The bill, submitted by MPs Mohammad Hayef, Jamaan Al-Harbash, Osama Al-Munawer, Mohammad Al-Hatlani and Bader Al-Dahoom, proposes setting up a ‘Morality Crime Public Prosecution Department’ under the jurisdiction of an Attorney General to deal with felonies and misdemeanors related to committing public immorality.
It also stipulates the establishment of a special Ministry of Interior (MoI) police department to take legal measures to prevent crimes of public immorality.
The department will be headed by a lieutenant-general, who will assisted by a number of officers and policemen, according to the draft law. The bill will be reviewed by National Assembly committees before being put up for voting.
In the explanatory note, the lawmakers said the bill aims at unifying authorities investigating all public morality crimes. Presently, serious morality crimes and felonies are investigated by the public prosecution department while minor crimes are investigated by the Ministry of Interior investigation department. Unifying investigations into these crimes under the public prosecution department is in line with modern legislation, which authorize the public prosecution department to investigate all types of violations.
The lawmakers said the draft law also aims at creating a special department in the MoI to be fully devoted to combating public morality crimes. The bill does not define public morality crimes or name them.
MP Harbash, head of the National Assembly educational committee, said yesterday it has carried out all necessary amendments to the law calling to establish the Jaber University of Technology. The law for the university was approved by the Assembly about two weeks ago in the first reading, but the second and final vote was postponed until the amendments are carried out.
The law stipulates the establishment of the Sheikh Jaber University for Science and Technology to specialize in technology.
Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah said yesterday that all questions about the foreign transfers issue have been answered, and that the parliamentary investigation committee will be provided with all of the necessary documents.
Opposition MPs accused former Prime Minister, Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, of transferring millions of dinars of public funds into his private overseas bank accounts.
