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Wednesday 13 February 2013

Sheikh Ali Salman "our demands will be fulfilled sooner or later"

Bahrain (Islam Times) - Sheikh Ali Salman, al-Wefaq Secretary General- main party of the opposition in Bahrain - said in a recent address he was confident his people demands would be "sooner or later fulfilled," as no regime in history had so far managed to escape a popular uprising ...

Salman called on the people of Bahrain to stand strong as victory was at hand. He stressed the government would have at one point or another bow to people's will and demands. "Time is on our side" he told his supporters.

In a statement directed to Bahrain revolutionaries on the eve of the revolution second anniversary, February 13th, the Secretary General asked his people to draw strength from the Arab Spring successes in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt as they had managed, as would Bahrain, to impose their demands on the state and realized their dreams of freedom and democracy.

He congratulated the people of Bahrain for their courage before repression and their proud determination to bring about peaceful  change.

He strongly emphasized he himself believed the regime would agree to reform Bahrain into a constitutional monarchy with an elected government.

Salman promised strong reforms will allow Bahrain to become a civil state where all citizens are held equal before the law.

He urged all to set aside sectarian sentiment, warning the regime was using the so-called Sunni-Shia divide to drive a wedge in between the two brotherly communities.

Salman explained al-Wefaq sought to promote a reform of the judiciary and reduce the influence of al-Khalifa family on the state institutions.

He went on calling on the state to free all political prisoners to return the people's trust into the state. "The government has not provided us so far with any good will gesture," stressed Salman.

Salman finally noted that no matter how long the regime will hold on to its power, the people will always prevail in the end. He foretold Bahrain would be soon governed by its people through an elected government, assuring his followers al-Khalifa will either bow to its people will or disappear with the monarchy.

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