KUWAIT: MP Mohammad Tana yesterday sent a series of questions to Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih over attending a function for the disabled in what appears to be a preparation of a second grilling. Tana has announced that he will file a request to grill Subaih because she walked out from a function for the disabled in Jahra although she was supposed to represent HH the Amir.

The lawmaker claimed that the minister arrived at the event venue at 6.00 pm although she was informed in the invitation that the function was due to start at 7.00 pm. As a result, the minister walked out of the function before it even started, he said. In his questions, Tana asked the minister if she knew that the event was going to start at 7 pm and still arrived one hour earlier. He asked the minister if she had officially requested the organizers to convene the function one hour ahead of schedule.

Tana grilled the minister in the opening session of the new term on Oct 27 over alleged financial and administrative violations. The grilling ended without filing a no-confidence motion and the minister pledged to carry out a number of recommendations.

In another development, MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji yesterday questioned Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yaqoub Al-Sane over the reported deportation of 10 expatriate preachers at the request of the minister. In his questions, Turaiji said that the interior ministry has refused to renew the residency of 10 preachers at the request of the ministry and demanded an explanation for the action and if the preachers had committed any violation.

The lawmaker demanded the names and CVs of the preachers and copies of the violations they committed. He also demanded the name of the ministry official who took the decision and copies of the official letter sent to the interior ministry.