KUWAIT:High-ranking official sources strongly denied what it described as rumorsregarding intentions to dissolve the parliament and call for earlyparliamentary elections, or dismiss the cabinet and appoint a new one."Those are mere illogical and unjustified analytical reports," thesources stressed. The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, alsodenied allegations about disagreements amongst Cabinet members, or that eachminister operates in isolation.
"Such speculations are always repeated at the beginning of everyparliamentary term, which mostly reflect the wish of some lawmakers oractivists to run for the following parliamentary elections," the sourcesexplained, noting that the government would not hesitate to resign from officeif such scenario became necessary "because all ministers work for Kuwait'sgrater good."
The government has so far been very cooperative with lawmakers and attendedvarious committee meetings to discuss various bills, the sources added."The current parliament's tenure still has one term to be launched onOctober 29, 2019 and ends on June 30, 2020, which is a very short period thatrequires full cooperation to pass various bills and priorities," thesources added, noting that early elections and a new Cabinet would delaypassing those bills, namely economic ones.
Commenting on a grilling motion MP Mohammad Hayef filed yesterday againstFinance Minister Nayef Al-Hajraf, as well as expectations that moreinterpellation requests could be filed before the new term's inaugural session,the sources said that in that case, the government is likely to requestdebating all grilling motions during the same session - a tactic that could"confuse lawmakers."
The government will also assess the situation after the finance ministergrilling's debate, said the sources, noting that if it was deemed necessary, a'limited reshuffle' that sees Hajraf replaced with Minister of Commerce andIndustry Khaled Al-Roudhan could be made, especially considering that Hajraf isexpected to face more grilling motions even in case he survives the debate ofhis upcoming interpellation.
By A Saleh