ABU DHABI: Bahrain has dropped a case filed four months ago to suspend the activities of an opposition political group, the state news agency BNA said yesterday, in a move that could ease tensions ahead of general elections. The Justice Ministry in July asked a court to suspend the National Democratic Action Society, known as Waad, and two other groups, including the main opposition group Al Wefaq, for three months.
The ministry told the court it had based its decision to drop the case against Waad on the fact that the group had held its annual general conference and elected a new secretary general according to the law, BNA said. Bahrain is due to hold parliamentary elections on November 22.
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