New grilling motion against PM in offing in Kuwait

Two political blocs in the Parliament plan to file a new grilling motion against His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah on Thursday, officials said. A news report quoting anonymous officials, says that the Development and Reform Bloc(DRB) and the Popular Action Bloc(PAB) will meet today to finalize on their joint grilling motion. The report further hints at both blocs also preparing a request to ask for the prime minister's office's expenses. It will be reviewed by the State Audit Bureau, reported Al-Qabas. The third main bloc in the Parliament, the National Action Bloc (NAB) will meet today to determine their stance on the non-cooperation motion filed against Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah during the grilling motion's debate session. A voting process will be held on Thursday. This was confirmed by bloc member MP Marzouq Al-Ghanim during a recent televised interview, in which he rejected the notion that his bloc will make a deal with either team ahead of the voting session. Al-Ghanim further asserted that the grilling motion filed by his bloc against Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Development and Housing, did not His Highness the Amir's sovereignty as claimed in a memorandum forwarded by Al-Fahad himself. He also stated that the never-debated grilling motion is 'historical,' in the sense that it "exposed all the offenses committed to HH the Amir and the Kuwaiti people," adding that the grilling motion qualifies as a reference, repor ted Al-Rai. Three parliamentary committees also convened today to discuss issues on respective schedules. The budget committee will match the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation 2011/2012 budget with that of the annual plan for the same fiscal year. Meanwhile, the public funds protection committee looks into the administrative and financial aspects of the expenses of HH the Crown Prince's office. The environment committee plans to discuss the water pollution rumors and test results, as Minister of Electricity and Water Sal em Al-Othaina will attend, reported Al-Qabas. In another development, several MPs announced plans to sign a petition seeking the approval of allowances made to teachers and students, which will be discussed in the parliamentary session on June 28. Lawmakers aim to finalize this thorny subject before the start of the Parliament's summer break, "[MPs] will not hesitate to place the two draft laws on June 28 session's agenda," confirmed MP Shuwaib Al-Muwaizri, who urged the Parliament's educational committee to finalize the reports for the laws if they w ere rejected by the Cabinet. MPs Musallam Al-Barrak, Naji Al-Abdulhadi, Husain Mizyed and Dr Waleed Al-Tabtabaei also agreed that the issue must be fulfilled before the end of the month, reported Al-Rai. The latter argued that the current term should be extended to cover for the shortage created by official and impromptu breaks "that reduced the number of sessions from 55 to 32.