While it is natural for opposition voices in Bahrain to call for protest and objection to the current situation, when pro-government voices also begin urging protests against the existing reality, it signals that the loyalist side has been affected by official policies, and discontent has reached a significant level among government supporters.

Head of the National Unity Gathering, Abdullatif Al-Mahmood, commented on a new call for a new dialogue: �This is a talk that no longer has a place. Dialogues are over.�

A conference sponsored by Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (Sunday November 13, 2016) demanded the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to �speed up the measures to declare Gulf Union�.

Bahrain Mirror: The former deputy Secretary-General of the National Unity Gathering, Mohammed Al-Othman, returned to Bahrain after spending about three as a political refugee in the United Kingdom.