Kuwaiti public benefit organizations monitor '23 elections process

By Salem Al-Methen KUWAIT, June 6 (KUNA) -- As the 2023 National Assembly elections started earlier on Tuesday, the civil society organizations were practicing their role in monitoring the flow of the elections process, its transparency and integrity.
These organizations were given approval by the cabinet to participate in the 2023 national assembly's elections by monitoring the voting process, and reporting possible violations to achieve transparency, as well as raising the awareness of voters regarding their rights and encouraging them to participate in the elections.
In a statement to KUNA, Chief of Kuwaiti National Nazaha Society Mohammad Al-Otaibi said that their participation comes within the frame of integrity and transparency of the elections process, noting that 30 supervisors have been distributed among the five constituencies. He added that the society's efforts are divided into several activities including monitoring voting and sorting processes, as well as raising awareness regarding the importance of the political participation, in addition to issuing periodic reports on the efforts made in the election process while highlighting any violations if found. In a similar statement to KUNA, President of Kuwait Transparency Society Majed Al-Mutairi said that they've been working on impartial monitoring since 2008, noting that the society have formed a voluntary teem of 180 members, distributed among the polling stations at the five constituencies who are trained on monitoring in cooperation with Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha).
Al-Mutairi notes that the transparency society base its work on international monitoring standards and cooperate with the concerned authorities to achieve the required goals as well as providing recommendations and suggestions to improve the elections process and boost democracy in Kuwait.
The Council of Ministers' approval to assign Transparency Society as well as other societies to monitor the election process comes as part of the council's keenness to run the national assembly's elections with full impartial transparency, noted Al-Mutairi.
Kuwait Council of Ministers recently issued a mandate to several public benefit societies to participate in monitoring the procedures and follow-up of the national assembly elections process, which reflects the importance of the national role of civil society institutions and their involvement in this process.
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