‘Govt missing as MPs occupied vital seats’
KUWAIT CITY, April 28: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim adjourned the session slated for Tuesday until after Eid Al-Fitr, indicating the government declined to attend the session because some MPs occupied the seats allocated for ministers and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid. A few days before the session, the opposition MPs posted a joint statement on their Twitter accounts stating “no grilling, no session”. When the session started on Tuesday, several MPs occupied the front seats where members of the government are usually seated.
They also pasted papers with the statement: “We have taken the 1962 oath,” referring to the issuance of the Constitution in 1962. The government then issued a statement, clarifying they went to the Assembly building to attend the session as the agenda included important items such as the grilling motion against Minister of Health Dr Basel Al-Sabah; voting on the second readin
KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The dispute between National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- Ghanim and the opposition MPs continues with MP Muhammad Al-Mutair accusing Al-Ghanim of insulting his mother during the supplementary session on Wednesday. In a press statement, Al-Ghanim vehemently denied the allegati
‘Chaos key to force government hand’
KUWAIT CITY, April 15: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim said the attitude of some MPs during the last two sessions is aimed at dissolving the Assembly by instigating chaos. In a press statement, Al-Ghanim disclosed that he adjourned Wednesday’s session until the next couple of weeks and that he has a message for the people of Kuwait. He pointed out the recent turn of events in the Assembly is unfortunate as any political, legal or constitutional dispute should be handled through a calm and sophisticated dialogue as it was done previously. He believes the citizens are fully aware that the aim is to instigate chaos in every session to push for the dissolution of the Assembly.
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KUWAIT CITY, April 11: MP Badr Al-Humaidi submitted a proposal for the ministries and other public institutions to specify the number of expatriate employees who or their relatives suffer from chronic psychiatric and nervous system diseases and are undergoing treatment in Kuwaiti hospitals. The prop