KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaiti opposition lawmakers have vowed to keep up their campaign to oust the prime minister who faces a no-confidence vote Thursday for having boosted ties with Iran.
“Yes, we have an agenda to rescue Kuwait from [Prime Minister Sheikh] Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah who has destroyed the country,” veteran opposition MP Ahmad al-Saadun told a gathering Monday night.

“We will not let go because this concerns [safeguarding] Kuwaiti interests … If the no-confidence motion does not pass, we will submit a new quiz on Thursday,” said Saadun, a former three-time parliament speaker.
Sheikh Nasser, a senior member of the al-Sabah ruling family, faces allegations of having boosted ties with Shiite Iran at the expense of relations with the fellow Sunni Arab monarchies in the Gulf.
“We will continue to grill the prime minister until this government falls,” Saadun told the gathering organized by the opposition to garner support for Thursday’s vote.

Islamist MP Khaled al-Sultan warned the future of the oil-rich state, bordered by regional powers Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia, was at stake because of policies adopted by the government.
“If this government continues in power, Kuwait, its people and the regime will be wiped off the map,” Sultan told the gathering.

Sultan however said the opposition’s dispute with the prime minister, a nephew of Kuwait’s ruling emir, was not personal but because of his failure to lead the wealthy state.
“Between 2006 and 2011, Kuwait’s budget increased from 10 billion dinars ($36 billion) to around 20 billion dinars ($72 billion) … but no progress was achieved in development,” he said.
The emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, last week warned the opposition against political chaos and lashed out at persistent wrangling in parliament.