The Bahraini government announced yesterday that it had submitted its resignation to King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa after the final results of the parliamentary and municipal elections were announced.
The announcement of the resignation, during an extraordinary session held by the Council of Ministers in the capital Manama, chaired by the President of the Council, Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.
The Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Yasser bin Issa al-Nasser, said in a statement after the meeting, that the Prime Minister announced the resignation during the meeting, and briefed the members of the letter to the King of Bahrain, which includes the resignation of the government.
He added that this step came after the official announcement of the results of the parliamentary elections, pursuant to the provisions of Article (33) of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain, which requires the formation of a new ministry at the start of each legislative chapter.
Earlier today, the Minister of Justice and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for the Supervision of Election Safety, Sheikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa, announced the final results of the parliamentary and municipal elections of 2018 and praised the level of popular participation in the second round of parliamentary and municipal elections, The second round in the history of the elections in the kingdom, which were free of religious fatwas that may contribute to the scaling of voter choices.
The Minister of Justice referred to three characteristics of the current elections. First, the distinguished presence of Bahraini women and the openness enjoyed by the Bahraini society towards the presence of women in the legislative power. This reflects the great confidence of women and the desire to vote for them.
He added that the second advantage was the presence of open circles, in which all sectors of the society participated. It is a consolidation of the democratic process with the participation of all sectors. The third feature was the active participation of young people, who formed about 50% of the electorate, For the first time, where the age group of 20-30 years was the largest proportion of participation, and for women was close to the participation of men.
On November 24, Bahrain witnessed parliamentary and municipal elections, with a 67% participation rate, the highest in the history of the Kingdom. In the elections, more than 500 candidates competed for the parliamentary and municipal seats. They are 346 candidates in the parliamentary elections. They compete for 40 seats in the House of Representatives and 160 municipal candidates competed for the seats of the municipal councils of three governorates.
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