Al-Merdas’ petition against Interior’s decision to ‘disqualify’ him rejected
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‘Decade from 2021 to 2031’ most dangerous for Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 18: Former MP and Fifth Constituency candidate Naif Al- Merdas said the Administrative Affairs Section in the First Instance Court rejected his petition against the decision of the Interior Ministry to disqualify him from the 2022 National Assembly election, so he will submit an appeal to the Court of Appeals. The appeal of other candidates has been rejected as well; including Abdullah Al-Barghash, Khalid Shukhair, Musaed Al-Qeraifa, Muhammad Al-Juwaihel, Ayedh Abu Khousa, Hani Husain and Anwar Al-Fikr. Meanwhile, four more candidates withdrew from the electoral race on Sunday; increasing the total number of such candidates to 21.
Withdrew
The candidates who withdrew on Sunday include Ibrahem Abdullah Al-Khamis in the First Constituency, Muhammad Saad Al-Azmi in the Second Constituency, Ahmed Sharida Al-Azmi and Ahmed Hamad Al-Ajmi in the Fifth Constituency. The Elections Law allows candidates to withdraw until seven days before Election Day.
Moreover, former MP and Third Constituency candidate Osama Al-Manawer, who was born in 1972, is a lawyer. He is a Sunni and an independent Islamist. He obtained Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Kuwait University. He is a member of International Lawyers Association, Lawyers without Borders and Arab Association for Human Rights. He contested the 2012 elections, ranking eighth in the Fourth Constituency with 10,591; ranked 20th in the 2016 elections with 2,032 votes and second in the 2020 elections with 3,858 votes. By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh Arab Times Staff
Voting Record 2020 Parliament
■ Grilling motion against Defense Minister Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali in January 2022: approved
■ Grilling motion against Minister of Foreign Affairs and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Muhammad in February 2022: rejected
■ Grilling motion against Minister of Public Works Ali Al-Mousa in March 2022: absent
■ No-cooperation motion against HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid: approved
■ Lifting the parliamentary immunity of MPs Shuaib Al-Muwaizri, Muhammad Al-Mutair, Khalid Al-Otaibi and Thamer Al-Suwait: rejected
Statement
Al-Manawer warned that “the decade from 2021 to 2031 is the most dangerous for Kuwait. It has been confirmed that by 2031, there will be no drinking water in Kuwait; because its drinking water is produced by desalination plants. Around 60,000 oil tankers that pass through the Gulf increase pollution levels, in addition to the dams established by Turkey and Iran to control drinking water pouring into the Gulf; thereby, reducing the salt level.”
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