9. Right to participate in public life: Articles (25 & 26): 9.1 The constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain stipulates under Article (1/e) the rights of citizens to stand for elections and to vote, the legislator brought forward several legislations that stated the detailed stipulations to exercise this right and to preserve it. This includes Decree-Law No. (14) of 2002 on exercising political rights and its amendments pertaining to referendum and electing the members of the Parliament, Decree-Law No. (15) of 2002 on the Shura Council and the Council of Representatives and its amendments, provisions of the Municipal Law issued by Decree-Law No. (35) of 2010 and its amendments, in addition to Decree-Law No.(3) of 2002 on the Election Scheme of the Municipal Council Members, and its amendments. Other legislations were issued to support regulating the practice of this right, like Decree-Law No. (14) of 1973 on the organization of propaganda, and Resolution No. (77) of 2006 on the arrangement of the election campaign for elections of the House of Representatives and municipal councils, to address the issues and procedures relevant to electoral propaganda and penalties for violating it. 9.2 In pursue of the reform initiative launched by H.H. the King at the beginning of the millennium, which started by announcing the National Charter in 2001, and reinstated the parliamentary life and called for parliamentary and municipal elections for the first time in 2002, followed by 2006 elections, and continued in 2010, till 2014 where the parliamentary and municipal elections were called for the Parallel Report by the National Institution for Human Rights of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Human Rights Committee © 2018 54