National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim has clarified that the Assembly will continue its activities as usual until the Amiri Decree on its dissolution is issued. He said certain steps should be taken prior to the issuance of the decree, including the formation of the new government which will then refer the Amiri Decree to the Assembly.

He stressed that the dissolution of the Assembly is the absolute right of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah. On the other hand, MP Bader Al-Mullah forwarded queries to Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Muhammad about the plan to install fingerprint machines for employees in Kuwaiti embassies and consulates abroad to ensure they arrive and leave the workplace on time. If this is true; he wants to know if the employees will receive overtime pay in case they report for work beyond the official working hours, cost of installing the machines and if there is a budget for this./AT