By KUNA
Cairo : The Secretary General of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Allam Al-Kandari submitted his country’s paper at a conference of secretary generals of Arab parliaments, which opened in Cairo.
He elaborated on the stages taken by a draft legislation to become a regular law indicating that the process started by one of two ways, either through the passage of a new legislation or amending an existing one.
He also spoke of legislation being issued by means of ministerial or Amiri decrees.
He said the state had two responsibilities with regard to new laws.
The state should know which laws are needed and therefore respond to that need by issuing proper laws. This is the job of MPs, cabinet members, petition and other parliamentary committees. There are nine such parliamentary committees in Kuwait.
The other responsibility of the state is the drafting of a legislation, which is important since the text of a draft law should aim at the scope of that legislation.
The paper submitted by Al-Kandari highlighted the problems associated with drafting a legislation.
In most papers, some specialized panels offer their services to parliaments in those countries by saving them the trouble of drafting a law and performing the service for them in return for some fee.
“There is an art involved in drafting a legislation,” the paper said.
The November 11, 1962 Kuwaiti constitution has outlined the steps taken a draft legislation before becoming a regular law.
In Kuwait, a draft law can be submitted by National Assembly members. This is a right guaranteed by His Highness the Amir.
According to the Kuwaiti constitution, there should be complete separation between the legislative and executive powers. The Amir holds the privilege of concluding foreign accords.