Page 16 basketball Page 15 THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com ice hockey SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2021 / SHABAAN 15, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17648 16 PAGES 150 FILS Speaker details procedure on vacating MP seat High Court rules By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh Arab Times Staff Pfizer batch 10 to speed jabs KUWAIT CITY, March 27: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim recently held a press conference on the procedures regarding the verdict of the Amir condoles loss EU raps UK Constitutional Court to nullify the par- liamentary membership of MP Badr Al- Still stuck Dahoum. KUWAIT CITY, March He disclosed that on March 14, 2021, SUEZ, Egypt, March 27, (AP): A he received a letter from the Constitu- 27, (Agencies): The Ku- Egypt train crash kills at least 32 giant container ship remained stuck waiti Ministry of Health tional Court informing him about its de- sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal for a cision which consisted of three items — TAHTA, Egypt, March 27, (Agencies): Two trains crashed later added that no cause has been determined. The passen- fifth day Saturday, as authorities pre- announced the arrival of cancelling the results of elections through Friday in southern Egypt, killing at least 32 people and injur- ger train was headed to the Mediterranean port of Alexandria, pared to make new attempts to free the 10th batch of Pfizer- which Al-Dahoum was declared winner ing 165, authorities said in the latest of a series of deadly ac- north of Cairo, rail officials said. the vessel and reopen a crucial east- BioNTech vaccine early of a parliamentary seat as representative cidents on the country’s troubled railways. Video showed twisted piles of metal with passengers cov- west waterway for global shipping. of citizens residing in the Fifth Constitu- next week. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber ered with dust trapped inside - some bleeding and others un- The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged The Assistant Undersec- ency, that his parliamentary membership Al-Sabah on Friday cabled Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah conscious. Bystanders removed the dead and laid them on the ship that carries cargo between Asia is invalid and the consequent measures. El-Sisi, expressing his sincerest condolences and solace over ground nearby. and Europe, ran aground Tuesday in retary for Medicines and He said the Constitutional Court high- the deaths. One passenger was heard shouting on the video, “Help us! Peo- the narrow canal that runs between Medical Supplies at the Min- lighted the required procedures including His Highness the Amir, in the condolences’ cable prayed ple are dying!” A female passenger appeared to be upside down, Africa and the Sinai Peninsula. istry, Dr. Abdullah Al-Bader, the announcement of the vacancy of Al- for the souls of the deceased, wished the victims’ families and squeezed under the seats, and was crying, ”Get me out, boy!” The massive vessel got stuck in a told KUNA that the ministry Dahoum’s parliamentary seat and the call loved ones patience and endurance of the tragic event, also Hazem Seliman, who lives near the tracks and heard the single-lane stretch of the canal, about contracted with Pfizer Inter- for supplementary elections. expressing wishes for the injured for rapid healing. crash, said he initially thought the train had hit a car. When he six kilometers (3.7 miles) north of national directly without the He explained that the issue concerns His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ah- arrived at the scene, he said he found the dead and injured on the southern entrance, near the city two parties — the citizens who filed the presence of a local agent. mad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister the ground, among them women and children. of Suez. The ministry constantly, con- appeal and Al-Dahoum. He said the As- Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad al-Mubarak Al-Sabah ad- “We carried the deceased and put the injured into ambu- Peter Berdowski, CEO of Boska- sembly, speaker and MPs are not part of tinuously and carefully monitors dressed cables of identical sentiments of sorrow and solace to lances,” he said. lis, the salvage firm hired to extract the safety of vaccines after their the dispute and they did not issue the de- President El-Sisi More than 100 ambulances were sent to the scene in the the Ever Given, said the company cision. He added the letter of the Consti- usage. Moreover, it follows up Someone apparently activated the emergency brakes on the province of Sohag, about 440 kilometers (270 miles) south of hoped to pull the container ship free on the information and data on tutional Court included an executive part passenger train, and it was rear-ended by another train, caus- Cairo, Health Minister Hala Zayed said, and the injured were within days using a combination of as it instructed the relevant institutions the safety, efficacy and quality of ing two cars to derail and flip on their side, Egypt’s Railway taken to four hospitals. Injuries included broken bones, cuts heavy tugboats, dredging and high vaccines locally and internation- and authorities to execute the decision Authorities said, although Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly and bruises. tides. even by force if necessary. ally, he added. He cited Article 30 of the National As- Al-Bader said the regular ar- sembly Decree, which mandates him to rival of the quantities of Pfizer enforce the Constitution and court ver- vaccines will contribute to a sig- dicts, stressing the issue is not subject to nificant increase in the pace of his whim. vaccinations, in addition to the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is Authority currently available in “reassuring He also cited Law No. 14/1973 on the quantities” and is given to the tar- establishment of the Constitutional Court, get groups according to the vac- which specified the responsibilities of the cination mechanism. court. The Constitutional Court has the Al-Badr reiterated the call on sole authority to explain the Constitu- citizens and residents to regis- tion and decide on the constitutionality of ter on the vaccination platform laws. It is the only court that should de- while taking all preventive cide on appeals concerning parliamentary measures and avoiding contact membership and elections. The decisions with others and ensuring the of the Constitutional Court is binding for implementation of the physical everybody, including other courts. Are distancing. the MPs and Assembly not part of every- Furthermore, he urged them to body, he asked. visit the official accounts of the He went on to clarify that in case the Ministry of Health to view the Constitution is amended and the MPs are instructions and recommenda- no longer subject to court decisions, then tions to contribute to containing other procedures could be adopted. the spread of the virus. Addressing those who pointed out The Ministry of Health has the final decision issued by the Court of agreed to allow hospitals, health Cassation which confirmed the validity centers and community clinics of Al-Dahoum’s parliamentary member- to purchase protective vaccines ship; he argued that according to the law against the COVID-19 from the on establishing the Constitutional Court, local agent or companies produc- its decisions supersede all other decisions ing it after being licensed and ap- including those issued by other courts. He proved by the Ministry of Health affirmed that he did not receive any letter to provide vaccination service. from other courts. Approved Al-Ghanim asserted that in his capac- ity as Assembly speaker, he must execute The European Union’s medi- the decision and he is not and will not be cines regulator on Friday said it part of any personal dispute. He said an- has approved new manufacturing nouncing the vacancy of Al-Dahoum’s sites for coronavirus vaccines seat as per Article 84 of the Constitution made by Pfizer-BioNTech, Mod- and Article 14 of the National Assembly erna and AstraZeneca, in a move that could significantly boost Decree will be done in the upcoming ses- This satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows the cargo ship MV Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal near Suez, Egypt, March 26. A maritime traffic sion without the need to vote on it. jam grew to more than 200 vessels Friday outside the Suez Canal and some vessels began changing course as dredgers worked frantically to free the giant Europe’s supply of the shots and Replying to those who said that he container ship that is stuck sideways in the waterway and disrupting global shipping. (AP) speed vaccination efforts across voted on the membership of former MPs the continent. Walid Al- Tabtaba’e and Jama’an Al- The European Medicines Harbash in 2018, he asserted: “That is Agency said in a statement that true because such procedure was adopted Kuwait condemns assault it had approved sites in the Neth- according to Article 16 of the National Newswatch erlands, Germany and Switzer- Assembly Decree which was cancelled land for the COVID-19 vaccines by the Constitutional Court later as it made by the companies. was unconstitutional.” He pointed out The new approvals come amid the cancelled article stated that in case a Fire at Saudi fuel tank RIYADH: Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and Ira- the 27-nation bloc’s struggles to lawmaker does not meet any one of the qi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kathemi have extolled the level ramp up COVID-19 vaccination conditions for him to serve as representa- of relations and communications between the two countries. and repeated delivery delays and tive of the nation, the issue is referred to A joint statement issued on Thursday after the virtual meet- manufacturing problems.