A veteran Kuwaiti politician has blamed the emergence of sectarianism as an important factor to be elected to parliament. “The emergence of chaos and of negative phenomena, including the sectarian dimension, has enabled people to reach the parliament,” Ahmad Al Khatib, the deputy chairman of the 1962 constituent assembly that drafted the constitution, said. “ The emergence of chaos and of negative phenomena, including the sectarian dimension, has enabled people to reach the parliament ”
“The regional developments, the fuelling of sectarianism in some countries and the rise of Islamist movements have had a strong impact on the parliamentary elections in Kuwait,” he told Kuwaiti Arabic daily Al Rai. Kuwait could not remain isolated from the events that affected some Arab countries and the fact was very clear in the results of the elections, he said.
Full Article: gulfnews : Veteran politician says negative phenomena impacted election outcome.
