This was stated by former MP Mohammad Al- Dallal who reiterated that the newly born group was set to include “a large number of labor unions, student associations, non-governmental organizations and political groups,” in addition to members from the Majority Bloc. The latter is a coalition of oppositionists who formed a majority in the scrapped 2012 parliament.
The main goals of the coalition, as Al-Dallal explained, would be “improving the political system and achieve more stability.”
He said Kuwait needed a “complete parliamentary system and political parties which are elected through their programs and based on which the cabinet and prime minister are selected.”
Having an elected cabinet was not the sole objective the coalition sought to achieve, according to Al-Dallal. “We seek stability following years of instability which resulted in obstructing parliamentary work,” he added. Meanwhile, Al-Dallal recognized young activists as being the “main component” of the coalition, saying that they would play a “leading role” in setting up the coalition’s work mechanism.
In a related note, members of the public movements reportedly felt concerned that a date for a new procession was yet to be announced on the Karamat Watan Twitter account, as suggested by an Al-Watan report yesterday.
The account, which was used to announce the time and place for seven processions held so far across Kuwait and has more than 114700 followers, has not put out any Twitter post for the last sixteen days.
In this regard, the activists who spoke on the condition of anonymity expressed concern that the delay in announcing the next protest could have been caused by the situation created after the Popular Action Bloc and Islamic Constitutional Movement defected from the Nahj Group in order to form the Opposition Coalition.
