Ten Kuwaiti MPs filed on Tuesday a no-confidence motion against Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Ghadeer Aseeri, marking the first grilling since the government formation in December 11, 2019.
National Assembly Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim made the announcement after deliberations on the grilling motion of MP Adel al-Damkhi against the minister during Tuesday’s ordinary session.
Ghanim said the Assembly will discuss and vote on the no-confidence motion in an ordinary session scheduled for Feb 4.
Lawmakers who signed the motion against Aseeri included Mohammad Hayef, Riyad al-Adsani, Mohammad al-Mutair, Abdullah al-Kandari, Khaled al-Otabi, Abdullah al-Enezi, Abdulkareem al-Kandari, Abdulwahab al-Babtain, Nayef al-Merdas and Thamer al-Suwait.
The Assembly discussed Aseeri’s disregard of cooperation among authorities.
Aseeri said, however, that many constitutional experts, MPs and citizens have agreed the grilling is unconstitutional for being based on incidents that happened before she took the oath.
However, she expressed willingness to be questioned to defend her reputation.
She added that the Constitutional Court’s decisions stipulated that “the grilling shall be about matters within her jurisdiction, actions made by her ministry, her implementation of the government’s policy in the ministry, and overseeing the ministry’s affairs.”
She called for the grilling to be based on evidence and facts so that she can defend herself.
She added that lawmakers should not have allowed for the discussion of the questioning motion.
