Expatriate driving ban ruled unconstitutional in Bahrain
The controversial Article 20 in Bahrain’s draft traffic law that bars expatriates from driving in the country has been ruled “unconstitutional” by the Constitutional Court here, a media report said Thursday.
In its landmark ruling, the court, chaired by its President Shaikh Khalifa bin Rashid Al Khalifa, said the article was not in compliance with provisions of the constitution, Gulf Daily News reported.
The Bahraini parliament first introduced the article into the draft traffic law with MPs refusing to omit it as they claimed that most traffic offences were committed by expatriates.