Kuwait moI completes preparations for municipal elections

The Ministry of Interior announced Tuesday that it had put the final touches on preparations for the upcoming municipal elections, slated for Saturday. In a press statement, the Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Public Security Major General Mahmoud Al-Dosari said that the Ministry has set plans and completed preparations to secure free, fair, smooth, and trouble-free electoral process. Al-Dosari, deputy head of the election security committee, said that police will take all necessary measures and law will be applied firmly to prove the election a real success. Moreover, Director General of the General Department of Nationality and Passports at the Ministry of Interior Brigader Mazen Jarrah Al-Sabah said the department was currently issuing temporary nationality document for citizens who lost their owns to help them cast their ballot. He added that the document is valid for one day and one purpose, voting. Meanwhile, Kuwait Municipality General Director Eng. Ahmad Al-Sabeeh said the Municipality also completed all logistic preparations for the municipal elections. He noted that the Municipality has chosen polling stations and carried out required maintenance works to make them more comfortable for election monitors and voters. All equipment and tools were prepared and will be distributed to the polling stations on the eve of the electoral process, he stated. On the other hand, Al-Sabeeh warned that municipal teams will remove all illegal electioneering ads near polling stations