KUWAIT CITY, March 16: MP Saad Al-Boos called on Economic and Financial Committee and the Minister of Finance Mustafa Al-Shamali to take account of the reservations of a number of lawmakers while preparing the bill on debt relief.

“A suitable formula that will completely resolve the issue and achieve justice among citizens must be agreed upon,” he said, adding that the new bill may be approved in the first and second deliberations if the committee finalizes its report for Tuesday’s session.

The Economic and Financial Committee and the Minister of Finance Mustafa Al-Shamali will be meeting on Sunday to finalize a debt relief scheme agreed upon last week.

Meanwhile, a number of lawmakers expressed their resentment towards what they believe is procrastination by the government in responding to their parliamentary questions in due time. MPs Saad Al-Boos, Askar Al-Enezi, Nasser Al-Shimmari, Abdullah Al-Tamimi and Kamel Al-Awadhi requested the Speaker of Parliament Ali Al-Rashid to allocate time in the upcoming session to discuss the issue.
They complained that government ministers either “do not provide the lawmakers with complete answers to their questions or ignore them completely on other occasions.”

Agencies add:
National Assembly will vote on the proposed ‘public authority for food’ on Tuesday, in line with the list of prioritized draft bills upon which the executive and legislative authorities have agreed, reports Al-Anba daily.

The daily quoted a source as saying the agenda also includes two other draft bills on the law governing judiciary and money laundering that have been scheduled for a second reading. He said the Council of Ministers referred the judicial reform bill to Supreme Judicial Council for opinion after review by the Legislative and Parliamentary Committee and Ministerial Constitutional Committee.

He stressed the parliament will discuss loan related issues during the ‘Any Other Business’ item alongside the proposed Citizenship Law, noting the item will precede the presentation of report by Defense and Interior Committee or postpone voting on the issue.

Meanwhile, the Head of Economic and Financial Affairs Committee at the National Assembly has said a byelaw has been prepared to control the school fees of the private schools, reports Al-Kuwaitiah daily.
He said the byelaw will be obligatory for the Arab and English private schools. He indicated there is a tendency to raise the fees three percent annually.

Meanwhile, MP Adnan Abdulsamad has submitted a query to the Prime Minister to know the details of the development plan whose value is put at $125 billion in which, according to media reports, China has been invited to take part.

In the meantime, MP Ali Al-Omair in a query to the Minister of Health Dr Mohammed Al-Haifi has asked for more details on the chicken which was said to be infected with salmonella and found in government hospitals and health centers, reports Al-Kuwaitiah daily.

The daily added, a copy of the query has been submitted to the Minister of Commerce and Industry Anas Al-Saleh to shed light on the ‘scandal’ because the chickens infected with salmonella were served in three unidentified restaurants.

He added some news reports say an inspection team from the ministry had found chicken infected with salmonella in three restaurants owned by one company. He also reminded the restaurants were administratively closed and referred to the Public Prosecution.

He has asked the minister to provide him with the names of companies that import chicken and were earlier held responsible for the same violation.