No meddling in Al-Jassem son's appointment: MPs
KUWAIT CITY: MPs Musallam Al-Barrack and Falah Al-Sawagh have sworn they did not meddle in the appointment of the son of Mohammed Abdulqadir Al-Jassem in the Bourse, reports Al-Shahed daily quoting reliable sources.
The same sources wondered if it was necessary to recruit Mohammed Al-Jassem as consultant for the Parliamentary Legislative Committee, and asked about the person who appointed Al-Jassem and the criteria for his appointment.
Also, Al-Barrak and his colleague Faisal Al-Muslim have urged members of the parliamentary majority to steer clear of malpractices some members of the minority bloc are committing in the sessions to avoid negative circumstances that may lead to parliamentary dissolution.
Sources say the proposed meeting of the majority bloc in the diwaniya of Al-Tahous next Saturday will discuss several issues, among them the verdict of the Ministers' Court on the foreign remittance issue.
Meanwhile, former premier Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah has said the parliamentary committee probing the overseas remittance issue is not legally and constitutionally binding to carry on investigations any further, particularly after the Ministers' Court has shelved the case.
This message was delivered by Sheikh Nasser to the Speaker of Parliament Ahmad Al-Sa'adoun and it included almost six constitutional and legal reasons explaining his point of view on the operation of the committee. He maintained that the Ministers' Court has fully investigated the issue, which the parliamentary committee is now trying to probe, before making the final decision to cancel it.
According to Sheikh Nasser, the sixth article of the bylaws of Ministers' Court stipulates the case must be shelved without an appeal if investigations do not prove any criminal act and evidence is insufficient.
In addition, the Ministers' Court is not obligated to wait for the results of investigations conducted by the Parliamentary Investigation Committee, he noted.
He added the parliamentary committee is only allowed to call ministers and employees for investigation. Therefore, it will be unconstitutional if he (Sheikh Nasser) appears before the committee after he submitted his resignation Nov 28, 2011 and a final verdict has been issued by the concerned legal authority on the case.
Moreover, Article 27 of Parliamentary Bylaws says the lawmakers are not allowed to interfere in affairs of
the legal and executive authorities, he reiterated.
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KUWAIT CITY: Former Minister of Information Sami Al-Nisf has attributed the political instability in Kuwait to the multitude of political problems in the Middle East, pointing out these problems stem from the incompetence of politicians, especially the lawmakers, reports Alam Alyawm daily.
In a press statement recently, Al-Nisf said the major concern of some politicians now is to call for fresh elections, so many of them use grilling as a tool for ensuring electoral success and to retain their parliamentary seats. He condemned the way several lawmakers have obtained seats in the National Assembly through diwaniyas even if they have no political skills. He warned if such practices continue, the competent lawmakers will lose their seats, while those who hamper the development process will remain in the Assembly. He clarified this scenario is prevalent not only in Kuwait but also the entire Arab world.
Asserting the excessive media propaganda has negatively affected the political activities, Al-Nisf called for setting limits, or if possible, the parliamentary work should be away from media exaggeration. He also attributed the problem to the lack of committees for the assessment of the performance of lawmakers.
© Arab Times 2012
