The Kuwaiti National Assembly rejected on Tuesday proposals for a general amnesty for people convicted of storming the parliament building in 2011. They include political activists and former lawmakers who have been sentenced to prison.
The Assembly also rejected a bill to pardon the Abdally cell, which was arrested in 2015, and another bill to acquit former MP Abdulhameed Dashti, who was sentenced in absentia to 65 years in prison.
National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim opened the session on Tuesday morning after a half-an-hour delay due to a lack of quorum. The session witnessed a heated dispute between lawmakers over the amnesty bills.
Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior received a letter from the Ministerial Court on Tuesday, preventing former Minister of Interior Khaled Al-Jarrah, former Undersecretary of Defense Jassar Al-Jassar, and others, from traveling, due to ongoing investigations into their involvement in the Army fund case, in which officials are accused of wasting and seizing public money.
According to a leaked document, the permanent commission of inquiry for the trial of Kuwaiti ministers issued a decision banning the travel of five prominent officials, including Al-Jarrah, who was dismissed in November after accusations of his involvement in this case.
Former Kuwaiti Minister of Defense, Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, disclosed in November documents showing the confiscation of about $800 million from a fund to assist the military. The case led to the government’s resignation.
