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Kuwait's new Cabinet urged to tackle corruption
 Kuwaiti lawmakers Tuesday urged the new Cabinet to fight widespread corruption and to implement long-awaited reforms, a day after it took the oath. "Corruption here has become a big monster," Islamist MP Nasser al-Sane said during a parliamentary debate on the government's program. "We want a new methodology in fighting corruption ... The whole country appears to have been sold as everything has a price," Sane said.Liberal MP Mohammad al-Sager charged that four reformist ministers in the previous government were ousted because of their efforts to fight corruption. Two leading liberal former ministers, Abdullah al-Taweel (commerce and industry) and Faisal al-Hajji (social affairs and labor), were excluded from the new formation. Former Justice Minister Ahmad Baqer, an Islamist, and Education Minister Rasheed al-Hamad, an independent liberal, were also dropped. Posted by: Fred 2006-02-22 |
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