MPs to examine conflict of interests and penal code
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s National Assembly upcoming sessions due on Tuesday and Wednesday are set to examine tabled items, namely voting on conflict of interest draft laws, and amendments to the penal code. The conflict of interests’ bill, to be voted on in second deliberation, serves the reinforcement of transparency. Then, the session is set to move on to voting on a draft law amending the penal code specifying penal responsibility for the judicial person in corruption cases.
Further on the session’s agenda are a slew of parliamentary committee reports including the residential committee, the health and social affairs committee, and the interior and defense committee report on constituency amendments, and another on the parliament’s elections. Suggestion by MP Abdulkareem Al-Kandari on Kuwaitization of National Assembly jobs, is also scheduled to be discussed in the upcoming session along with Audit Bureau reports, including report on Eurofighter deal, as well as a number of other items.
OIC meeting
In another development, Kuwait Minister of Justice, Minister of Awqaf (endowment) and Islamic Affairs, and Minister of State for Integrity Promotion Affairs Abdulaziz Al-Majed will head to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to partake in an OIC meeting on anti-corruption. In a press statement, Al-Majed, heading the Kuwaiti delegation, said that he would convey the efforts of Kuwait within countering corruption during his participation in the First Ministerial Meeting of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities in OIC Member States.
He expressed gratitude for the OIC Secretariat and experts involved in the formalization of the Makkah Agreement for anti-corruption law enforcement agencies, saying the draft agreement would be sent to the OIC Foreign Ministers council to begin the signing process. Minister Al-Majed also affirmed that dialogue forums and other meetings would be held on the sideline of the event. – KUNA
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