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14th of Feb… Is it all a fib?
Today marks the 8th anniversary of the ‘Meethaq’ or National Action Charter where 98.4% of ‘Bahrainis’ voted in a referendum for democratic reform and making Bahrain into a constitutional monarchy with a two council system (Representatives and Shuraa)
Columns of praise and satisfaction came flooding from all directions, local and international organisations were full of hope that reform have finally hit these tiny shores…
That we gain the right to vote…
That we can protest, express our opinions without fear and fight for our rights peacefully…
Find and punish those who are corrupted and wish to ruin our beloved country through greed and inciting hatred…
Help spread the wealth fairly to all the people of Bahrain…
To help build an educated, motivated and bright society whose only aim is to make Bahrain a better place draw foreign investment in like paperclips to a magnet…
… and basically live happily ever after…
Eight years on, and it seems that rather than taking a few steps forward we’ve backflipped backwards several times!
People vote… only to get their votes drowned out by illegal balloting, political nationalising and well… candidates who are basically dimwits!
People protest and express their opinions… only to be left unheard by the government, and be called un-Bahraini and greeted by tear gas and being clubbed by foreign ‘Bahrainis’… and in the case of websites, get blocked by a swipe of a pen.
Corruption and proof by the hundreds of pages were discovered… but only to be buried and banned to be called by name and instead journalists,bloggers and people in general use other words which translate into English as ‘sexy’ (مثير) and ‘beet’ (شمندر)
The wealth grew in strides,leaps and bounds but the people only received BD600 trickled over 12 months in one year (where thousands had to cue and beg) while hundreds of square kilometres of land were reclaimed, depriving fisherman from all four corners of Bahrain of their source of food and income, and ‘gifted’ to an exclusive few…
The children of Bahrain all complete their Basic education (100%) and all aspire to enter university and get jobs.. only for the government to help these bright Bahrainis after graduating, get jobs outside Bahrain and ship in foreign and incompetent ‘Bahrainis’ to fill in hundreds of government jobs in ministries and in both the BDF (Bahrain Defense Force) and Interior ministries…
This is not what Bahrain voted for.. This is not what we pictured our lives be in a ‘democratic’ country where the law is fair and is abided by all as equals..
Wake up and smell the roses! And don’t think of putting down that rose on the tombstone that reads ‘Here lies Democracy in Bahrain- Passed before birth’
Our silence will keep this democracy in its coma and eventually pulls it plug!
SPEAK OUT!
I never knew that St. Valentine’s Day could be such a bitch and heartbreaking!
4 Comments
on the spot ya3goob.
no wonder the people don’t trust the government anymore as they failed to keep most of their promises, but hey, don’t forget according to Bahrain’s Strategy 2030 salaries will be doubled by then :/
well said my fried, well said.
after 8 years of investigations we did not see one, not ONE guy go to jail!
shelly says: Fuck u man
BAHRAIN IS FAIR IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE
it is always the poor who complain and i hate to burst ur bubble but poverty exists all around the world not in just in Bahrain!
And ur a poor bitch who wants money but will never get it cuz “hakooomah” isn’t a bank that fills ur pocket with cash.
there are rich people who happen not to be part of the government called “business men”
Shelly,
I admire your fiery response, but Bahrain isn’t fair in every way possible as you say. Now yes poverty is found everywhere but keep in mind that poverty can be eradicated completely in a country like Bahrain where the population is not big, we just barely passed the 1 million mark and more than half of those are foreigners.
I think it’s very difficult for a person like you to know if I’m a poor or rich person, I al7amdulillah have always worked hard for every fils that enters my pocket and feed my family with. Attacking me personally whilst you hardly knowing me shows that you can’t express your ideas and the fact that you have a weak argument.
The poor never complain my friend, they say al7amdulillah 3ala kol 7aal and don’t ask much. The problems we’re facing in Bahrain is discrimination and discrimination is NEVER fair.
Bahrainis can’t buy land in West Riffa if they’re from a different sect or not a tribe. Bahrainis can’t buy land in Muharraq if they’re originally Persian. that’s not fair.
Bahrainis can’t even serve in their own army nor can be promoted within the ranks due to their sect. that’s not fair
Letting a whole country vote on a National Charter only to modify it a year later. That’s not fair.
I would really like to know how you see Bahrain as being fair in everything minus the cussing 