KUWAIT: Lawmakers are holding Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah responsible to respond to Dubai's chief of police for allegedly offending citizens taking part in a public protest against governmental procedures, as well as accusing two lawmakers of insulting Al-Sabah ruling family. "Kuwait's Prime Minister bears the responsibility for [Lieutenant General Dhahi] Al-Khalfan's offensive remarks for failing to protect the dignity of citizens described by Al-Khalfan as street thugs," said MP Jamaan Al-Harbash, who along with fellow Islamist lawmaker Waleed Al-Tabtabaei was named earlier by Al-Khalfan on Twitter when he urged Kuwaitis not to let them 'bully' Al-Sabah family.
Al-Khalfan continued to criticize the Kuwaiti opposition for the fifth day on the microblogging site Tuesday, as part of on-going feud with the Muslim Brotherhood pan-Arab political group. In his latest 'tweets,' Al-Khalfan proclaimed that governments of Gulf states will demand that Kuwait's membership in the Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) be suspended if the country has a member from the Muslim Brotherhood as prime minister. Al-Harbash's remarks on Twitter were soon followed by a response from Al-Tabtabaei who criticized through his account, the Kuwaiti government, for 'remaining silent' about Al-Khalfan's statements, adding that failure to respond to the alleged insults is an indication of the government's "inability to take a proper action or involvement."
Al-Khalfan further argued that the Muslim Brotherhood's plot is to foil governmental achievements in Arab countries they are active in so that they can push themselves to leadership. He added that Kuwait will turn into "a second Lebanon if the Muslim Brotherhood assumes power." Member of the annulled 2012 parliament Mohammad Al-Kandari said via his Twitter account that "Al-Khalfan accusations must stop, adding that "insults to the Kuwaiti people, their MPs, families and tribes are unacceptable." Meanwhile, Dr Mohammad Al-Tabtabaei former dean of the Faculty of Sharia at the Kuwait University demanded an apology from the government of the United Arab Emirates "for the insults Al-Khalfan made against Al-Tabtabaei family."
© Kuwait Times 2012
