By means of B Izzak
KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Ali Al-Mousa the previous day denied allegations that he failed to hold out his tasks and put into effect a last courtroom ruling in regards to the unlawful distribution of masses of state-owned agricultural plots. Talking throughout a grilling via opposition MP Abdullah Al-Mudhaf, the minister mentioned some 400 land parcels discussed within the courtroom ruling have been all disbursed in 2013, greater than 9 years earlier than he was once appointed within the Cupboard.
Mousa mentioned that the grilling in opposition to him was once filed simply 22 days after turning into minister and regardless of many times informing the griller that he was once ready to cooperate at the factor. The minister added {that a} file on all the factor ready via the Audit Bureau was once to be had throughout the tenure of former minister Shaye Al-Shaye, “however the lawmaker didn’t grill him and made up our minds to grill me days after my appointment”.
Mousa mentioned when MP Mudhaf gave him the file, he instructed him he would shape an investigation committee to probe the problem, however the lawmaker refused and filed the grilling. “The lawmaker is grilling me for land disbursed once I wasn’t a minister,” Mousa insisted. The minister mentioned he has referred the problem to the general public prosecutor and was once able to ship the problem again to the prosecutor with extra paperwork.
He mentioned after the courtroom of cassation issued its ruling to take hold of 396 land plots from beneficiaries as a result of granting them was once unlawful, he requested the federal government’s felony division on Feb 9 to shape a committee to supervise the implementation of the ruling. He mentioned on Feb 15, the director of the rural authority issued a choice to shape a committee to speak about the mechanism of imposing the ruling. Mousa insisted that those measures for sure have been in opposition to corruption and corrupt other people and evidence that “I didn’t fail in sporting out my responsibility”.
At the beginning of the grilling debate, Mudhaf mentioned that he acquired the Audit Bureau file in December, after which requested that implicated workers must be suspended and referred to the general public prosecution. The lawmaker insisted that the courtroom dominated that the entire 396 land parcels must be taken clear of those that were given them thru unlawful channels. On the finish of the controversy, 10 opposition MPs filed a no-confidence movement in opposition to the minister. Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem mentioned balloting at the movement will happen on March 16.