Newcomer Ali Al-Khamees Wins Parliamentary Seat
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SUBSCRIPTION SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2016 JAMADA ALAWWAL 13, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait’s Lockdown in African leaders Suarez, Neymar privatization north India push for open up efforts state as caste investments at nine-point advance5 violence11 flares Egypt23 summit Barca20 lead Newcomer Ali Al-Khamees Min 12º Max 28º wins parliamentary seat High Tide 12:10 & 23:05 Amir congratulates citizens on success of by-elections Low Tide 05:50 & 17:29 40 PAGES NO: 16793 150 FILS By B Izzak Border alert KUWAIT: Independent newcomer Ali Abdullah Al-Khamees yesterday became a member of parliament after winning over fears of the only seat in the by-election that became vacant with the death of late MP Nabil Al-Fadhl. Khamees won 7,281 votes, beating his nearest rival Abdullah Ahmad Al-Kandari, ‘dirty bomb’ who received 4,836 votes. Osama Al-Tahus, who was a member of parliament before the constitutional court annulled the result and declared Fadhl as winner, was in KUWAIT: Kuwait General Administration of third place with 3,647 votes. Customs (KGAC) announced tightening inspection Hisham Al-Baghli, who was a member of the 2012 National measures at all border centers after warnings that Assembly which was dissolved by court, came in fourth place deadly radioactive material went missing in Basra with 2,686 votes. Ahmad Al-Fadhl, a son of the late MP Fadhl, province in southern Iraq. A radiography device came in fifth place with 1,314 votes. Thirty-four candidates, using iridium-192 was reportedly stolen from an oil service company in November. The material could be combined with traditional FULL COVERAGE ON PAGE 2 explosives to produce a dirty bomb, KGAC Director- General Khaled Al-Saif told reporters on Friday. “The including two women, contested the election for the single seat. state of Kuwait and other neighbors of Iraq have The two women came in the 26th and 27th places, receiving been notified of the ongoing investigations into the around 20 votes each. Khamees, the brother of well-known jour- whereabouts of the material in order to take the nalist Madhi Al-Khamees, will take the oath as the 50th member necessary precautions,” Saif pointed out. of parliament when the Assembly holds its next session on “Therefore, customs centers at all border cross- March 1. Turnout was reported to be at around 30 percent after ings, particularly Abdaly crossing between Kuwait more than 24,000 of the 81,000 eligible voters cast their votes. and Iraq, have been put on alert. Six portable Late yesterday, HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- devices for detecting radioactive materials have Jaber Al-Sabah congratulated citizens on the success of the been mounted to monitor vehicles and individuals by-elections in the third constituency, lauding the great role crossing into Kuwait,” he revealed. The KGAC emer- of judiciary, interior ministry and ministry of information in this regard. The Amir also lauded the great cooperation shown gency plan is being implemented in collaboration KUWAIT: Ali Al-Khamees celebrates at his election headquarters after he won the third constituency by voters, which contributed to championing the electoral with the ministries of interior and health and the by-elections yesterday. (Inset) Khamees is congratulated by National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- process in a manner that reflected the homeland’s civil and National Guard, Saif added. — KUNA Ghanem. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat democratic image. Govt submits subsidy study to MPs Overseas treatment cut decision ‘frozen’ By B Izzak electricity and water to provide answers to Literary giant queries by lawmakers. Another meeting KUWAIT: The government yesterday sub- will be held on Feb 28 in which the govern- mitted to the National Assembly a study on ment will submit its comprehensive short- Umberto Eco economic reforms including proposals to term measures for economic reforms, the cut subsidies on petrol, electricity and minister said. Saleh said that he sensed dies aged 84 water, but no decision was taken as more understanding on part of MPs for the need meetings have been set for further details. to forge ahead with economic reforms, Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh said yester- adding that reforms have a cost and if they ROME: Italy was in mourning yesterday following the day’s meeting between MPs and ministers are delayed, the cost will be much higher. death of Umberto Eco, the literary and intellectual phe- was comprehensive and focused on meas- MP Abdullah Al-Tameemi however said nomenon who wrote “The Name of the Rose” and was ures that would reform the path of the that the government’s presentation yester- cherished as one of his country’s favorite sons. Eco, who BRUSSELS: British Prime Minister David Cameron addresses a press conference national economy. day was very confusing, adding there can at end of an European Union (EU) summit late Friday. — AFP had been suffering from cancer, passed away at his Milan home late on Friday, his family told Italian media. The government’s paper consists of six be no reforms amid rife corruption and He was 84. Italian Prime Minister Matteo led tributes to main issues and the study prepared by for- weak government administration. He also UK sets June date the philosopher and semiotics lecturer who once eign consultants on subsidies, especially on said that there were some mistakes in sta- famously described writing best-selling, heavyweight electricity, the minister said. Saleh said that tistics provided by the government on novels as “something I do at the weekends”. it was agreed to hold another meeting on electricity consumption. “He was an extraordinary example of European intel- Tuesday with a team from the ministry of Continued on Page 13 for EU referendum lectualism, uniting a unique intelligence of the past with an inexhaustible capacity to anticipate the future,” Renzi LONDON: Britain will vote on its mem- “The choice goes to the kind of coun- was quoted as saying by the bership of the European Union on June try we want to be,” he said, warning that Italian news agency Ansa. 23, Prime Minister David Cameron said proponents of leaving were offering “a Friends remembered a yesterday as he began the daunting risk at a time of uncertainty, a leap in the gentle man who enjoyed challenge of persuading the country to dark”. Britain would be “safer, stronger whisky and wordplay in equal stay. He announced the date for the ref- and better off” in the 28-member bloc, measure and had a nice line in erendum after a two-hour cabinet meet- he said, calling the concessions negotiat- self-deprecating humor: In ing where he briefed ministers on the ed with other EU leaders “the best of recent years he had taken to deal he struck in Brussels on Friday, that both worlds”. The referendum campaign joking after receiving prizes: he said will give Britain “special status” in will be bitterly contested in a country “From now on, it’s the Nobel the EU. “We are approaching one of the with a long tradition of euroscepticism or nothing.” The Nobel never biggest decisions this country will face and a hostile rightwing press, with opin- came but Eco was revered in our lifetimes,” Cameron said, address- ion polls showing Britons are almost around the world, largely ing the nation outside his 10 Downing evenly divided. Umberto Eco thanks to “The Name of the Street residence. Continued on Page 13 Rose”, the blockbuster novel that became a hit film starring Sean Connery in the then-unlikely role of a medieval monk with the detec- tive brilliance of Sherlock Holmes. Iran seeks $45bn in Flags flew at half-mast in Alessandria, the town in the BERLIN: Italian director Gianfranco Rosi reacts after receiving the Golden Bear northern region of Piedmont where Eco was born on Jan for Best Film for ‘Fuocoammare’ (Fire at Sea) during the awards ceremony of the 5, 1932. He leaves a wife, Renate Ramge Eco, a German 66th Berlinale yesterday. — AFP foreign investment art teacher whom he married in 1962 and with whom he had a son and a daughter. Refugee docu ‘Fire at Sea’ TEHRAN: Iran’s economy sanctions, which has allowed it The young Umberto had a Roman Catholic upbring- minister said his country is to access overseas assets and ing, and was educated at one of the Salesian institu- seeking $45 billion in foreign sell crude oil more freely. tion’s schools. His father was keen for him to read law, wins Berlin fest top prize investment following the Iran already has access to but instead he took up medieval philosophy and litera- implementation of a land- more than $100 billion worth of ture at the University of Turin. After taking his doctor- BERLIN: “Fire at Sea”, a harrowing docu- he accepted the golden trophy from mark nuclear deal with world frozen overseas assets and ate in 1954, Eco started working for the recently estab- mentary about Europe’s refugee crisis, Streep. “It is not acceptable that people powers last month. Ali Iranian banks earlier this month lished national broadcasting network RAI preparing clinched the Berlin film festival’s Golden die crossing the sea trying to escape from Tayebnia told reporters yes- were reconnected to SWIFT, a cultural programs and gaining a lasting interest in Bear top prize yesterday from a jury led tragedies.” France’s Mia Hansen-Love won terday that Iran expects $15 Belgian-based cooperative that mass communication. by Meryl Streep. Italian director the Silver Bear for best director for her billion in direct foreign invest- handles wire transfers between In the late 1950s, he started to develop ideas on Gianfranco Rosi’s picture offers an drama “Things to Come” starring Isabelle ment alone in the next Iranian financial institutions.