest. The call comes after the King incident which saw police disperse protesters who wanted Shiite block the highway and the financial district in the business district of Manama.

"The National Dialogue Initiative aims to preserve the gains political, economic and social of the people of Bahrain and pave the way for more political reforms and development," said King during an audience granted the Jordanian Foreign Minister, Nasser Auda. The King has instructed the Crown Prince Salman Al-Khalifa Benhamadi to begin the dialogue with the opposition, dominated by Shiite Wefaq.

But the opposition has set preconditions, first and foremost the government's resignation. The dispute began Feb. 14 in Bahrain, ruled by a Sunni dynasty but the majority of the indigenous population is Shiite.

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