The BICI also failed to further elaborate on point 525 which was as follows:
525. As part of its mediation efforts between the GoB of Bahrain and the seven main opposition parties, the United States dispatched Ambassador Jeffery D. Feltman, the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, to Manama to examine the potential for reaching an agreement between the two sides.
The consultations that were undertaken led to the drafting of a document entitled, "Code of Conduct – To be sponsored by a Regional Leader, with the US GoB Acting as Observer". The document included the following points:
a. Al Wefaq and its National Coalition allies will immediately orchestrate the removal of barricades and protesters from all highways and from all roads in Manama. Protesters will maintain a peaceful and orderly presence at the GCC Roundabout.
b. The BDF and MoI will implement an operation to ensure that all highways are fully accessible to the general public.
c. The BDF and MoI will immediately implement an operation to terminate all "vigilante" activity, followed by the dismantling of all illegal roadblocks and checkpoints.
d. The BDF Commander and ranking GCC Forces Commander will issue a statement clarifying the deployment of army units (i.e. to sensitive locations only), as well as rules of engagement.
e. Al Wefaq and its National Coalition allies agree:
i. To join immediately a genuine and credible national dialogue process that addresses the concerns and aspirations of all Bahraini citizens; and
ii. To orchestrate the full withdrawal of protesters from the GCC Roundabout within four weeks or once the National Coalition declares that discernible progress is being made in the national dialogue process, whichever is sooner.
f. The GoB of Bahrain announces:
i. The right for peaceful and orderly protests to continue;
ii. The temporary shuttering of Bahrain Television;
iii. The release of all remaining "political prisoners"; and
iv. The intent to form an interim government within 60 days.
g. The "Public Safety" Decree will be annulled and the GCC Forces will withdraw from Bahrain if there are no violent incidents.
The BICI went further to quote point 526 as follows:
526. According to opposition sources, Al Wefaq and the other political societies accepted this US proposal, while the GoB did not respond to this initiative.
It is strange and worrying that a majority's voice that was present at Al Fateh on the 21st of February 2011 remained ignored in the US proposal and by the opposition parties and an interim Government was discussed with no consensus.
This raises many questions and concerns on the United States involvement as the dispatched Ambassador Jeffery D. Feltman, drafted the consulted conclusion as if the only party represented and the only existence was that of Bahrain's opposition and the GoB.
There was no reference to the rest of the populace.
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