Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry

Chapter IV — Narrative of Events of February and March 2011
vi. The relationship between the ruling family and the
State;
vii. Financial and administrative oversight;
viii. Naturalisation;
ix. Enforcing the Financial Statements Law on employees
of the executive and legislative branches of
government and those in senior positions;
x. Civil liberties and religious freedoms;
xi. National income;
xii. State properties;
xiii. Preserving national wealth;
xiv. The relationship between municipalities and
governorates;
xv. Increasing wages and pensions;
xvi. Housing;
xvii. Social security;
xviii. Employment policies and addressing unemployment;
xix. Moral, financial and administrative corruption;
xx. Addressing sectarianism; and
xxi. Addressing sectarian tension.
506. The Coalition for the Republic issued a statement that included the
following:
a. What the regime has announced so far in the name of dialogue
is nothing but empty declarations in a desperate attempt to
respond to, protract and stall the revolution. Ironically, this
attempt coincides with the regime’s escalation of suppression
and use of armed government thugs against peaceful citizens,
including women and children, and the use of foreign military
forces to engage governments of neighbouring countries in
the losing battle to keep their thrones propping oppressive
monarchies. Thus, the false call for dialogue using empty
rhetoric does not change the reality of the situation and will
not tempt any of the people or the opposition parties to
abandon the people’s demands for real and complete change.
b. The involvement of military forces of the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia and neighbouring countries to contribute to the
suppression of a peaceful and popular revolution is an
interference in the internal affairs of Bahrain and has no legal
justification, as the military defence agreement for the GCC is
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