[2] Thirteen of the fourteen members elected in June were re-elected, with only Youssef Marzouq Al-Marzouq not returning to the new council.
[2] On 9 March Muhammad bin Munais made a public speech attacking the sheikh and handed out anti-government leaflets.
His arrest the following day led to an altercation when former council member Youssef Al-Marzouq attempted to intervene.
[2] On 11 March five former members of the council were arrested,[2] with a new jail having to be built to house the unprecedented number of prisoners.
[3] On 12 March the sheikh appointed 14 members to a new advisory council, which functioned until July 1940 but then ceased meeting.