SAFAR 11, 1439 AH TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2017 Max 36º 32 Pages 150 Fils Established 1961 Min 18º ISSUE NO: 17369 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net 843 companies with 5,911 Iran moves to save last Saudis to extract uranium for Saudi women to be allowed 3 registered workers suspended 7 ‘mascot’ Asiatic cheetahs 17 ‘self-sufficient’ nuke program 16 into sports stadiums in 2018 Amir accepts resignation of Cabinet, names it caretaker Speaker: No parliament sessions until new govt is formed By B Izzak new prime minister or ask the outgoing premier to form a new Cabinet. KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah National Assembly speaker Marzouq Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday Al-Ghanem told reporters that he was Harbi approves accepted the resignation of the Cabinet officially informed of the resignation and which was submitted to him by the prime that he will announce this at the start of new dental minister amid indications that the forma- today’s scheduled Assembly session. But tion of the new Cabinet could take he said he will adjourn the session and fees for expats weeks. The resignation came as expect- will not call for new Assembly sessions ed following a no-confidence motion before the formation of the new Cabinet. filed against Minister of State for Under Kuwaiti constitution, Assembly KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi Cabinet Affairs and acting Information sessions are illegal if no Cabinet minister issued a decision to increase the fees for dental Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah is attending. services for expats, as part of the health fee Al-Sabah following a grilling last Ghanem gave no timeframe for the increases which came into Tuesday on the National Assembly’s formation of the Cabinet amid indica- effect this month. Harbi opening day. tions by sources that the process could approved the mechanism to Sheikh Mohammad was grilled over be a lengthy one and might take weeks. collect fees for dental services alleged financial and administrative vio- There is no official deadline for the for- and surgeries - KD 2 for each lations, which he categorically denied. mation of the Cabinet under normal cir- visit, in addition to charges for The government’s resignation came after cumstances. Due to political disputes each medical procedure the a large number of lawmakers announced between the government and the patient needs on every visit. their support for the no-confidence Assembly since 2006, at least a dozen KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (left) hands the The decision includes x-ray Jamal Al-Harbi motion, which threatens to dismiss the governments have stepped down, mostly government’s resignation letter to HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- fees whenever the patient needs minister if the motion succeeds. over disputes with MPs. The Assembly Sabah yesterday. — KUNA it, to be collected once only if it HH the Amir asked outgoing Prime was also dissolved seven times in the is for the same tooth on the same visit. Expats will Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak same period. expatriates to enroll their children in insists that the law explicitly stipulates be received at specialized dental clinics by referral Al-Sabah and his ministers to remain as In another development, the lower public schools. The case, filed by lawyer that public schools are for Kuwaitis only, from primary care clinics after the initial treatment is a caretaker Cabinet until a new govern- court yesterday set Nov 20 to look into Ibrahim Al-Bathani on behalf of a but the government allows certain cate- completed (filling, extraction or cleaning). Continued on Page 11 ment is formed. Under the constitution, a case in which a Kuwaiti citizen is suing Kuwaiti citizen, claims the education gories of expats like teachers and judges the Amir has the sole right to name a the government for allowing certain ministry is violating the law. The citizen to enroll their children at such schools. Viktor Yanukovych and his pro-Moscow the GCC is a political and economic union and its allies in June issued Qatar with a list of First charges, political party. Manafort, a longtime Bahrain calls for that includes Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the demands, including shutting down Doha- Republican operative, arrived at the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, as well as based broadcaster Al-Jazeera, curbing rela- plea deal emerge Federal Bureau of Investigation’s freeze on Qatar’s Oman and Kuwait. tions with Iran and closing a Turkish military Washington field office to hand himself in. Bahrain’s King Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al- base in the emirate. After severing ties with George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy Khalifa announced later yesterday that his coun- Doha, Riyadh and its allies closed land and in Russia probe advisor to the GCC membership try would not attend any future GCC meeting if maritime borders, suspended air links and campaign early Qatar was to take part. “Qatar has proved today expelled Qatari citizens. WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s former last year, pleaded DUBAI: Bahrain called yesterday for Qatar’s that it does not respect charters, treaties and In an interview aired on Sunday, Qatar’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort was guilty on Oct 5 membership of the Gulf Cooperation Council bonds upon which the GCC was founded,” the emir accused Saudi Arabia and its Arab charged yesterday with conspiracy against to making false to be suspended until it accepts the demands king said during a cabinet meeting, cited by allies of seeking to topple his government. the United States and money laundering, in statements, of its neighbors and said Manama would not BNA news agency. He also accused Qatar of “They want a regime change. It’s... so the first indictments stemming from a admitting he attend GCC meetings alongside Doha. “The undermining the security of other GCC member obvious,” Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al- sprawling probe into Russian interference sought to hide correct step to preserve the GCC would be to states. “So long as Qatar continues on this path, Thani told CBS’s 60 Minutes. “History as in the 2016 presidential election. Special contacts with a freeze Qatar’s membership until it sees reason Bahrain will not attend any Gulf summit or meet- well tells us, teaches us. They tried to do Moscow-linked counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading the and accepts the demands of our countries. If ing in the presence of Qatar unless it rectifies its that before, in 1996 after my father professor offer- probe, also announced that a third person Paul Manafort not, we will be fine with it leaving the GCC,” policy and accepts the demands” of the Saudi- became the emir. So, and they made it also ing “dirt” on had pleaded guilty to lying to FBI investi- Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa led bloc, the king said. so obvious in the last couple of weeks,” he Donald Trump’s election rival Hillary gators probing the campaign’s possible said on Twitter. GCC members are scheduled to meet said. “They don’t like our independence, Clinton. “Papadopoulos impeded the FBI’s links to Russian interference. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab before the end of the year, but the Gulf crisis the way how we are thinking, our vision ongoing investigation into the existence of Manafort, 68, and business partner Rick Emirates and Egypt on June 5 severed ties could see the bloc’s annual meeting post- for the region. We want freedom of speech Gates, 45, were charged with allegedly any links or coordination between individ- with Qatar over accusations of supporting uals associated with the campaign and the poned or cancelled. Experts have warned that for the people of the region. And they’re hiding millions of dollars they earned extremism and being too close to rival Iran, Russian government’s efforts to interfere the nearly five-month-long diplomatic crisis not happy with that. And so they think that working for former Ukrainian politician charges Doha has denied. Founded in 1981, Continued on Page 11 could lead to the GCC’s demise. Saudi Arabia this is a threat to them.” — AFP Death brings In Oman desert, home reality of a gateway to Gulf workers life on Mars JAGTIAL, India: On a hot, sleepy after- DHOFAR, Oman: In sunglasses and jump- noon at Kalleda village in the southern suits, a crew of European test astronauts is Indian state of Telangana, Laxmi Malaya laying the groundwork for a Mars simulation sat on the porch of her house where the in the barren expanse of the Omani desert, a body of her husband Chittam - a daily terrestrial mission intended to pave the way wage laborer in Dubai - was to be to the red planet. The “analog astronauts” of brought the next day. Chittam, 45, was the Austrian Space Forum - a volunteer- the second migrant worker from the vil- based collective - have arrived in Oman to lage to have died in Dubai in September begin preparations for a four-week simulation and among the nearly 450 Indian mission due to begin next year. migrant workers shipped home in body Touching down at Marmul Airport, a bags since 2014. remote outpost used by oil workers, the five- “There were three deaths (of workers person advance team loaded up on sunscreen from the village) last year as well. We and, with their Omani counterparts dressed in were told Chittam died of a stroke, but Members of the Austrian Space Forum inspect a site in Oman’s Dhofar desert near crisp white gowns and colorful turbans, he was healthy when he came home for a the southern Marmul outpost on Sunday.