KUWAIT CITY, Oct 25: MP Hani Shams has submitted a proposal to stop the issuance of licenses for the embassies and consulates of other countries whose offices are in residential areas. He suggested relocating these embassies and consulates to the designated diplomatic area.

On the other hand, MP Hamad Al-Elyan criticized the decision of the Council of Ministers that the State Audit Bureau (SAB) has no right to look into the regulations on the work of ministries. He said the decision contradicts Law No. 30/1964 on the establishment of SAB, particularly Article 20 stating that SAB has the right to look into the administrative and financial regulations to ensure compliance with monitoring rules. He stressed that the decision limits transparency and disrupts the monitoring tasks of SAB, so he called for immediate cancellation of the decision. He added the decision violates Article 29 of the aforementioned law, which grants SAB the right to check every document or form needed to complete its tasks. He went on to say the decision also violates Article Five of law number 12/2020, which obligates public institutions to publish decisions and regulations on their websites to be available to the public. He concluded that the government has no other option but to cancel the decision; otherwise, it must bear political responsibility.

Meanwhile, Inter-Parliamentary Group Treasurer MP Hamad Al-Obaid revealed that the proposal of Kuwait to hold an emergency session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to discuss the Israeli attacks on Gaza obtained the majority vote – 607 votes of the delegations at the 147th IPU Assembly in Angola. He asserted this indicates full international support for the Palestinians and shows that the world’s people are against the Israeli violent attacks. He pointed out that the proposal, which was adopted by the Arab group at IPU, includes calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and to stop the Israeli attacks on civilian Palestinians.

Moreover, MP Abdulhadi Al-Ajmi asked Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research Adel Al- Mane’e to provide him with copies of all decisions and correspondences with the Legal Advice and Legislation Department concerning the rare specialization allowance for teachers, heads of departments, school assistant managers, school managers, monitors of educational stages and heads of educational districts. He wants copies of the career development of these employees, delegation and reshuffling decisions, and the comments and observations of SAB on the distribution of rare specialization allowance.

MP Badr Al-Mulla forwarded queries to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahd regarding Military Conscription Law No. 20/2015. He asked about the number of citizens referred to the General Department of Investigations for violating Articles 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42 of the aforementioned law since it was enforced to date. He wants to know the number of those who violated these articles and were not referred to the General Department of Investigations. Lastly, National Assembly Speaker Ahmad Al-Sa’adoun met HH Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for National Assembly and Cabinet Affairs Essa Al-Kandari, Minister of Finance Fahd Al-Jarallah and Minister of Social Affairs and State Minister for Family and Childhood Affairs Sheikh Feras Al-Sabah. Al-Sa’adoun also met a delegation from Germany including MP Christopher Plob and German Ambassador to Kuwait Hans-Christian von Reibnitz. In addition, he sent a cable to Speaker of the Senate of Kazakhstan Mäulen Äşimbaev and Speaker of the House of Representatives Yerlan Koshnov to greet them on the National Day of their country.

By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff