Parliament to grill five Kuwait ministers: report

Manama: Five Kuwaiti ministers — including the prime minister — could face a grilling by parliament in the next few days, a local paper has said.

The prime minister will be questioned on cases of pollution and court expenditure.

The other ministers are Defence Minister Jaber Al Mubarak, Finance Minister Mustafa Al Shamali, Interior Minister Jaber Al Khalid, and Works Minister Fadhel Safar, the Al Seyassah daily said.

The government, in case the MPs go ahead with their questioning, would either submit its resignation or confront the grilling.

A third option would be a cabinet reshuffle that would defeat the lawmakers' plans, the paper said.

Cooperation

The possible grilling of the ministers was announced less than a week after the Emir, Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, urged constructive cooperation between the government and MPs by focusing on development and addressing differences in an atmosphere of collaboration and not confrontation for the sake of the nation.

On Monday the Interior Minister denied what he called "malicious" claims he had resigned ahead of parliament's quizzing.