Opposition Figure: Bahrainis Determined to Topple Al-Khalifa Dynasty

A senior Bahraini opposition figure dismissed talks between the al-Khalifa regime and the country’s dissidents as meaningless, and said the Bahraini people are determined to end the rule of the al-Khalifa dynasty.

Secretary-General of Bahrain Freedom Movement Saeed al-Shahabi told FNA on Tuesday “The Bahraini people’s revolution is a revolution of major change to overthrow the al-Khalifa regime and it doesn’t accept compromise”.
He described talks between the al-Khalifa regime and opposition forces as useless and meaningless due to the continued imprisonment of Bahraini activists in the al-Khalifa jails, and rejected the proposal for the Bahraini crown prince’s succession to the thrown to replace his father.
Shahabi underlined “The Bahraini people will not accept the crown prince as the ruler of the country since he has collaborated with his father and uncle in the suppression of the people”.
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, end of discrimination, establishment of justice and a democratically-elected government as well as freedom of detained protesters.