Hopefuls Sign To Fill Vacated Mp Seats

The first batch of parliamentary hopefuls flocked to the Election Department at the Ministry of Interior as soon as it opened its doors Thursday to receive applications for those who intend to run of the supplementary National Assembly elections in the Second and Third Constituencies to fill up the seats vacated by former MPs Waleed Al-Tabtabaei and Jam’an Al-Harbash.

Nine candidates registered on the first day including Dr Anwaar Al-Qahtani who will run for the elections for the first time. After submitting her application, she told the media that upholding the Constitution starts with the elections. She filed her candidacy in order to represent the women who have repeatedly proven their capacity to engage in political work. She also stressed the need to stop procrastination and flattery “because we have to put Kuwait above everything.”

Meanwhile, Head of the Legal Unit at the department Colonel Salaah Al-Shatti said the registration will continue until Feb 16 – from 7:30 am to 1:30 pm. He added the number of registered voters in the Second Constituency totaled 62,547 and 96,528 in the Third Constituency.

Since the announcement of the supplementary elections, former MPs and seasoned candidates have been eager to join the race for the two vacant seats. However, most of them reconsidered later because the margin of success is too narrow and the current legislative term will end soon; while others have yet to decide whether to contest the elections or not as they are still assessing the situation.

In another development, five MPs submitted a proposal to modernize and regulate the official gazette, including the development of a website to make official State news more accessible.

The explanatory note of the bill underscored the need to regulate the official platform through which the State discloses information to the public, ensuring transparency and accountability.

Considering there has been no legislation in this regard since the establishment of the official gazette, the bill also stipulates the topics which will be covered and frequency of publication.

Furthermore, Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim traveled to Geneva Thursday to participate in the first meeting of the preliminary committee for the Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament. He will represent Arab parliaments in the next two days.

After this, Al-Ghanim will head to Cairo to attend a meeting between the Arab Parliament and heads of Arab parliamentary bodies in response to the invitation of Arab Parliament Speaker Dr Mishal Bin Fahmy Al-Salami.

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