KUWAIT CITY, Oct 12: Many MPs and politicians denounce accusations some lawmakers have launched against HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah at seminars over the multimillion dinars scandal, reports Al-Hurriya daily.
MP Maasouma Al-Mubarak considers the statements by the MPs who claim that Sheikh Nasser is the briber as irresponsible and aimed at gaining recognition in front of people. She challenged those MPs to prove the allegation, stressing the need to wait for the results of investigations, since the judiciary is still assessing the files forwarded to the Public Prosecution by the banks.
Al-Mubarak believes it’s wise and logical that the MPs carry out their duties through the committees inside the Abdullah Al-Salem Hall and not resort to the street.
Meanwhile, the government is contemplating the option of referring the alleged bribe scandal to the Constitutional court, in coordination with the pro-government MPs, reports Al-Moustaqbal daily.
Sources explained the government is capable of referring the issue to the Constitutional Court as it holds the parliamentary majority for that purpose, and the step will facilitate suspension of the proposal. Sources confirmed the Prime Minister will neither ascend the grilling podium in public nor in secret, and noted the Central Bank of Kuwait will reveal the accounts of MPs involved in the scandal within the next few weeks. They maintained the MPs accounts are devoid of suspicions of money laundering.
Meanwhile, MPs Falah Al-Sawagh and Khalid Al-Tahous rebuffed the move by government to refer the proposed grilling of Sheikh Nasser to the Constitutional Court.
MP Al-Sawagh demanded the government must hold the grilling in public, as it did with previous cases. He hopes the government will take the initiative to disclose facts in that regard to maintain innocence. For his part, MP Al-Tahous is disappointed that other lawmakers agree on transferring the case to a constitutional court.