KUWAIT CITY, Oct 21: The government is on the verge of asking the Legislative Affairs Committee to prepare a report on grilling submitted against the prime minister by MPs Ahmad Al-Saadoun and Abdulrahman Al-Anjari, after the proposal was last Thursday rendered unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court, reports Al-Shahed daily quoting parliamentary sources as saying.

Sources explained the government may directly ask the parliament not to discuss the proposal on the basis of constitutionalism. Also, it could request delaying its discussion until the first parliamentary session is held. Other parliamentary sources were quoted as saying the proposed grilling against the prime minister on the bank deposits scandal could face a similar fate.

Meanwhile, head of Kuwait General Trade Union Fayez Al-Mutairi criticized State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Ali Al-Rashed for the statement the latter made on strikes and sit-ins being staged in the country, reports Annahar daily.

Al-Mutairi said the threats of resorting to the military will only inflame the situation and escalate the demands, pushing all parties to a confrontation which no one desires. He added that they will be forced to confront these threats and wondered why the government wants to escalate the situation. Al-Mutairi said the strategy of resorting to the military and retirees to thwart worker strikes was ‘an old and extinct’ technique that was used in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Al-Mutairi called on the government to form a committee comprising of members from the Cabinet, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, General Trade Union, Professionals’ Trade Union and the Civil Service Council to study all the demands voiced by workers. He said it would help achieve social stability in the country.
In Bern, Dr. Aseel Al-Awadhi, member of Kuwait parliament’s caucus, said Tuesday national parliaments around the world shold develop health care laws.

Addressing a special session about right to have health care, held on sidelines of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) Conference, Al-Awadhi said the health of the mother and her child was crucial to developing of peoples and their abilities to contribute to development.

She said national parliaments around the globe were responsible to the development of health care laws to particularly reach those with low income. Legislations alone are not enough, added Al-Awadhi, but there should be awareness campaigns about health of the mother and her child.

She called on advanced countries to extend financial and moral support to the countries suffering from contagious diseases. Al-Awadhi said medicines and vaccines could save lives of hundreds of children and women.

“We know very well that there are many countries with no financial resources to provide free-of-charge health care for their citizens specially the malnourished,” she added.

She noted that the State of Kuwait has “excellent health system but needs to be developed, but the health care is free for Kuwait and with very low prices for the expatriates. The government also provides vaccinations for all children.” Al-Awadhi said the UN adopted eight objectives in 2000 dealing with major human rights principles, foremost health care, education and housing.