MP Saleh Ashour stressed the current five constituencies system is unsuitable for the Kuwaiti society because of its flaws. He said the best suited system for Kuwait is the ten constituencies system with one vote for one person.
He pointed out the so-called parliamentary Majority Bloc is currently living in a ‘fantasy’ world and that is one of the reasons why the people have abandoned them “because they have abandoned real work what the citizens were looking forward to and were busy with personal issues that has divided the country.”
He added “If parliamentary elections were to be held on the five constituencies pattern, do they think they will return to the Parliament as they were in the 2012 Parliament?”
He stressed the results will change because people’s convictions have changed. In that during the previous period the atmosphere was charged with the issues of the so-called multimillion deposits and the foreign money transfers scandals, but as of now it has become clear to the public that members of the Majority Bloc have different priorities rather than addressing corruption and reform.
He pointed out the opposition has not made any real achievements. For instance, the law which the members presented in 2012 Parliament divided the society and disrupted development.
“They did not give much importance to laws to fight corruption but concentrated on the laws that divided the society such as the blasphemy law that allowed for execution of anyone who insulted the Prophet and his companions. They also presented unimportant laws such as to look into the issues of the Medical City and the Jaber University.
MP Salwa Al-Jassar has criticized members of the Majority Bloc for making statements against the judiciary which she said clearly indicate disrespect to the authority.
She said anyone who follows the statements of opposition MPs who always claim they respect the judiciary have been wondering why these MPs do the contrary – they always doubt the judiciary and its verdicts. Haven’t they called for changes in the Constitutional Court? Haven’t they tried to implicate the judiciary and dragged it to the legislature?”
She added, “If this is their understanding of respect for the judiciary then their legislations will certainly destroy the country.”
Meanwhile, former liberal MP and columnist Nabil Al-Fadhel has called on the Information Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah to shut down a pro-opposition ‘Nahaj Channel’, which he said is non-Kuwaiti and unlicensed by the ministry but broadcasts its stuffs inside the country and interferes in Kuwaiti affairs.
He wants to know when the minister is going to request ARASAT to stop the channel exactly as the Bahraini information minister did. He queried “Or is it that the law is not applied to anything that belongs to members of the opposition bloc?
