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200 candidates remain in fray

KUWAIT: The court of cassation on Sunday upheld a decision to bar four top candidates, all former lawmakers, from contesting the April 4 parliamentary polls because they were convicted of taking part in the outlawed tribal primary elections. The verdict is final and cannot be challenged. This means that only 200 candidates will remain in the fray for the 50-seat National Assembly. These candidates include 46 members of the dissolved Assembly, in...

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Court to rule on barring candidates March 20 and 21

KUWAIT: The administrative court on Monday said it will issue its verdicts on decisions by the elections committee to bar some candidates from running in the April 4 elections on March 20 and 21. The elections committee has disqualified 14 candidates from contesting the snap polls, saying they do not fulfil all conditions to become candidates.Three of the 14 barred candidates, former MPs Marzouq Al-Khalifa, Marzouq Al-Hubaini and Jaber Al-Azemi,...

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Election committee bars 14 candidates, some file petitions

KUWAIT: The election committee at the interior ministry has decided to bar 14 candidates from running in the April 4 snap polls, mostly over their criminal records, with some of the candidates challenging the decision in court. The barred candidates include four former MPs and Sheikh Mishal Malik Al-Sabah, the only ruling family member who filed to run in the polls. They also include three candidates who did not complete registration...

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3-month amnesty for visa violators

KUWAIT: The interior ministry on Thursday announced a three-month amnesty for residency violators, allowing expats living illegally in the country to legalize their stay after paying fines or to leave Kuwait without paying any fines. The ministry said the amnesty, which starts on March 17 and continues until June 17, was issued on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah becoming...

KUWAIT: An employee of the department of election affairs closes the doors on the last day of registration for the upcoming National Assembly polls on March 13, 2024. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

255 hopefuls in Assembly race

KUWAIT: At the close of registration of candidates for the April 4 snap parliamentary elections, 255 candidates including 14 women have filed their nominations to run in the polls, the fourth in as many years. Forty-seven members out of 50 of the National Assembly dissolved by HH the Amir in February are seeking re-election and have urged Kuwaiti voters to turn out in large numbers and not be frustrated because of repeated elections.As many as 25...

KUWAIT: Officials are seen outside the department of election affairs as candidate registration opened on March 4, 2024. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

42 candidates file to contest polls as registration opens

KUWAIT: Forty-two candidates filed nomination papers on the first day of registration on Monday to run in the April 4 snap parliamentary elections that were called after the previous National Assembly was dissolved in February. The interior ministry opened registration of candidates after an Amiri decree was issued setting the election date on April 4, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Registration of candidates ends on March 13, while...

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Candidate registration opens, most ex-MPs bidding for re-election

KUWAIT: Registration for the April 4 snap parliamentary polls will start on Monday for 10 days, the interior ministry announced following the publication of an Amiri decree inviting voters to elect a new National Assembly in the official gazette Kuwait Al-Youm. As many as 49 out of the 50 members of the dissolved National Assembly have announced they are bidding for re-election, according to announcements made by them on social media. Only Osama...

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Kuwait to hold polls April 4

KUWAIT: The Cabinet decided on Tuesday to hold snap parliamentary elections on April 4, which coincides with the last 10 days of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, government spokesman Amer Al-Ajmi said. Ajmi said that during its meeting on Tuesday “the Cabinet approved a draft Amiri decree inviting voters to elect the National Assembly on Thursday, April 4”. The draft decree has been sent to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad...

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Govt denies plans to change electoral districts, vote system

The government denied on Thursday reports circulating on social media claiming that the government was planning to change the electoral constituencies and the voting system. Government spokesman Amer Al-Ajmi said that the government has not studied any bill to change the electoral districts and “has no intention to change them”.“The upcoming elections will be held with the same electoral constituencies and based on the single-vote...

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Election commission law suspended

KUWAIT: The government issued a decree law suspending the election commission law for seven months and reissued the old elections law in a bid to facilitate holding the snap polls within the next two months. The dissolved National Assembly had issued the election commission law to appoint an independent authority to oversee parliamentary elections as part of political reforms.But the government said that it was not possible to appoint judges to...

KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah chairs a Cabinet meeting on Feb 19, 2024. - KUNA

Freeze on public sector jobs lifted

KUWAIT: The government has been informed that HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has lifted a total freeze on appointments, transfers and promotions in public jobs, Cabinet spokesman Amer Al-Ajmi said on Tuesday. HH the Amir took the decision to bar all appointments in government jobs on Dec 5 when he was still the Crown Prince. He became the ruler of the country on Dec 16 following the demise of former Amir Sheikh Nawaf...

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‘Voter suppression’ rumors denied

KUWAIT: The government on Sunday refuted rumors circulating on social media claiming that the government was planning to change the elections law with the aim of preventing thousands of Kuwaiti citizens from voting in the upcoming snap parliamentary polls. Government spokesman Amer Al-Ajmi denied the rumors in an official statement, saying that “circulating such reports destabilizes the nation’s unity and creates divisions”. Ajmi urged...

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