#t

It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#good #leader #much #otherwise #too

No king should rule absolutely, like a dictator. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#dictator #king #like #rule #should

The reform process began with the historic consensus on the Charter of National Action, in which the Bahraini people decided on a new chapter of their history. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#began #chapter #charter #consensus #decided

There are no 'political prisoners' as such in Bahrain. People are not arrested because they express their views, we only have criminals. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#bahrain #because #criminals #express #only

There is no doubt that some in Iran have an unhealthy focus on Bahrain, as some of the broadcast coverage shows. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#broadcast #coverage #doubt #focus #iran

There is no ethnic cleansing in Bahrain, no mass genocide, no policy of killing innocent people. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#cleansing #ethnic #genocide #innocent #innocent people

We are a constitutional monarchy. I don't order laws, I propose them. Article 35 of our constitution states that the king can only refuse a law of parliament once, then he has to sign it - if the same law is then supported by a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#both #constitution #constitutional #houses #i

We have evidence that a number of Bahrainis who oppose our government are being trained in Syria. I have seen the files and we have notified the Syrian authorities, but they deny any involvement. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#authorities #being #deny #evidence #files

You cannot transpose the U.S. system on Turkey, and the Turkish system on France etc. You have to understand the people and their culture. That's leadership. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#culture #etc #france #leadership #people

Bahrain 's margin of freedom is growing day after day as we head into the future with steady steps. ↗

— Hamad bin Isla Al Khalifi

#bahrain #day #freedom #future #growing