Identifier
Created
Classification
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06KUWAIT2695
2006-07-05 19:51:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTION RESULTS AND THE NEW
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STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/PA, NEA/AIA, NEA/PI, INR/NESA, R/MR, I/GNEA,
B/BXN, B/BRN, NEA/PPD, NEA/IPA FOR ALTERMAN
LONDON FOR TSOU
PARIS FOR ZEYA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
SUBJECT: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTION RESULTS AND THE NEW
GOVERNMENT
Block Quotes
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Wednesday, July 05, 2006
-- Professor of Political Science at Kuwait University, Dr. Shamlan
Yousef Al-Issa penned in pro-government daily Al-Seyassah under the
title "Strong Government" (7/5): "Why doesn't the government
consider selecting its ministers from the specialized technocrats
who are able to keep abreast of the changes and advances being made
worldwide? Qualified Kuwaitis excel in all fields, and are needed
to be sought out and convinced to participate in the ministries away
from pollution. This pollution comes from the interference of MPs
and politicians in the work of the ministers."
-- Political Science professor Dr. Shafiq Nazem Al-Ghabra
editorialized in moderate Arabic daily Al-Rai Al-Aam under the title
"The Democratic Stage and Changes in Kuwait" (7/5): "Kuwait is
coming to a political stage that seems intertwined. The discovery
of a political balance between the executive and legislative
branches and within the executive will require great effort. As
past experience has made clear, there cannot be any real development
without stability and no development or economic reform without
political reform paving the way for them."
-- Dr. Sami Nasser Khalifa commented in moderate Arabic daily Al-Rai
Al-Aam under the title "No Going Back" (7/5): "The previous
government that was labeled the 'crisis government' resigned. There
is a new government being formed with the battle of redistricting
evident on two tiers. First, citizens must monitor the government's
performance and compliance to the demands of the MPs. Second, they
must also monitor the MPs to measure the extent to which they comply
with the promises they made during their campaigns."
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For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
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TUELLER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/PA, NEA/AIA, NEA/PI, INR/NESA, R/MR, I/GNEA,
B/BXN, B/BRN, NEA/PPD, NEA/IPA FOR ALTERMAN
LONDON FOR TSOU
PARIS FOR ZEYA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
SUBJECT: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTION RESULTS AND THE NEW
GOVERNMENT
Block Quotes
--------------
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
-- Professor of Political Science at Kuwait University, Dr. Shamlan
Yousef Al-Issa penned in pro-government daily Al-Seyassah under the
title "Strong Government" (7/5): "Why doesn't the government
consider selecting its ministers from the specialized technocrats
who are able to keep abreast of the changes and advances being made
worldwide? Qualified Kuwaitis excel in all fields, and are needed
to be sought out and convinced to participate in the ministries away
from pollution. This pollution comes from the interference of MPs
and politicians in the work of the ministers."
-- Political Science professor Dr. Shafiq Nazem Al-Ghabra
editorialized in moderate Arabic daily Al-Rai Al-Aam under the title
"The Democratic Stage and Changes in Kuwait" (7/5): "Kuwait is
coming to a political stage that seems intertwined. The discovery
of a political balance between the executive and legislative
branches and within the executive will require great effort. As
past experience has made clear, there cannot be any real development
without stability and no development or economic reform without
political reform paving the way for them."
-- Dr. Sami Nasser Khalifa commented in moderate Arabic daily Al-Rai
Al-Aam under the title "No Going Back" (7/5): "The previous
government that was labeled the 'crisis government' resigned. There
is a new government being formed with the battle of redistricting
evident on two tiers. First, citizens must monitor the government's
performance and compliance to the demands of the MPs. Second, they
must also monitor the MPs to measure the extent to which they comply
with the promises they made during their campaigns."
********************************************* *
For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
********************************************* *
TUELLER