KUWAIT CITY, March 17: The Administrative Court has received the appeals of several National Assembly election candidates who were disqualified by the Ministry of Interior. The petitioners requested the court to cancel the decision of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, and acting Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Al-Sabah to disqualify them on grounds that they did not meet the conditions and due to their participation in tribal elections. The disqualified candidates are Ahmed Mutei Al- Azmi, Jaber Al-Mehailbi, Marzouq Al-Hebeini, Marzouq Al-Khalifa, Sheikh Mishal Al-Malik, Mohammad Al- Juwaihel, Walid Al-Nasser, Mohammad Al-Azmi, Hani Husain, Adel Al-Saeedi and Mubarak Tarad, in addition to three other candidates who did not complete the necessary procedures.

According to Al-Hebeini, he filed his appeal to the court and the latter will announce its verdict on Monday. He is sure that the fair judiciary will put him back to the electoral race. In a relevant development, Kuwait Municipality disclosed that the concerned teams removed 42 advertisements of parliamentary election candidates due to various violations. Thirty-six of the removed advertisements were installed outside the space allocated for a candidate to hold meetings and six were installed without obtaining a license.

The Municipality stressed that its campaign to uncover such violations will continue, calling on the candidates to adhere to the regulations in order to avoid the removal of their advertisements and payment of fines. Moreover, former MP and 2024 parliamentary election candidate Mohammad Hayef urged the Ministry of Interior to specify the employees or officials responsible for the withdrawal of forged citizenship. He also emphasized the need to identify and punish the forgers. He added he will use constitutional channels to address this issue if he wins in the upcoming election.

By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff