Kuwait: Several agencies in Kuwait, led by the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health, have begun discussing arrangements to be put in place before the “National Assembly elections in 2020,” Al Anba newspaper reported sunday.
Two election dates have been proposed so far, 28 November or 5 December this year, but the government has not yet had the precise date.
The four-year term of the National Assembly will end on 10 September and elections for the new parliament are expected to be held until the end of the year.
The Ministry of Health was tasked with producing a report to be presented at the end of September, detailing the fitness scenario in the country, on how the elections will be held.
In addition, the Ministry of Health is pushing for fitness precautions such as expanding the number of polling stations to make some social esttachment in place.
Precautions to be advised through the Ministry of Health shall be referred to the respective governmental unit, for example with regard to cross-seminars, the municipality would be guilty of applying all precautions, from social distance to abstention of food and beverages. in the room.
Given the crisis in COVID-19, many others are involved in the pandemic being the next election. One consideration is voter turnout, because we don’t know what the scenario will look like in the coming months.
The last elections to the National Assembly, in 2016, had a 70% turnout, allowing the opposition to win almost part of the seats.
Although Kuwait does not have a formula of political parties, it is estimated that of the 50 seats in parliament, 20 were won through opposition, basically made up of the Muslim, Liberal and Pan-Arab Brothers.
According to the Electoral Guide, in the 2016 elections there were 483,000 registered voters, according to the Kuwaiti constitution, to vote you have to be over 21 years old and registered.
The 50 members of parliament are elected through their constituents, which are divided into five electoral districts, where the constituency elects 10 deputies.
The National Assembly is a unicameral legislature and is the legislative force in Kuwait.
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