{"id":63035,"date":"2020-12-15T16:07:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T13:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/?p=63035"},"modified":"2020-12-15T16:14:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T13:14:26","slug":"marzouq-al-ghanim-wins-closely-fought-battle-to-be-re-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/marzouq-al-ghanim-wins-closely-fought-battle-to-be-re-elected\/","title":{"rendered":"Marzouq Al Ghanim wins closely fought battle to be re-elected as speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"gmail_default\">In a closely fought contest, d<\/span>uring the opening session of the 16th legislative term,\u00a0 Marzouq Al Ghanim <span class=\"gmail_default\">was<\/span> re-elected as the speaker of Kuwait\u2019s National Assembly (parliament). He has held the position since 2013.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Al Ghanim ran against Bader Al Humaidi, the former Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Housing Affairs. He won the majority with 33 votes as compared to 28 votes for Al Humaidi.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Since the voting process <span class=\"gmail_default\">was<\/span> done anonymously it is unclear who each member voted for.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For his part, Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim thanked everyone who showed confidence in him. Extending a hand of friendship to everyone\u00a0 he said, &#8220;Personal battles and disagreements will neither benefit us nor develop our society, and Kuwaitis do not want quarrels but want development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Before the opening session, several MPs asked that the voting process be done publicly. There was a dispute, during the session, between the MPs and the temporary speaker, Hamad Al Harshani, whether the Parliament\u2019s procedural law (in Arabic known as Laehat Al Dakhleya) stipulates that the vote must be done anonymously or not<span class=\"gmail_default\"> at all<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo ajU\">\n<div id=\":1za\" class=\"ajR\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Hide expanded content\" aria-expanded=\"true\" data-tooltip=\"Hide expanded content\">The opening was moderated by Harshani, as per article 92 of the constitution which stipulates that the oldest member of parliament is the temporary speaker of the opening session until the voting process for speaker is finalized.<\/div>\n<div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Hide expanded content\" aria-expanded=\"true\" data-tooltip=\"Hide expanded content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\">\n<div class=\"im\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It is noteworthy that Al-Ghanim was elected as the speaker of the National Assembly in the last two legislative terms in 2013, and in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo ajU\">\n<div id=\":1za\" class=\"ajR\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Hide expanded content\" aria-expanded=\"true\" data-tooltip=\"Hide expanded content\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ajT\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl.gstatic.com\/ui\/v1\/icons\/mail\/images\/cleardot.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a closely fought contest, during the opening session of the 16th legislative term,\u00a0 Marzouq Al Ghanim was re-elected as the speaker of Kuwait\u2019s National Assembly (parliament). 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