Merger of institutions discussed

Planned merger of some government institutions yesterday took centre stage as Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission President Abdulla bin Hassan Al­Bouainain met Parliament Speaker Ahmed Al­Mullah. 

First Deputy Speaker Ali Al­Aradi and other MPs also attended the key meeting at the Parliament headquarters. The session focused on the decree­laws which will be promulgated following the cabinet decision to merge some government institutions as part of efforts to revitalise the national economy. 

The decree­laws stipulate the establishment of the Electronic Government Informatics Authority, the transfer of the responsibilities of the  Supreme Council for Vocational Training

to the Labour Fund (Tamkeen), the cancellation of the General Organisation for Youth and Sports (GOYS), the amendment of the law on establishing the Bahrain Exhibition and Convention Authority (BECA) and the incorporation of the National Health Regulatory Authority into the Supreme Health Council.

Mr. Al­Bouainain said that the decrees and decree­laws, which will be promulgated following a cabinet recommendation, aim at averting duplication in government work, boosting productivity and slashing expenditure.

The session also discussed the decree- laws on issuing Government development bonds, collecting the cost of establishing and developing the infrastructure in construction areas, establishing and regulating industrial areas, amending some provisions of the law related to commercial companies of Decree Law No. 21 for the year 2001, amending some provisions of the law related to the Civil and Commercial Procedures Act promulgated by Decree Law No. 12 of the year 1971 and amending the law on civil and commercial procedures.