Kuwait Times

Published Date: March 15, 2009

KUWAIT: An official recently said that the special government committee formed to follow up on grills submitted against HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah faced many obstacles. The committee contacted MPs who promised to support the government on the issue of referring the grilling requests to the Constitutional Court; however, the committee said some of the promises may prove to be baseless, officials said. Meanwhile, an official said that MP Faisal Al-Musallam maintained that some MPs were convinced to support the government after reports indicated that two MPs received cheques for KD 100,000 while another received a KD 50,000 cheque, Al-Qabas reported. Later, a source maintained that the number of suspected cheques increased from two to six.

Government asks for MPs support

KUWAIT: An official said the government was sure it would receive the support of the majority of MPs to refer grill requests to the Constitutional Court. The number of MPs who are said to support the government stands at 33. The source added that he expected the government to ask at Tuesday's session to delay grill requests against HH the Prime Minister for two weeks. Meanwhile, MP Ahmad Lari said that the committee did not complete a discussion of the draft for the economic stability law but that some items were amended. He said that that the committee considered amending some items submitted by the Popular Action Bloc, Al-Rai reported. Lari said the committee preferred not to mention the amended items until the law was studied by the National Assembly and government today.

Tabtabae suggests moving embassies
KUWAIT: MP Dr Waleed Al-Tabtabae recently submitted a suggestion to the National Assembly that said the presence of foreign embassies in Kaifan has caused traffic jams and security problems, Al-Watan reported. He suggested that the embassies be moved to other areas.

Bedoons to receive new IDs
KUWAIT: Officials from an executive committee on illegal residents recently met to find a new mechanism to facilitate security ID renewals for bedoons. The committee discussed methods to speed up work for renewal and make it more efficient and said that providing extra staff and facilitating "To whom it may concern" letters would aid in the process, Annahar reported. Officials said they were keen to issue the new IDs without delay.