Kuwait minister survives no-confidence motion
Al Sabeeh was charged with financial and administrative irregularities
Kuwait’s Social Affairs and Labour Minister Hind Al Sabeeh has breezed through a no-confidence motion charging financial and administrative irregularities in her ministry. MPs Al Hameedi Al Subai, Mubarak Al Hajraf and Khalid Al Otaibi had filed the motion to grill Al Sabeeh.
During a marathon questioning of the minister at the parliament on January 23, a no-confidence motion was endorsed by 10 lawmakers.
Under the parliament bylaws, 10 lawmakers are required to go ahead with the motion that would decide the fate of the minister.
On Wednesday, out of the 45 lawmakers present at the session, only 13 MPs voted against the minister while 29 supported her and three abstained from voting in a resounding success for Al Sabeeh who was subsequently congratulated by the Emir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad, Speaker Marzooq Al Ghanim and supporters.
Al Sabeeh told reporters that she would continue treading on the path of reforms and would work to address all errors and imbalances in the agencies within her prerogatives.
“We are all humans and as such, we make mistakes, but we do recognise them and we try to ix them,” she said. “We are in a state of institutions and the future is brighter through the application of the law, the deterrence of corruption and the provision of better services.”
The minister said: “It was an opportunity to display the achievements accomplished by the employees in all the departments. It was also an eyeopener that helped identify deficiencies that had not been reported to me earlier. We will now work together to address them and ensure higher standards.”