Bahrain Mirror: The Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments announced on Monday (March 6, 2017) that it has filed a lawsuit demanding to dissolve the National Democratic Action Society (Wa'ad) and accused it of "promoting forceful overthrow of political regime".

The ministry said in a statement "The society committed gross violations in breach of the Kingdom's laws, Constitution and National Action Charter, including incitement of acts of terrorism and promoting violent and forceful overthrow of political regime. The society glorified convicted terrorists and saboteurs who used weapons, detonated bombs in killing and wounding several security and also undermined citizens and residents physical safety as well as damaged private and public properties."  

The ministry affirmed that the priority is to correct the political path and move forward in efforts to combat terrorism, violence and extremism.

Wa'ad is considered the second largest opposition society after Al-Wefaq that was dissolved in June 2016.

The society is demanding transformation of Bahrain into a constitutional monarchy that the king had promised to do in 2011 before he failed to achieve what he agreed on with the political opposition at that time.

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