A note about the 10th electoral circuit and Jabriya

After the conclusion of the Kuwaiti parliamentary elections for 2006, Kuwait2005 would like to take a second to comment on the 10th electoral circuit and Jabriya.

Candidate	Jabriya	Adiliyah	Surra
Basil Al-Rashid	1257	1625	1862
Jamal Al-Omar	2305	1132	1398
Hamad Al-Tuwaijri	1819	844	760
Saleh Al-Fathala	1112	1920	2197

The table clearly demonstrates that without Adiliya, where Jamal took 17.74 % of the votes, and Surra, where he took 18.56 % of the votes, Jamal Al-Omar would not have made it into parliament. Therefore, for the "orange people" I say, stop targeting an area, just because government will let you. Al-Naibari stated recently that around 13 members of parliament reached it through money. Why is Jabriya targeted by this campaign? Why did the "orange people" not show up in Khaitan or Bayan or Khaldiya? Again, because Jabriya is a soft target, and because the people behind these theatrics do not have the balls to do so. Good for you people of Jabriya, for you are least responsible for the likes of Fathala. Just a note on this good Friday :)

Special Message- Kuwait Electionsٍ

Welcome to the Kuwaiti elections. In less than 24 hours, life will go back to normal, after all the hoopla ends. We will wake up in a country where there is no corruption, where people respect themselves, others and the law, and where people's rights are respected and protected. We will find that corrupt candidates did not win, and the new ministers will be qualified individuals. Finally, we will realize that we are living a blast from the past.

On 02-08-1990, Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait. It was a thursday dubbed as "black thursday." Welcome to yet another "black thursday." Peace.

Kuwait & Guinness World Records for "Misbahs"

If you like "mesabee7" then you should already know about this person. He resides in Kuwait and will enter the Guinness World Records book for the biggest collection of amber mesabee7.

Kuwait Parliament Dissolved- Sources

Parliamentary sources confirmed today that Kuwait's parliament will be dissolved and new elections will be held on the 22nd of June, 2006.

Press Freedoms in Kuwait- 2006

I read in Al-Rai Al-Aam an article about Kuwait being ranked 1st Arab-wise, and 85th in the world, in terms of press freedoms. You can access all 153 pages of the Reporters Without Borders 2006 Report here.
Following are the two references to Kuwait in the report:

• "In Teodoro Obiang Nguema’s Equatorial Guinea no excuses need to be given for the desert for freedoms that the government runs. No-one talks about freedom of the press to the head of “Africa’s Kuwait”. - Never knew a Kuwait existed in Africa. Interesting twist! Quoted from page 4.
  
• The second reference is a map showing Kuwait on page 134.
• The ranking comes from the Worldwide Press Freedom Index. Kuwait ranks 85 out of 167 countries. Last place went to North Korea. To put it in context, in the same Index for 2004 Kuwait ranked 103. In 2003 Kuwait ranked 102, and in 2002, Kuwait ranked 78. Therefore, Al-Rai Al-Aam is boasting about a good rank being 1st in Arab countries etc, yet it fails to state that this is a failure compared to 2002 when Kuwait was ranked 78. Kuwait went backwards for 2003 and 2004, and is rebounding. No big deal really.