Parliament speaker launches Participate in Legislation service on house's website

Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim launched Monday "Participate in Legislation" service on the Parliament's website, allowing citizens to express their opinions on bills listed on the agendas of National Assembly's committees. The service is considered one of the procedures that will contribute significantly to expanding popular participation to express views on members of the Parliaments, Al-Ghanim said during the launch of the e-service. "We have been talking about expanding the popular participation from the people to the Parliament since the beginning of the legislative term of this Assembly, as well as the people's views which will be reflected inside Abdullah Al-Salem Hall," said Al-Ghanim. The Parliament Speaker added that "We have started with an opinion poll, which resulted in unifying of visions of MPs. Thereafter, we began field tours, which boosted the supervisory role, as well as providing accurate information to the MPs." This is complemented by today's launch of the "Participate in Legislation" service "in order to bring MPs and people closer." He said the e-service is a message directed to citizens, calling on the people to take part in the Parliament's decisions through expressing their opinions directly to the MPs. Al-Ghanim called on Kuwaiti citizens, inside the country or abroad, to write their views to the specialized Parliamentary committee via the Parliament website, noting that Kuwaitis can login to the new e-service and interact with any Parliamentary committee on any bill or proposal.