KUWAIT CITY, Jan 29: Candidate of the second constituency Hamad Matar has said Kuwait’s education system needs complete overhaul to rectify crisis the education sector witnesses each year, reports Al-Wasat daily.

Al-Matar added the education sector requires qualified personnel in their various specialties having comprehensible ideas to manage affairs. However, he rebuffed the act of spending millions of dinars on private tuition each year and described the situation as material burden on families and the students.
He believes that parents are compelled to give their children private tuition because of low grades they obtain in school. He also suggested the establishment of five universities in the next ten years to accommodate the growing number of students the nation produces each year.

Meanwhile, former MP Musallam Al-Barrak who is contesting the National Assembly elections from the Fourth Constituency says his conscience is clear about what has happened in the National Assembly, reports Al-Rai daily.

He also said he had kept his promise when he had filed grilling requests against some ministers.
He also said there is nothing to regret about the incident when some youths and former MPs attacked the Parliament building.

He gave two reasons for the incident - provocation by what he called the Special Forces and madness of Kuwaitis because the grilling request was cancelled.

He added there is still time for improvement provided the prime minister ‘gives in’ to reforms.
Candidate from the Third Constituency Nabila Al-Anjari has expressed disappointment over the spread of strange culture in the Kuwaiti society, reports Al-Anba daily.

Al-Anjari cited the misuse of political money, vote-buying and accusing others without proof as some of the unusual and unethical acts observed recently in the country. She warned these acts will undermine national unity, which is considered more dangerous than invasion. 

Confirming the electorate is fully aware of the actual needs of the nation in the coming period, Al-Anjari urged the people to focus on work, avoid conflicts, adopt a positive attitude and refrain from spreading rumors.

Dr Khaled Abdullah Al-Yakout who is contesting the National Assembly elections from the Third Constituency regretted the performance of the former Parliament, reports Al-Anba daily.

He hopes the next government will be decisive and firm in taking action and solving the problems of the nation.

He also faulted the former government for being lenient particularly when it comes to the primaries which is punishable by law which carries a five-year imprisonment and a fine of not less than KD 2,000 and not more than KD 5,000, reports Al-Anba daily.

Speaking of his election platform, he said, he stands for fixing the concept of citizenship, legislative amendments in addition to the education of the youth, formation of parties as success for democracy and the belief in one election constituency instead of the five.

Former MP and candidate of the First Constituency Hussein Al-Qallaf described some of his colleagues in the previous parliament as crisis provokers.

Al-Qallaf made the allegation at the launch of his campaign headquarters on Saturday and said specific personalities are keen on wrecking the national unity while others exert efforts to strengthen it.
He criticized the Amiri Diwan for unofficial statement it issued to warn people of using uncouth expressions against HH the Amir. He also stressed that former Shiite MPs stood by the former premier in all interpellations submitted against him.

Al-Qallaf objects to Kuwait becoming a member of the proposed GCC confederacy.
He believes the nation would be led to destruction and loss of entity if it finally joins the confederacy.