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| Kuwaiti MPs split over terror debate |
| 2005-01-30 |
| Kuwaiti lawmakers are divided over whether a special parliamentary session to discuss pertinent issues on terrorism and the security of the country on February 1 should be open to the public or held behind closed doors. The Council of Ministers, however, will decide on the issue at their regular session tomorrow. Their decision will depend on the sensitivity of the information garnered by the public prosecution in the interrogation of the arrested suspects in the two gun battles that took place between security forces and militants earlier this month. Interior Minister Shaikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah is expected to brief the Cabinet when investigations are complete and is also expected to elaborate on the nature of contacts that Kuwaiti authorities have with their GCC counterparts, mainly Saudi Arabia. The official spokesman for the People's Front, Mussalam Al Barrak, MP, said, "such important issues should be discussed openly as we have arrived at a critical point and the situation is getting more dangerous. We have arrived at a stage where terrorists are labelling the entire Kuwaiti society as infidels and this is completely unacceptable." Another lawmaker Bader Al Farisi, however, said, "if the information available is confidential and sensitive and endangers the security of the country it has to be deliberated behind closed doors." A ministerial source warned that any sensitive or critical discussions may cause a societal rift. "The Cabinet has to take into consideration the general political atmosphere in the country," the source said. |
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