Who administers direct democracy mechanisms at the national level?
Bahrain
Law by decree No 14 for 2002
Exercising Political Rights http://www.shura.bh/en/LegislativeResource/PoliticalLaw/Documents/Political%20Rights%20Law.pdf
Article 18 of Law No 14
“The Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs heads a Supreme Committee to supervise the validity of Referendums and Parliamentary elections all over the Kingdom and to look into all matters forwarded to it by the committees mentioned in Article 7 of this law.
The Supreme Committee comprises a large number of judges and legal consultants appointed by Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs.
The Supreme Committee is assisted by the Central Statistics Organization which will carry out the preparations for the referendum and elections and supervise all the necessary technical works”.
Governmental electoral management body conducts referendums
