Deals and Rumors of Deals intended to unsettle course of Bahrain’s Revolution

Alliance of Youth of Change Boycott 2014 Parliamentary Election
By Jaafar Almusaad – November 10, 2013

Recent developments surrounding the on-going popular anti-regime uprising in Bahrain revealed intention of the ruling dynasty and the so called “moderate” opposition to engage soon in a political settlement.

A consensus has been reached by the United States and Iran, where the latter is to employ its religious, media and financial influence to push the settlement forward. Officials in the Islamic Republic of Iran have been calling for “political solution” and “dialogue” to end the “crisis” in Syria and Bahrain.

The United States Administration has recently managed to cajole the House of Saud to consent to the settlement, according to analysts.
The popular uprising in Bahrain has not won support from the West, and is wrongfully – perhaps purposefully – perceived as “sectarian strife” between the majority Shia and the ruling Al-Khalifa dynasty, which happens to be Sunni.

The ruling dynasty in Bahrain has deployed its army, enforced martial law in 2011 and is continuing to adopt lethal tactics to face peaceful protests. At least 140 civilians have been killed by regime forces since February 14 2011, including women and children.

The proposed settlement is at odds with the right of Bahrainis to self-determination.

Alliance of Youth of Change believes that dictatorships can only buy legitimacy from (obeying) opposition, not from loyalties. Therefore, we have decided to boycott the upcoming parliamentary election, which is scheduled to take place in 2014.

We consider participation in this election as an act of betrayal and disrespect to the souls of the martyrs, who have sacrificed their lives to bring an end to the illegitimate rule of the Al-Khalifa dynasty.

We uphold that the only way forward in Bahrain is for the Al-Khalifa regime to step down. …source