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KUWAIT, Oct 23 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday will resume the second session of the 15 legislative term, and discuss a grilling motion presented against State Minister for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Information Minister Sheikh Mohammad Abdallah Al-Sabah as well as other items on the agenda.
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will open the legislative term with a speech, and Speaker of National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghnaim and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah will deliver their speeches later.
The parliament is set to discuss the grilling move submitted by MPs Riyadh Al-Adsani and Abdulkarim Al-Kanderi against Sheikh Mohammad per se.
Article 135 of the parliament's bylaws stipulates that the speaker must notify the prime minister or the concerned minister instantly upon submission of the interpellation motion.
It also stipulates that the deliberations must be held eight days after submitting the motion, and that is in non-urgent cases, and with consent of the premier or the concerned executive.
On October 8, the two lawmakers submitted a five-point grilling move against Sheikh Mohammad to the Speaker.
The first point covers Cabinet "irregularities in executing the state budget and non-commitment to enacting decisions.
The second is related to "government failure" in tackling the issue of unemployment and state projects.
The third outlines the inactivation of establishing an internal auditing body at the Information Ministry, and imbalances in the ministry's expenditure and revenues.
The grilling also accuses the Cabinet, in its fourth component, of "concealing information and delaying responses to parliamentary inquiries," which was regarded a breach of the constitution.
Meanwhile, the fifth point accuses the Cabinet's Legal Advice and Legislation Department of not establishing an inspection and auditing office.
The first session of the term is set to focus on the agenda's items, topped with the election of a secretary and a whip, and then the grilling motion against Sheikh Moahmmad.
Afterwards, the parliament is expected to discuss the item concerning the election of 12 committees.
MPs will elect members of the committees of complaints, internal and defense affairs, economic and financial affairs, legislative and legal affairs, educational and cultural affairs, guidance, social and health affairs and labor, foreign affairs, public utilities, State budgets and final account, public funds' protection and parliamentary priorities.
The council ministers issued a decree No. 299 /2017 inviting the National Assembly to hold the second session of the 15th legislative term on Tuesday. (end)
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