Kuwaiti parliament votes against stripping 4 MPs of Immunity

The Kuwaiti National Assembly on Tuesday voted against the Public Prosecution’s petition to void parliamentary immunity of Members of Parliament’s Dr. Abdul-Hamid Dashti, Nabil Nouri Al-Fadhel, Safaa Al-Hashem, and Dr. Maasouma Al-Mubarak for charges in six cases filed against them. Dr. Dashti retained the immunity in a misdemeanor case, with 29 MPs out of the present 35 members, rejecting the prosecution request. In another vote, 27 MPs voted for maintaining the immunity of their fellow deputy, Dr. Al-Fadhel, for accusations in a press case, with 37 legislators present. As to Al-Hashem, 24 lawmakers rejected stripping her of the parliamentary immunity, with a total of 37 deputies attending. Voting for lifting the immunity of MPs Dr. Al-Dashti and Dr. Al-Mubarak, in a press misdemeanor case, came with rejection of the petition by 26 members of the assembly, with 38 parliamentarians attending this session. Balloting for lifting that of Al-Hashem, in a misdemeanor case in Fahaheel, came with 27 against, with 38 MPs present.