National consensus dialogue resumes meetings

The official speaker of National Consensus Dialogue, Isa Abdul Rahman announced the 19th session of the National Consensus Dialogue to be held Wednesday 29 May 2013 at Isa Cultural Center to discuss the constants, principles and values in the light of the explanations provided by the opposition democratic national societies. He added the issue of constants, principles and values was the only issue left from the scheduled agenda in the minutes of 28 April 2013 meeting. The 18th session discussed the sixth issue relevant to the equal representation of parties involved in the dialogue. It also witnessed the signing of the minutes of the meeting by the representatives of the Government, coalition of national political associations and independents of the legislative authority, while the opposition democratic national societies did not sign on the minutes of the meeting. It is noteworthy that His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has called for Bahraini political parties involved to resume the meetings of National Consensus Dialogue in order to reach compromise solutions that serve best interests of the Kingdom and its people.