Kuwait celebrating elections change it political crisis. About 305 candidates are vying this Thursday for 50 seats in the new Parliament, which aims to resolve continued tensions with the executive. after his resignation State last April, this constitutional monarchy Gulf It manages political instability marked by conflicts between rulers and deputies. More than 795,000 voters will go to the polls this Thursday to elect their representatives in the second legislative election in two years.
During these two years, the accusations corruption and deputies have been ineffective against ministers. Second, they defended themselves by accusing MPs of “misusing the means that allowed them to question” members of the Government. Crown Prince on June 15 Mashaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-SalahHe had no choice but to intervene on behalf of Emir Nawaf al Ahmed al Sabah. The executive branch’s mass resignation two months ago forced it to dissolve the National Assembly and pave the way for elections.
These elections The most inclusive in the country in the last 10 years, according to election observers. Some opposition groups bid farewell this Thursday to a boycott that Kuwaiti rulers imposed after they promised Parliament they would not interfere. Constant political crises in this small monarchy Gulf make them the sixth choices in the last ten years. With fifty elected members and a cabinet appointed by the country leader, the Kuwaiti National Assembly is considered the freest assembly in the Gulf as it is the only assembly with a Parliament that exercises control over the Government.
promises of reform
this election campaign It contained speeches overflowing with promises of political and economic reform for a country despite being one of its biggest exporters. Oil suffer from the economic impact of the world. Pandemic. “We will not interfere in the election of the people’s representatives or the elections to the next National Assembly by choosing the president or his committees,” the crown prince said. “Parliament will be the master of its decisions and we will not support one faction at the expense of the other; We will keep the same distance with everyone,” he insisted, unlike what he had done at other times.
With a population of 4.4 million, Kuwait has a large number of non-voting foreign workers among its population. The first Arab nation to adopt a Constitution in 1962, a year after gaining its independence from the United Kingdom, saw continued political instability stand in the way of its full development. economy. During these elections, many candidates look to their neighbors in Iran in hopes that their courage on the streets will inspire voters and that they may eventually get a seat in the Kuwaiti National Assembly.