MOHARRAM 26, 1441 AH WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 28 Pages Max 42º Min 26º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17941 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net ‘Kuwait in 400 Years’ book a The breakdancers of Kabul: Eight babies killed in Messi wins FIFA player of the 4 documentation of state’s history 22 Afghan youth busting moves 24 Algeria hospital fire 28 year as Ronaldo skips ceremony Lawmaker calls for expatriate quota system, remittance tax MPs make more threats to grill ministers over number of issues By B Izzak The quota system, which calls for imposing a cap on unskilled or marginal expat manpower eats up the coun- repeated what the ex-MP had himself said on TV, and various expat communities, has been already proposed try’s resources. charged that the interior ministry has manipulated the KUWAIT: MP Khalil Al-Saleh, who heads a National a number of times in the Assembly but was never Meanwhile, MP Riyadh Al-Adasani reiterated yester- investigation. The lawmaker also said that he learned that Assembly committee to find jobs for Kuwaitis, yester- debated. Based on various proposals, the system calls day that he will file to grill Interior Minister Sheikh the public prosecution has shelved cases against a num- day called on the government to introduce a quota sys- to limit the size of any expat community to around five Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah over a number of issues and ber of MPs, former MPs and businessmen who were tem for expatriates and to tax their remittances to their percent of the population, which means that large num- warned Finance Minister Nayef Al-Hajraf that his grilling under investigation for their inflated bank accounts and home countries. The lawmaker said expatriates are bers of Indians, Egyptians, Bangladeshis and Filipinos is very near. The lawmaker charged that detectives who suspected money laundering. spending less in the country compared to their large must be forced to leave. questioned him over a case at the public prosecution Adasani called on the finance minister to appeal remittances, and accordingly, taxes must be imposed on The lawmakers said that it was illogical that some have faked the outcome of the investigation, saying that against the shelving of the cases, otherwise he will file to their remittances. 20,000 Kuwaitis are jobless, adding that replacing expa- the decision to grill the interior minister is irreversible. grill him. MP Al-Humaidi Al-Subaiei said that he will Saleh said on his Twitter account that the govern- triates employed in government jobs has become a pop- Adasani was referred for investigation after a former announce on Sunday that he will file to grill the minister ment must take stern measures against visa traders and ular and parliamentary demand and a necessary deci- lawmaker sued him for accusing him of receiving money of social affairs and labor for suspending social aid to implement the so-called quota system on expatriates. sion. Saleh said that the presence of a large number of from the prime minister’s office. Adasani said that he only around 3,000 Kuwaiti women in violation of the law. Trump accuses Iran of ‘bloodlust’ in UN speech UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump yesterday threatened to intensify sanctions on Iran, despite European leaders’ hopes for a last-minute breakthrough at the United Nations to reduce tensions. The leaders of France, Germany and Japan were all meeting separately with Trump and Iran’s Hassan Rouhani, fanning speculation that the pair - whose nations have been arch-enemies for four decades - could have a historic encounter in New York. But in a speech to world leaders full of praise of uni- lateralism and criticism of China, Trump made clear he would not ease economic pressure on Iran - a condition set by Rouhani for any meeting. “As long as Iran’s men- acing behavior continues, sanctions will not be lifted. They will be tightened,” Trump told the General Assembly. Trump denounced Iran for an attack earlier this month on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure - a day after European powers agreed with US findings that NEW YORK: (Left) US President Donald Trump speaks during the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters yesterday. (Right) Turkish President Continued on Page 24 Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds up a map of Israel since 1947 showing changing proportion of territory under Israeli rule while addressing the UN yesterday. —AFP photos the House of Commons, John Bercow, immediately Johnson vows announced MPs would reconvene today. The Conservative leader, who is currently in New First Arab set for York, told British media he “strongly disagreed” with to pursue Brexit the decision but said he would respect it. Johnson also ISS says voyage renewed his call for an early election to end the stand- despite court blow off with parliament. He said it was “the obvious thing to do”. Johnson had argued that shutting down parliament will make history LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yes- until Oct 14 was a routine move to allow his new gov- terday vowed to press ahead with his plans for Brexit ernment to set out a new legislative program. on Oct 31 despite a momentous Supreme Court ruling But critics accused him of trying to silence MPs. that found his decision to suspend parliament unlawful. Delivering the unanimous verdict of 11 judges, Supreme The judgment dealt a huge blow to Johnson’s authority, Court president Brenda Hale said “the decision to coming after a series of defeats in parliament that have advise Her Majesty (Queen Elizabeth II) to prorogue LONDON: A still image of footage shows President of the curbed his plans to leave the European Union even if was unlawful”. Supreme Court Brenda Hale reading the court’s judg- there is no divorce deal with Brussels. The Speaker of Continued on Page 24 ment yesterday. — AFP deep in water,” Venkatesh Nadar, 38, Mumbai fears who has lived in the shanty settlement his entire life, told AFP. Nadar said authorities have not told for homes, lives him what might happen to his home as sea levels rise, or if they are doing any- Hazza Al-Mansoori amid rising seas thing to help his family move. “It’s dan- gerous and worrying for our children’s MOSCOW: The Emirati astronaut who will make his- MUMBAI: Huge swathes of Mumbai’s future, and leaves every family living tory by becoming the first Arab on the International beaches have already been lost to rising here at God’s mercy,” he said. If a dire Space Station said yesterday he had received support seas. Now shanty dwellers fear for their UN prediction saying that the sea could from around the world before his “dream” mission. homes and critics say India’s largest rise by one meter in the century up to Hazzaa Al-Mansoori, 35, is set to blast into space metropolis - like other world mega-cities 2100 because of global warming comes accompanied by Russia’s Oleg Skripochka and NASA - is not doing enough to hold back the true, one academic report suggests a astronaut Jessica Meir onboard a Soyuz rocket from waves. During the monsoon, near-daily quarter of Mumbai could be affected. Baikonur in Kazakhstan today. Mansoori, who will storms regularly flood Dharavi, one of Even a 20-cm rise would more than spend eight days on the ISS, will be the first Emirati Asia’s biggest slums and home to some double the frequency of flooding in tropi- astronaut and the first Arab on the orbiting laboratory, of the coastal city’s most vulnerable resi- cal zones such as the Mumbai coast, but not the first Muslim. dents. “The situation has been getting according to a 2017 report by US experts. MUMBAI: In this photograph taken on Sept 14, 2019, a man stands next to a home “It is really an honor and we are looking forward to worse every year, with our homes knee- Continued on Page 24 built next to the sea during high tide. — AFP make this mission successful and to come back with a lot of knowledge,” the pilot told a pre-flight news conference. He said the trip was a milestone for his The warning stood next to the road leading to Qlayaa, a “Entire families left and we haven’t heard from them country and the Arab world. “This achievement will be In Lebanon, return village nestled among lush, green fields and flowing olive since.” When they die, “only a few bodies get repatriated in history and it will be continued,” he said. “The groves. It was once a bastion of the South Lebanon to be buried in the village”, he says. dream has come true.” Army, a Christian-led militia allied to Israel and opposed For some, including Hezbollah supporters, SLA mem- Mansoori said that he would record his prayer rou- of ‘collaborators’ to the now-dominant Shiite Hezbollah movement. bers are traitors. Others, mostly from Christian parties, tine on the ISS and broadcast it to people on Earth. When the Israeli army withdrew from southern say they are exiles who should be allowed to return. Ever “As a fighter pilot I already prayed in my aircraft,” he reopens old wounds Lebanon in 2000, thousands of SLA members and their a hot-button issue, the argument erupted again this said, explaining that he had experience of prayers at families chose to cross the border too and settle in Israel month when a notorious former SLA member unexpect- high speed. Mansoori also plans to conduct experi- QLAYAA, Lebanon: “Collaborators not welcome” or elsewhere.