Bahraini Opposition Leader, Talks with Al Khalifa Regime “Futile”

Bahraini Opposition Leader Views Talks with Al Khalifa Regime as “Futile”
26 February, 2012 – FARS

TEHRAN (FNA)- A Bahraini revolutionary leader said that the offer of talks with the opposition is a plot hatched by the Manama regime to buy time, and added that negotiation with the Al-Khalifa regime is “futile”.

“The regime’s invitation to talks has always been on the table since long time ago since it actually wants to buy time and is not after results,” Head of Bahrain’s Freedom-Seeking Union Ali Fayez told FNA on Sunday.

“It (the Bahraini regime) wants talks for the sake of talks,” Fayez stated, adding that the type of negotiations desired by the Manama regime is the one in which the opposition merely listens and obeys whatever is dictated by the regime.

He pointed to the regime’s strong opposition to any talks over an elected government, and noted, “What does negotiation mean when they (ruling regime) restrict it.”

The Bahraini opposition says that people in the tiny Persian Gulf country are resolved to continue protests until they see a materialization of their righteous demands and aspirations.

Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February 2011, calling for an end to the Al Khalifa dynasty’s over-40-year rule.

Violence against the defenseless people escalated after a Saudi-led conglomerate of police, security and military forces from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar – were dispatched to the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom on March 13, 2011, to help Manama crack down on peaceful protestors.

So far, tens of people have been killed, hundreds have gone missing and more than 1,000 others have been injured. …source