 Kuwait City: The Islamic Constitutional Movement has initiated a campaign to recruit women to create a strong base at all electoral constituencies, according to a leader of the movement. The movement's current rank of female members will be used extensively during the campaign, said Dr Mohammad Al Basiri, a prominent leader of Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM) and an MP.
| "No, you can't vote! It's un-Islamic! We ain't gonna let you vote!... You can vote now?... Well, vote for us! We'll look out for you!" |
The political situation in the country has changed and the ICM will have to take these changes into account to make progress in the political arena, Al Basiri was quoted as saying by the Al Watan daily yesterday.
| Yeah, things have changed... Not as much as they're going to in the next 30 years, but changed... |
"The new law allowing women to exercise their political rights and other laws like lowering the age limit for voters and allowing military personnel to vote along with amendments in the number of constituencies will surely change the political structure and have a dramatic effect on the performance of Parliament," he said. Speaking on ICM's earlier opposition to granting women their political rights and refusing to favour bills in this regard, Al Basiri said, "We have already closed this chapter and are looking forward to have women's active participation in political life but according to the limits and laws given by our religion." |