Special House session to discuss traffic policies

Manama : The House of Representatives will discuss the traffic policies of the government, traffic rules and its violations in an extraordinary session to be held on Thursday.

The session will be held in the presence of government institutions, including the General Directorate of Traffic.

The session is expected to find a solution to the public grievances over traffic rules and its implementation mechanisms, and the alleged hefty increase of traffic fines.

On April 3, Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa had ordered the authorities, including the directorate and Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Ministry, to reconsider speed limits on the Kingdom’s main roads and highways, affirming that that the ultimate goal of the law is to avoid wrong traffic habits and not to impose fines and contraventions.

The request to hold the discussion in the Parliament was approved during the council’s ordinary session held on April 18.

It was submitted by MPs Jamal Buhassan, Nabeel Al Balooshi, Mohammed Al Maarifi, Abdulhameed Al Najjar, Khalifa Al Ghanim, Mohsen Al Bakri, Mohammed Al Emmadi, Hamad Al Dossary, Abdulrahman Buali, Abdulrahman Bumjaid, Jamal Dawood, Osama Al Khaja, Theyab Al Nuaimi, Dr. Isa Turki, Ahmed Qarata, Dr. Majeed Al Asfoor, Jameela Al Sammak and Majid Al Majid.