The members also questioned the Ministry of Industry and Commerce’s representatives about the alleged bypassing the BCCI members on the new piece of legislation which denied the Ministry representative saying the proceeding was legal and in accordance with the construction of the Chamber.
There has been mayhem for over two hours before the Chairman Dr Esam Fakhro intervened and allowed the voting on the law as per the legal requirement of the meeting.
Earlier, Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) convened an Ordinary General Assembly Meeting, in accordance with Article 15 of the Decree Law No: (48) for the year 2012 on Sunday 27th January 2013 in the Kingdom Hall on the 1st floor of the Chamber building Bait Al Tijjar. But the meeting was adjourned for 15 days for want of the quorum and again held on Sunday 10th.
The agenda for this meeting was only to approve the draft of Executive Regulations for the Law of Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry that was issued by Decree Law No. (48) For the year 2012 and according to Article No. (50) Of this law and will not discuss any other topics.
According to Article No (19) Of the Chamber’s Law, this meeting was valid with the presence of 200 members or 10% of the number of the registered members, whichever is less.
The decision shall be taken in this meeting by a majority of the present members, and if the votes equaled, the side of the chairman of the meeting will be weighted.
All the registered members who paid their annual participation fees were entitled to enter the hall to exercise their right to vote according to Article No. (14) of the Chamber’s Law which stated that: The member in the General Assembly Meetings is represented in voting and in attendance by the owner of the establishment or his legal representative, and if they multiply, they shall delegate one of them to attend and vote in the GAM, the delegation in attending and voting in the GAM is illegal, and each member shall have a number of votes restricted by the his capital in accordance with the Chamber’s records.