KUWAIT CITY, Oct 20: Sixty one parliamentary hopefuls, including four women, filed their candidacies for the 2016 National Assembly elections on the second day of the registration period increasing the total number of candidates to 132. Among those who registered Thursday were two members of the opposition — Ali Al-Daqbasi and Khalid Al-Damkhi — who boycotted the 2013 election in protest against the one-man one-vote system. Following are the candidates who registered on the second day per constituency:

■ First Constituency (13 candidates) — Khalid Hussein Al-Shatti, Saleh Ahmed Ashour, Adel Jasem Al-Damkhi, Abdullah Saad Al-Rumaidi, Omar Yakoub Al-Bakir, Essa Hussein Abdullah, Ghadeer Mohammed Aseeri, Faraj Abdullah Al-Khodari, Farah Abdul-Hameed Mohammed, Fawaz Yusef Al-Nasheet, Kazem Saleh Marafi, Kamel Mahmoud Al-Awadhi and Nasser Mohammed Al-Naserallah.

■ Second Constituency (five candidates) — Hussein Sardar Freedoun, Hamad Saif Al-Harshani, Khalil Ibrahim Al-Saleh, Salah Abdulrahman Al-Hashem and Abeer Abdul-Mohsen Al-Jummah.

■ Third Constituency (eight candidates) — Bashar Kazem Ali, Zaid Aqeel Al-Mutairi, Safa Abdul-Rahman Al-Hashem, Abdul-Aziz Al-Kulaib, Abdullah Ismael Al-Ansari, Abdul- Wahab Mohammed Al-Babtain, Ali Abdullah Al-Khamees and Hani Hassan Hussein.

■ Fourth Constituency (15 candidates) — Khalid Rabeh Al-Rashidi, Sayer Eid Al-Zufairi, Askar Owaidi Al-Anazi, Eqab Jaza Zaban Al- Harbi, Ali Salem Al-Daqbasi, Ghadban Mutab Al-Shimiri, Fawaz Farhan Al-Anazi, Majed Mousah Al-Mutairi, Mohammed Saad Al-Mutairi, Mohammed Shinifi Al-Majidi, Mohammed Owaidi Al-Mutairi, Mohammed Fahad Al-Daihani, Mohammed Mafrij Al-Musailem, Mohammed Naif Al-Anazi and Mahmoud Khalaf Al-Farhan.

■ Fifth Constituency (19 candidates) — Bader Ali Baryouj, Tourki Ghalib Al-Osaimi, Jamal Saud Al-Azmi, Hamdan Mohammed Al-Azmi, Khalid Mohammed Al-Otaibi, Saami Ali Al-Dabous, Adel Khalaf Al-Maei, Abdul-Aziz Amer Nouri, Fahad Khalifah Al-Azmi, Faisal Talaq Al-Azmi, Majed Saud Al-Otaibi, Mohammed Jassem Hassan, Mohammed Sultan Al-Ajmi, Mohammed Hassan Mohammed, Mohammed Ali Al-Mirri, Mansour Saleh Al-Subaie, Nasser Mohammed Al-Azmi, Nahar Thaqal Al-Otaibi and Yousif Abdullah Al-Otaibi.

Speaking to reporters, Al-Damkhi stressed that participation in the election is necessary in order to confront many deviations and not to leave matters in the hands of those involved in corruption. He said those who boycotted the previous elections want to amend the Constitution. “We support this idea and I call on everyone to participate in the elections to prevent collapse of the Parliament,” he asserted.

He claimed the previous legislature was very weak as evident in the intervention of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in reviewing the DNA Law. On the other hand, Fourth Constituency candidate and former MP Majed Mousah expects around 30 to 40 percent change in the next Parliament. Asked about the return of those who boycotted the previous elections, Mousah said he will comment on the issue later

By Abubakar A. Ibrahim Arab Times Staff