Kuwait: 136 poll headquarters okayed

Arab Times

KUWAIT CITY, April 26, (KUNA): A total of 136 election headquarters have been licensed in all the six Kuwaiti governorates, a joint committee between the Interior Ministry and Kuwaiti Municipality said on Sunday. The committee has allowed every candidate to have two election facilities; one for men and the other for women, Mohamed Al-Mosowi, secretary of the committee, told KUNA. However, all election headquarters that could cause traffic congestion or chaos and impede the movement of people for being put up at inappropriate locations have been removed, he said. The committee is still making field tours to demolish unlicensed facilities and to remove posters, placards or pictures of candidates from houses and street posts, he added.

In cooperation with other state agencies concerned, the committee has demolished a total of 30 unlicensed premises and 4,608 posters nationwide without any prior warning, Al-Mosowi said. Meanwhile, the interim government will discuss Monday the negative phenomena, which spread as the election fever heats up in Kuwait. Worried about the negative effect of sectarian disputes on national unity, reliable sources said the interim government has instructed the acting ministers to closely monitor the alleged prevalence of sectarian sentiments in the country as this might undermine national unity.