We’re moving forward with determination: Bahrain King

TDT | Manama                   

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com  

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa yesterday opened the sixth Legislative Term’s first session of the Shura and Representatives councils.

“With God’s blessing, we open this first session of the National Assembly in its sixth legislative term, moving forward with sincere national determination for greater achievement and contribution, so that your esteemed Assembly, in regular constitutional continuity, will undertake its duties and responsibility of national decision-making to serve our beloved Bahrain,” said HM the King, who was welcomed by Shura Council Chairman Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh and MP Lulwa Al Romaihi, on arrival at the Isa Cultural Centre.

His Majesty delivered a speech in which he commended the recent legislative and municipal elections and thanked in particular all those who answered the call of duty and exercised their right to vote in the best way.

“The free Bahraini elections have proven that the participation of male and female citizens in decision-making is an experience characterised by its stability and heritage,” HM the King noted.

He said that the National Assembly is embarking on a new phase with priorities of the utmost importance, for which “we direct the ongoing development of dialogue mechanisms and relations of constructive cooperation with the executive authority to coordinate efforts and positions, in order to meet the aspirations of our honourable citizens, in a way that raises the ceiling of national contributions for the public interest.”

Regional stability

HM King Hamad affirmed the Kingdom continues to fulfil its role in supporting its regional surroundings through its diplomatic and friendly initiatives and endeavours to achieve the stability in the region.

“We continue our endeavours to reach a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East based on the two-state solution to guarantee the legitimate rights of our Palestinian brothers to establish their independent State on their lands, with East Jerusalem as its capital,” he said.