Tuesday, May 03, 2005
The filibuster plague spreads ... to Kuwait
While we twist our collective hanky over the filibustering of judicial nominees, the women of Kuwait have more fundamental rights to worry about. Kuwait's parliament has failed to pass legislation that would give women the right to vote in municipal elections.
Kuwaiti suffragettes are not happy:
CWCID: The Emirates Economist.
The Bill was passed in principle by the parliament on April 19.
However, during yesterday's crucial second round voting out of the 60 lawmakers present, 29 voted for the Bill, while 29 conservative MPs abstained and two members rejected the law. All 13 ministers voted for the Bill.
Speaker Jasem Al Kharafi declared after the vote that the Bill was neither approved nor rejected and that another vote must be taken to break the deadlock. No date was set for the new vote.
Kuwaiti suffragettes are not happy:
CWCID: The Emirates Economist.
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