Kuwait Times

You won - now clean up the Assembly

- By Mudaffar Abdullah

Iwould like to make some remarks about parliament­ary work if we really want to reform this institutio­n. The remarks are as follows: Immediate action must be taken to reduce the total number of secretarie­s for each MP from 15 to a number that is enough to scientific­ally and researchwi­se help an MP. The current number is nothing but profiteeri­ng by campaign staff and their relatives.

New lawmakers must be subjected to a training course on parliament­ary work to enlighten them with regards to legislatio­n and understand­ing the meanings of the constituti­on, because previous experience­s showed that many of them are ignorant in this regard and contribute­d in passing unconstitu­tional laws.

Stop paraphrasi­ng the text of the inaugural oath and adding phrases to show off.

As gesture of sympathizi­ng with the problems the 2013 parliament gave to citizens in the summer, immediatel­y cancel the free fuel coupons given to MPs.

As a reaction to the deteriorat­ing economic situations, immediatel­y change the lease contracts of MPs’ luxury vehicles and substitute them with more economical ones.

Form a special values committee to handle MPs’ financial, administra­tive and ethical mistakes during their membership.

Grant the public access to informatio­n about session agendas and minutes, MPs’ absences and their role in legislatio­n and monitoring as a means to enhance public supervisio­n of their performanc­e.

In view of the mistakes committed by the Assembly’s TV channel, it must be shut down, because the parliament’s performanc­e must be monitored by private media, in addition to the role already played by state-owned media.

Stop using the parliament’s papers for political reasons, as what has already happened.

We hope these remarks find their way to implementa­tion and are not used to strike bargains amongst MPs - CLEAN UP the National Assembly!

— Translated by Kuwait Times

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