Manama: A Kuwaiti lawmaker said that he would file on Tuesday a motion to quiz the prime minister.

The grilling of Shaikh Jaber Al Mubarak Al Hamad Al Sabah will focus on the huge amounts of money deposited allegedly illegally into the bank accounts of former lawmakers and on the lack of seriousness in applying the law, MP Saleh Ashoor said.

"The grilling motion is almost ready and I will fine tune it on Monday before I file it on Tuesday," the lawmaker said, quoted by Kuwaiti media.

The motion will also include allegedly illegal transfer of Kuwaiti funds abroad and a fourth issue that the lawmaker said he would reveal on Tuesday.

The move comes one month after the parliamentary elections on February 2 where Islamists and tribesmen swept most of the 50 seats and almost three weeks after the formation of the government.

"The grilling does not seek to cause a crisis in Kuwait or to escalate the situation," MP Saleh said. "The reason for the current crisis is the nature of the issues being taken up at the parliament," he said, quoted by Arabic daily Al Rai.

Last week, stormy debates marred two sessions by the parliament following a standoff between lawmakers over the situation in Syria.

Sunni Islamists pushed for a full condemnation of the Syrian regime and the recognition of the Syrian Free Army while Shiites downplayed the developments and urged Kuwait not to interfere or take strong stances.

Saleh Ashoor said that he had prepared 12 questions for the interior minister and that his response would determine the course of action.

"Some of the questions are related to the pressure by interior ministry servicemen at the Kuwait borders on Shiite leaders and scholars," he said.

Seven scholars had been put under pressure and the ministry has to explain the reasons for such attitudes, he said.

Reacting to the move by MP Saleh Ashoor, fellow lawmaker Abdul Lateef Al Umairi said that grilling a minister was a constitutional right.

"There is no concern about quizzing a minister," he said. "However, there are concerns about how the prime minister might react. Should he choose to answer the queries, then there is no issue. But, if the prime minister hands in his resignation, we will certainly have a crisis and Ashoor will have his wish fulfilled since he and others with him do not want this parliament to continue as they are the minority," he said.