Bahrain: MPs are calling for a curb on migrants.
Expats must not be more than 50 per cent of the country’s population, according to a key parliamentary committee report.
The report, by the committee in charge of replying to His Majesty King Hamad’s keynote speech at the opening of the second term of the fourth legislative session, will be debated by parliament at its session on Tuesday.
It highlights the need to toughen laws to limit the number of migrants in Bahrain.
The report warns against potential pitfalls on Bahrain’s society in case the number of foreigners exceed 50pc of the population.
The report also urges funds from the GCC Development Fund to be pumped to complete major infrastructure and industrial projects, and divert revenue and investment to national human resources, according to a report in our sister paper Akhbar Al Khaleej.
The committee stressed the need to protect citizen-oriented development programmes.
It also urged an end to the annual bonuses paid to board members of government-owned companies.
The MPs demanded a reduction of officials’ travel expenses and asked for a regulated overseas treatment fund.
The panel also wants a rethink of the housing strategy and called for a review of school syllabi so as to “purify” textbook from anything which may cultivate an extremist mindset. The committee stressed the need to monitor the extremist and instigative religious and political discourse in the country.
Separately, this week’s session will also discuss a proposal to have timers installed on Bahrain’s traffic lights.
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