SJC rejects minister’s proposal to create 4th degree judge position
PAHW returns notice to MoE on delayed connection of power
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 20: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has rejected the proposal of Minister of Justice and State Minister for National Assembly Affairs Dr Faleh Al-Azeb to create the fourth degree judge position because this necessitates legislative amendment of the Court Organizing Law, reports AlJarida daily.
The council also rejected a proposal to create the assistant judge position for graduates of the Faculty of Law and Sharia College to be appointed to this post after completing two years of training at Kuwait Institute for Judicial and Legal Studies.
According to sources, the two proposals were presented verbally in the previous session. Sources said the council stressed that judges are appointed through the Public Prosecution once the applicants complete the training course at the institute.
Meanwhile, the council approved the opening of doors to female graduates of the Faculty of Law and the Sharia College to join the Public Prosecution along with their male counterparts. Sources said the dates for receiving applications will be announced in the coming week.
Admission
Al-Azeb affirmed the admission of female graduates to the Public Prosecution will be done yearly.
He went on to confirm that the council has approved the proposal to reduce the period required for public prosecutors to be promoted to the court from 25 to 18 years. He believes this step will greatly contribute to efforts to expedite the Kuwaitization of the judiciary, in addition to allowing a new generation of well-trained nationals to work in courts. He explained the 18 years service period requirement includes five years of working as legal researcher, four years as judge and nine years as counselor; clarifying the promotion decision covers both the new and old public prosecutors. He pointed out that it takes 15 years to reach the position of counselor in some Arab countries.
Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) Director Badr Al-Waqyan returned the notice on delayed connection of electricity to new schools in Al-Qaerawan to the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW), which did not receive the statement of payment for the supply of electricity to these schools, reports Al-Rai daily.
Al-Waqyan said he had earlier asked Ministry of Education Undersecretary Dr Haitham AlAthari to submit the statement of payment for MEW to supply electricity.
He added the Ministry of Education has yet to pay a number of invoices – a total of KD740,447 – for the energy consumption of nine schools and six public libraries.
The Ministry of Finance is expected to approve its Commerce and Industry counterpart’s request to allocate a budget of KD 220 million for subsidies in the current fiscal year, report Al-Rai daily.
Sources said the Ministry of Commerce and Industry had earlier submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Finance to allocate a budget of about KD 300 million for subsidies – the same amount proposed for subsidizing certain food items and construction materials last year but the Finance Ministry allotted KD 260 million only at the time.