HRH Premier directs to evaluate investment support mechanisms

Manama, July 13 (BNA): His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has stressed the need to regularly evaluate the investment support mechanisms, especially regarding legislation in order to ensure they are always updated. The government is interested in every development or economic activity, and will not accept any implementation delay, under any pretexts, he said, emphasising constant follow-up on projects related to the citizens to ensure they are completed according to schedule and budget. HRH the Prime Minister made the statements as he received here today the Shura Council Chairman Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh, First Deputy Speaker Ali Abdulla Al-Aradi, First Deputy Shura Council Chairman Jamal Mohammed Fakhro, MPs and Shura members, in the presence of senior state officials. HRH Premier affirmed that openness and democracy should be elements that support economic development and boost investment, stressing that freedom and democracy should not be confined to politics only, but must be used to benefit all fields as well. HRH Premier pointed out that technology has provided multiple ways of social communication, expressing regret that while technological development can be used to serve development and upgrade the citizens’ standards of living, it has sometimes been used to undermine security and support terrorism. On regional and global issues, HRH the Prime Minister asserted that the latest developments and challenges require more solidarity and cohesion at the national level, stressing that responsibility should be assumed by everyone, not the state alone.