Kuwait Times, Tuesday, Mar 16, 2021 | Shaaban 2, 1442
Lawmaker says grilling against premier ready
Kuwait:
Opposition MP Musaed Al-Mutairi said yesterday he will file to grill
Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah after the National Assembly
resumes regular sessions. He said the planned grilling will focus on a proposed
general pardon for ex-opposition MPs and activists who have been living in
self-exile for almost three years to escape harsh jail terms after being
convicted of storming the Assembly building in Nov 2011.
The government is currently discussing legislation to pardon all opposition
activists and ex-MPs over expressing political opinions. Another grilling
against the prime minister had been submitted by MPs Mohammad Al-Mutair and
Bader Al-Dahoum, whose membership in the Assembly was revoked by the
constitutional court on Sunday. MP Hamdan Al-Azemi said he will replace him in
the grilling.
MP Yousef Al-Fadhalah said that the constitutional court ruling against Dahoum
must be respected and implemented because it is a court verdict. Opposition MPs
have criticized the ruling, claiming it breached the rules of the law and the
constitution.
Meanwhile, opposition MP Thamer Al-Suwait claimed yesterday that 18 MPs have
entered into an alliance with the government to form a majority in the Assembly
to counter opposition MPs. He said the alliance will reject grillings against
the prime minister and send them for debate to the Assembly’s legal and
legislative committee.