Anjari proposes spending cap for candidates

Ushering in reform will be promoted as the main goal for the upcoming phase in order to eliminate corruption that helps put an end to the conflict between the Parliament and Cabinet. This was stated by candidate Nabila Al-Anjari who was pessimistic about a promising start if illegal practices are to take place during elections. “The failure to tackle illegal practices include primary elections or vote buying that does not provide a promising elections process,” Al-Anjari stated in a statement made available to the press yesterday. “Authorities are required to bear responsibility along with candidates who have recognized reform as top priority during campaigns.” Moreover, Al-Anjari said that some candidates’ decision to boycott primary elections or shun vote buying are not enough to ensure clean elections which can still be negatively affected by such practices. The third constituency candidate also highlighted several aspects of “electoral corruption that not only hurt the elections process, but also damaged the values of Kuwaiti society.” Al-Anjari also called for enforcing a spending cap which candidates must commit to during campaigns, explaining that this will help avoid a scenario that could happen a few years from now “wining a parliamentary seat will be exclusive to candidates with multi-billion dinar.”  She focused her election campaign on “methods to resolve the current crisis by finding solutions to multiple problems that include struggle for power, failure to tackle challenges and lack of full law enforcement.”