Finance Minister to deal with grilling constitutionally
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Finance Minister Barak AlShitan said that he was informed, Thursday, that MP Riyadh Al-Adsani filed a grilling motion against him. Minister Shitan stressed in a press statement that the motion will be dealt with according to the constitutional frameworks. Earlier Thursday, Kuwait National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said he had received a grilling motion from MP Riyadh Al-Adsani against Finance Minister Barak Al-Shitan.
Ghanem affirmed that all the procedures were followed by informing His Highness the Prime Minister
Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and the minister concerned. According to the motion paper, it included five issues, one of which deals with public debt and public finances. Ghanem noted that he also received a request from MP Faisal Al-Kandari to add three issues to the motion submitted by him to the Minister of Education and the Minister of Higher Education Dr Saud Al-Harbi, and the minister was informed accordingly.
Last week, MP Faisal Al-Kandari submitted a grilling motion to the Speaker Ghanem, against the Minister of Education over one issue, which is “mismanagement of the educational process during the coronavirus crisis, which caused harm to the students.” Article 100 of the Kuwaiti constitution states that “Every member of the National Assembly may address to the Prime Minister and to Ministers interpellations with regard to matters falling within their competence.” —KUNA