(ANSAmed) - DUBAI, MAY 23 - Less than four months before
early elections for the new government, crisis is in the air
again in Kuwait, after the Council of Ministers left the
Parliament in protest yesterday and deserted today's session.
During today's session, a speech by Finance Minister Mustafa Al Shamali was schedule. Al Shamali was accused by the opposition of having committed irregularities in the management of its departments. However, political experts suggest that Al Shamali, a minister since 2007 in several governments, prefers resigning rather than having to face a confidence vote. Such strategy has often been used by Kuwait's politicians in the past. The stance of the powerful oil emirate's government can be explained by technical details: the minister allegedly said he is available for questioning if the two motions concerning him are presented separately, as per the Parliament's rules and regulations. ''We opposed the merging of the two motions because it is simply unacceptable that they are imposed on us as a matter of fact. We are part of this Parliament'', the Prime Minister Jaber al Mubarak said before he left the room, as reported by the daily newspaper Gulf News. (ANSAmed).
During today's session, a speech by Finance Minister Mustafa Al Shamali was schedule. Al Shamali was accused by the opposition of having committed irregularities in the management of its departments. However, political experts suggest that Al Shamali, a minister since 2007 in several governments, prefers resigning rather than having to face a confidence vote. Such strategy has often been used by Kuwait's politicians in the past. The stance of the powerful oil emirate's government can be explained by technical details: the minister allegedly said he is available for questioning if the two motions concerning him are presented separately, as per the Parliament's rules and regulations. ''We opposed the merging of the two motions because it is simply unacceptable that they are imposed on us as a matter of fact. We are part of this Parliament'', the Prime Minister Jaber al Mubarak said before he left the room, as reported by the daily newspaper Gulf News. (ANSAmed).
