Two Kuwaiti lawmakers resigned on Sunday, bringing to five the number of MPs who have quit in protest at the parliament's refusal to question the prime minister on corruption allegations. MP Ali al-Rashed, a former parliament speaker, and MP Safa al-Hashem, the only female lawmaker in the 50-member house, said they resigned because the situation in the Gulf state has reached a "deadlock." "Today, the situation has reached a deadlock. On Wednesday, opposition MPs Riyadh al-Adasani, Abdulkarim al-Kundari and Hussein al-Mutairi resigned after the pro-government parliament rejected their demand to question the prime minister over allegations he gave cash handouts to lawmakers. The three MPs blamed Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah, a senior member of the ruling family, for deteriorating public services in the oil-rich Gulf state and took him to task for the temporary closure of two newspapers, claiming the move was aimed at stifling freedoms.
05-05-2014, 12:32 PM
Two more Kuwait MPs quit over refusal to question PM
Two Kuwaiti lawmakers resigned on Sunday, bringing to five the number of MPs who have quit in protest at the parliament's refusal to question the prime minister on corruption allegations. MP Ali al-Rashed, a former parliament speaker, and MP Safa al-Hashem, the only female lawmaker in the 50-member house, said they resigned because the situation in the Gulf state has reached a "deadlock." "Today, the situation has reached a deadlock. On Wednesday, opposition MPs Riyadh al-Adasani, Abdulkarim al-Kundari and Hussein al-Mutairi resigned after the pro-government parliament rejected their demand to question the prime minister over allegations he gave cash handouts to lawmakers. The three MPs blamed Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah, a senior member of the ruling family, for deteriorating public services in the oil-rich Gulf state and took him to task for the temporary closure of two newspapers, claiming the move was aimed at stifling freedoms.
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