Good riddance!

Iwill not be far from the truth if I said that the Assembly that was dissolved was the most rejected assembly ever because of its performance over the past three years, and of the general standard of its members who became a subject of ridicule on social media. Now, that it has been dissolved, many are wondering if the move was to pacify people whose anger was on the increase against the performance of its members day after day, or was it for other reasons many do not know?

The answer, as we received it, is that a study that was delivered to the Assembly confirmed that two-thirds of the current members will not return to their seats if elections were held after the constitutional period, ie the summer of 2017, and the opposite is correct if elections are held within two months from now.

This may explain why the constitutional period for the new elections was reduced to 40 days, as the element of surprise is required in this case to achieve the goal, which is to deprive opponents from the chance to prepare. There remains another question - how did the holder of this opinion convince the rest of the influential parties? The answer simply is that the success of two-thirds of today’s MPs guarantees stability in the Assembly’s office, and in turn will contribute to deciding the government’s side, and in this way all parties can be convinced of having an Assembly and government that are in total harmony, as the case was with the dissolved Assembly.

So, the Assembly was dissolved to guarantee continuity of its performance and formation for four new years, and not to give the political opposition any chance for success because of the surprise element! The evidence is that the constitutional articles that justify the dissolution do not apply to this Assembly, because it is not known if the government complained because of lack of cooperation by members - rather it is the other way round because the speaker always lauded the understanding and coordination between the two authorities. As for the regional conditions, they require other measures such as declaration of emergency and martial law, and it is not right to hinder the Assembly in carrying out its duties.

The dissolution of this cooperative Assembly confirms that the problem is not in the constitution but in the extent of belief in it and its rules. This is the hidden defect that made political life unstable in Kuwait from the day of independence until now. —Translated by Kuwait Times