MPs Seek To Expel Three Colleagues Over Judiciary Law Debate

Ten MPs have asked Parliament to remove three fellow MPs from their seats over remarks made during a debate on Bahrain’s judiciary law, accusing them of breaching their oath and losing the trust required to remain in the chamber. The request, sent to the Speaker, names Abdulnabi Salman Nasser, Mamdouh Abbas Al Saleh and Mehdi Abdulaziz Al Shuwaikh as the MPs whose membership should be dropped. The MPs behind the move say the three took a stance during the sitting of 28 May 2026, while Parliament was discussing Decree-Law No. 13 of 2024, which amends Article 7 of the Judicial Authority Law issued under Decree-Law No. 42 of 2002. In their request, the signatories claim the three MPs criticised steps taken by the state against people accused of glorifying Iranian attacks on Bahrain, including the withdrawal of nationality from those found to have carried out such acts and from others whose nationality was lost by dependency. They say the remarks questioned the fairness of those steps and were used as grounds to reject the decree-law. The request claims this angered the public, His Majesty the King and fellow MPs, and amounted to a breach of national unity and the duties […]

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