KUWAIT CITY, Feb 2, (KUNA): Modern communications tools play a significant role in the dissemination of political and media events, making it a necessary tool in the individual’s daily life.
A number of voters in the third constituency for the National Assembly 2012 elections said in various interviews with Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the increase of usage of such media tools has noticeably contributed to the dissemination and transmission of the electoral process in a transparent and impartial manner.
Nasser Al-Jassem, a voter in the constituency, said that modern media tools in Kuwait had witnessed a tremendous increase during the past three years, recalling the low number of such media tools during the 2009 elections.
He added that candidates who have communicated with their voters have made use of all social networking tools, such as Facebook and Twitter, in addition to other online websites.
Al-Jassem pointed out that these social networking tools have made it easy for voters to transmit messages and events faster than the conventional media resources, like radio and television, to keep up with the latest events.
For his part, Abdulaziz Al-Mahdi, a private company employee, said that the Information Ministry has, for the first time, used the social networking tool Twitter to cover events of the 2012 National Assembly elections, in addition to its website, saying that such step comes within the framework of its keenness to ensure transparency and impartiality of the electoral process.