By KUNA,
Kuwait : Hussein Al-Qallaf, candidate of the first constituency for the upcoming Kuwait National Assembly (parliament) polls, referred the true dilemma of general backwardness witnessed by the country to wrong approaches in handling issues.
In an inaugural speech of his campaign’s headquarters earlier tonight, Al-Qallaf said that a feeling was generated after the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, sounding like a cry for help to salvage the country from disarray.
He noted that such call was coming back due to the unnumbered blockades Kuwait is currently facing.
Al-Qallaf referred such tumbling in running the country’s affairs to two reasons; the poor performance by the government, illustrated by its misreading of potential standoffs, and the second was the “disturbing” views of MPs, who managed to turn solvable issues into quandaries.
Some of the questionings were “personal”, Al-Qallaf noted, adding that slandering and impoliteness that encased some of these questionings had tarnished the democratic process.
As for the five-constituency system, Al-Qallaf described of being “bad and corrupt”, as it helped in endorsing sectarianism, pointing out that the one-constituency system would restate principles of justice and balance among Kuwaitis of all walks of life.
Al-Qallaf was elected MP in 1996, 1999 and 2003, yet failed to win a seat in the 1992 and 2006 parliaments.
Another hopeful, Abdullah Al-Roumi, said that in order to reform the country, unity and preservation of the constitution should take place.
At a seminar entitled “Political Conflicts and the Development”, Al-Roumi urged all to steer clear off conflicts, saying that development in any country should take place in a politically-stable atmosphere.
The spirit of a unified family is what holds the Kuwaiti society together, Al-Roumi said, noting that the new electoral system would undoubtedly change priorities of potential MPs.
Al-Roumi stated that some of proposals on his agenda, should he win the trust of voters to the next parliament, were the establishment of a supervisory body to monitor and combat administrative corruption.
Another proposal, he added, was the establishment of an economic development company and allocating its profits to citizens, in addition to proposing a draft law to complete infrastructural projects.
Other items topping Al-Roumi’s agenda were the organizing of privatization process, preserving rights of national labor, support of Islamic banks and encouraging companies to perform Zakat among other things.
Meanwhile, first constituency candidate, Abdulaziz Makki Juma announced earlier today his withdrawal from the 2008 parliament race.
By this withdraw, the total number of candidates at the constituency declines into 82 and the total number of hopefuls nosedived from 380 to 350.
Another eight candidates last Thursday withdrew from the coming election race due to be held on May 17, the Election Administration said.