KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaiti police yesterday arrested two former opposition MPs for making statements at a public rally deemed critical of the state ruler, an opposition leader said.
“Two former (Islamist) MPs, Falah Al Sawwagh and Bader Al Dahum, have just been arrested by the state security police,” Mussallam Al Barrak, himself a former deputy, told reporters. A third former lawmaker, Khaled Al Tahus, was called in for questioning by the public prosecutor, according to a post on his Twitter account.
All three politicians spoke on October 10 at an opposition rally protesting an alleged government plan to amend the electoral law to manipulate election results. They directly addressed the Emir H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, warning him that any amendment to the election law could lead to streets protests and chaos. Under Kuwait’s constitution, it is illegal to criticise the Emir.
AFP
