High elections committee formed

Manama : Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Minister, Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa, yesterday issued an edict, forming the High Committee to oversee the integrity of the elections of the members of the Council of Representatives. Under the edict, the panel, chaired by the Justice Minister, comprises Judges Abdulrahman Al Sayed Ahmed, Masooma Abdulrasool Isa, Khalid Hassan Ajaji, Judge Mohammed Hassan Al Buainain, Chancellor Wael Al Buallai, Chancellor Osama Ali Al Aufi and Judge Mohammed Said Al Aradi.

The minister also issued a second edict, appointing the President of the Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission (LLOC), Chancellor Nawaf Abdullah Hamza, as Director of the Executive Committee of the High Elections Committee. In a third edict, the minister formed the elections’ supervisory centres for the parliamentary elections. The Capital Governorate Supervisory Centre will be located at the Khawla Secondary Girls School and chaired by Judge Fatima Faisal Hubail while Muharraq Governorate Supervisory Centre will be located at the Al Hidaya Al Khalifia Secondary Boys School and will be chaired by Advocate General, Dr Ahmed Al Hammadi.

According to the Edict, the Northern Governorate Supervisory Centre will be located at the Hamad Town Primary Girls’ School, and will be chaired by Judge Mohammed Mirza Aman. The Southern Governorate Supervisory Centre will be located at the Al Mustaqbal Primary Girls School, and chaired by Judge Ibrahim Sultan Al Zayed, the Edict adds. The minister also issued a fourth edict, determining the voting and voting-counting centres in the constituencies.