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from ideologies, factions or divisions of any kind, the National Assembly’s first session had an emotionally engaging start. HH the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah launched the start of the next four years of the parliament with a heartwarming speech that ensured what was declared to the public on August 2, when he, on behalf of HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, dissolved the parliament with a clear and direct message that encouraged moving away from years of political stagnation.
HH the Deputy Amir reassured in the message to the people that the path must be corrected, and indeed, during the Assembly’s opening session, everyone in the room with no exception felt the honest truth in His Highness’ heartfelt words, which was met with a standing ovation. This is a milestone, which the new parliament must not take lightly, as the people and the authority have never been as collaborative in decades.
There was a sense of belonging, which we have not seen in a long time in the Assembly, evident by the unwavering collaboration of the Cabinet, headed by HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah, when it formally stepped aside to let the people themselves finally vote for a speaker of the parliament, without any intrusion as promised and guided by HH the Deputy Amir. When the time for voting for the speaker came, everyone agreed to let Ahmad Al-Saadoun assume the post, and the Cabinet returned briefly to congratulate him
This makes one only hopeful of a new and bright future. The recent urgent decisions by the acting Cabinet and it officially resuming its role as the new Cabinet along with the collaboration and teamwork expressed by members of the Assembly can only predict a positive future. We are still, as directed by HH the Deputy Amir, required to follow up MPs’ performance to ensure the National Assembly belongs to the nation and for the nation, so that this legislative and executive combination remains in harmony to be a nation’s true Assembly.
