Cabinet assigns oil minister to review MP suggestions on work program

Cabinet assigns oil minister to review MP suggestions on work program

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Cabinet, during its meeting on Monday, assigned Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Saad Al-Barrak, to study parliamentarian suggestions on the government’s work program, according to Kuwait’s state media agency KUNA. Barrak also serves as Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment and Acting Minister of Finance. Cabinet made the decision after discussing the affairs of the National Assembly and examining proposals approved during last week’s parliamentary sessions.

They also reviewed a letter from the Speaker of the National Assembly Ahmad Al-Saadoun to which the remarks of MPs on the program were attached. The four-year program, submitted to the National Assembly on July 16, includes 107 major projects covering all economic, social, entertainment and human resources fields. Under the plan, the government pledged to operate several mega projects such as Kuwait’s part of the Gulf Railway project, repairing thousands of kilometers of roads and operating the long-delayed Mubarak Al-Kabeer Container Harbor on Boubyan Island.

At the meeting, ministers stressed the need to enhance fruitful joint work and continue coordination between the executive and legislative authorities, affirming its keenness to extend a hand of sincere and constructive cooperation between the government and the National Assembly. Commemorating martyrs The