ShareKUWAIT: It is very likely that today's parliamentary session might not feature active discussions for two reasons - the absence of most ministers who will join the official delegation welcoming Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the government's rejection of many bills listed on the agenda's agenda, such as military and employee pensions, reducing the age of retirement and the number of people to be granted citizenship this year.
Informed sources said that a government-parliament confrontation will start today with MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri's grilling motion filed against Housing Minister Yasser Abul, who is expected to ask for a two-week deferral, because the government would be busy with the new airport ceremony and his wish to prepare his responses.
The sources stressed that an even mightier confrontation would be in tomorrow's session, when His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah is due to face two grilling motions filed by MPs Mohammed Al-Mutair, Waleed Al-Tabtabaei and Marzouq Al-Khalifa, whose membership was annulled by a court order. Moreover, the sources stressed that the premier was ready to discuss both motions behind closed doors despite some lawmakers' objections. The sources added that the government is sure the second motion would be scrapped because it is unconstitutional. In addition, the sources stressed that the grillers so far do not have the support of 10 MPs to sign a non-cooperation motion.
Examination centers
The Ministry of Health (MoH) stressed that it has no problem applying the decisions and recommendations made by the GCC Supreme Council's 37th meeting in Bahrain in December pertaining with expat labor examination centers in GCC states. In this regard, MoH assistant undersecretary for public health affairs Dr Majeda Al-Qattan stressed that all GCC embassies were committed to electronically connecting GCC expats' medical examination programs, stop dealing with health centers that are not accredited by the GCC health ministers' council and have the council follow medical examination standards.
By A Saleh
