By KUNA,
Kuwait : Fourth constituency candidate Mohammad Al-Khalifah called for political reforms and abidance by norms of justice, freedom, equality nd honestly in electing parliamentary representatives for serving national high interests.
Speaking at the inauguration of his campaigning headquarters in the district of Jahra, on Saturday, themed “continue the reforms,” Al-Khalifa criticized the cooperation absence between the legislative and executive authorities and negative efforts by some former MPs that disrupted development projects, disappointed Kuwaiti citizens.
He stressed on the importance of setting a viable governmental program, based on mutual cooperation between both authorities, for serving justice, equality among all citizens and assessing performance of the decision makers.
He called on His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah to be firm towards any act that might threaten the national unity, praising the decades-long democracy that Kuwait enjoyed.
Al-Khalifah shed some light on the five constituencies system, noting that such a step “falls in Kuwait’s favor regardless of any personal interests and it is a major step toward application of the sole constituency system.” He called on voters to select their representatives wisely, noting that such an attitude would serve Kuwait’s high interests.
Al-Khalifah voiced the women enthusiasm to participate in the upcoming elections, hoping that this election would be more favorable to Kuwaiti female candidates. He also hailed woman role in the pervious parliament.
He called for serious actions to develop the working mechanisms to improve public services, namely in the health and educational sectors and state-housing.
The fourth constituency groups 18 areas and has more than 93,000 eligible voters of whom some 55,000 are women.