Any dissolution of Assembly will delay much needed laws:Abdal

By Francis A. Clifford Cardozo
Arab Times Staff
KUWAIT CITY, March 8:
The local economy requires a
fillip and any dissolution of
the parliament at his stage
will cause more delay in
issuance of the much-needed
laws. This in turn will hit the
banking and investment sectors
hard, says Labeed Abdal,
Constitutional expert and the
Head of the
International
R e l a t i o n s
Committee at
Kuwait Bar
Association.
Abdal was
expressing his
views on reports
indicating that
the Parliament
may be dissolved
to avoid the grilling of the prime minister.
“If the grilling request is based on
valid grounds, then it can be used
against a minister or the prime minister
for that matter to monitor their performance
in managing public affairs,” he
added.
Abdal added that the country can illafford
another election and that both
the government and the Parliament
must explore ways to forge cooperation
taking into account national interests.
Abdal also added that there are many
pending laws such as the labor law, the
private-public partnership (PPP) law,
new stock market law, new foreign
investment law, information technology
law, advanced intellectual property law
etc, and these laws need to be passed
urgently to move the country forward.
He noted that the current grilling
requests from the members of the
Parliament can be considered
Constitutional and that it is the responsibility
of the prime minister in line with
the Constitution of Kuwait to provide
answers to the questions that are being
raised.
“Also, some newspapers reported
that the Council of Ministers might
request the Constitutional Court to give
its opinion about some aspects of the
grilling, especially matters which are
related to some alleged violations about
the mismanagement of the public funds
in the office of the prime minister,” he
added.
“In that specific regard and after the
Prime Minster decides to transfer the
mentioned allegations to the public
prosecution, practically, all powers must
wait for the results of the criminal investigations,”
he added.
“The government must take the lead
in submitting the laws needed to perform
and meet the local and the international
needs, besides carrying out its
existing programs with more meetings
with the MPs aimed at strengthening
relations.”
“On the other hand, the MPs should
avoid more conflicts and forge alliance
with the parliamentary committees.


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