Kuwait Elections: 65 candidates register for parliament polls – Al-Roumi to run for speaker’s post

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KUWAIT: The first day of registration to run for the Parliamentary elections witnessed 65 candidates including one woman, Riham Al-Jlewi, in the Third district. The most notable candidate on Thursday was Abdallah Al-Roumi who said he will run for the speaker’s post in case he won the elections. Acting Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Humoud inspected the elections directorate, and said all precautions will be taken to avoid mistakes during the elections.. He said that six teams were formed to monitor vote-buying as well as bi-elections.

Meanwhile, Information Minister and State Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud lauded the efforts of all those involved in the election process, and hoped that election day on July 27 becomes a good opportunity during the month of Ramadan to fulfill the wishes of citizens and the country.
He said Kuwait is proud with its democratic experience and all its institutions, adding that this is an important stage and asked citizens to participate positively to support the democratic process.

Sheikh Salman said that “despite the hurdles that we faced in the past, the democratic experience proved its strength and the belief in the institutional state, and we have a period of work and achievement ahead of us and compensate for lost time to support the development plans.” He said the organization of elections under total supervision from the Judiciary is something that distinguished Kuwait’s elections which is always transparent. He said the responsibility of the information ministry is to play its main role in making citizens aware, and the importance of their carrying out their responsibility to support the election process.

Sheikh Salman said the information ministry has a plan to grant all candidates equal opportunities to present their platforms. Meanwhile, informed sources said Kuwait University will launch a media campaign to educate the youth and urge them to participate in the elections and vote for the better away from secterian and tribal loyalty. The sources said the campaign will be in cooperation with government entities such as the information ministry, which will stress the importance of staying away from selling votes and show that it is a crime. The campaign will include SMS, ads, stickers and leaflets.

Parliamentary candidate Abdullah Al-Roumi said he will run for the speakership, adding that the current situation requires solidarity and good intentions, especially under the dangers that surround the region as Kuwait is not far from it. Al-Roumi said article 71 of the constitution said that there is no absolute authority that gives the right to issue decrees. He said the amendment of the election law requires social and national consensus, which needs collective efforts to find out a legislation that no one looks at from a personal view.

Second constituency candidate Eng. Adel Al-Khorafi said it is possible to contest the elections as it is the right of every citizen to do so, especially that the assembly annulment was due to wrong procedures. He asked the government to rely on competent Kuwait youth instead of the wide spread displeasure the people are living today.

Second constituency candidate Khalil Al-Saleh said the legal and constitutional procedures for the current elections are correct, and the responsibility is now that of the voter in choosing who deserves to represent the nation. He said the number of laws that were approved in the previous assembly is 143, that benefited all Kuwaiti people, as it was a democratic assembly and approved several laws regarding development.

Meanwhile candidate Ahmad Al-Hamad said Kuwait judiciary protected the one vote system, which corrected the defect in the election law, and “we must admit that the defect was present.” He appealed to the government and the next assembly to cooperate to finish several projects that attract investments, and activate the role of the private sector.

Candidate of the Third constituency Riham Al-Jlewi said she is running in the elections because she believes the next stage requires strong economy in order to improve the citizen’s living. She said she also wants to encourage the youth in the private sector to be present in the assembly to be part of decision making.

Candidate Abdel Kareem Al-Kandari said Kuwait needs competent people, and “as a professor in commercial law, I want to present solutions through participating in several issues in the next assembly, most important of which is health, education and unemployment. “Roudhan Al-Roudhan, a former minister and former MP, said Kuwait is living a democratic festival, and all gave what they had in the previous assemblies, as people choose those they feel are the best. He said “we are looking for stability and cooperation between the two authorities and use the constitutional articles correctly.”

source:  kuwaittimes

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