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Viewing cable 06KUWAIT4075, KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MPS MAKE FINANCIAL

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06KUWAIT4075 2006-10-11 14:30 2011-08-30 01:44 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kuwait
VZCZCXRO5850
PP RUEHBC RUEHDA RUEHDBU RUEHDE RUEHGI RUEHKUK RUEHLH RUEHPW
DE RUEHKU #4075 2841430
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 111430Z OCT 06
FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7138
INFO RUCNISL/ISLAMIC COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
UNCLAS KUWAIT 004075 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARP 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
SUBJECT: KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MPS MAKE FINANCIAL 
RECORDS PUBLIC; HOST BROADLY-ATTENDED RAMADAN EVENT 
 
REF: A. KUWAIT 2568 
     B. KUWAIT 1638 
 
1.  (SBU) All six Kuwaiti MP's who are members of the Islamic 
Constitutional Movement (ICM), the political arm of the 
Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood, have voluntarily disclosed their 
personal financial records in letters to the Speaker of 
Parliament, local press reported October 11.  The Speaker 
promised to "safeguard these documents," noting that there 
was no law regulating the handling of financial records.  The 
parliamentarians (MPs) said they hoped the move would prompt 
other MPs to similarly disclose their personal finances, as 
many of them promised to do during their election campaigns 
in June (ref A).  The only two ICM MPs in the previous 
Parliament, Dr. Nasser Al-Sane and Dr. Mohammed Al-Bousairi, 
now Deputy Speaker, were the first, and only, MPs to take the 
unprecedented step of voluntarily releasing their financial 
records in January (ref B).  There is currently a bill in 
Parliament that would require all MPs and senior government 
officials to disclose their financial records. 
 
2.  (SBU) The ICM's political clout was highlighted in a 
Ramadan reception hosted by the organization on October 8. 
Many of Kuwait's most prominent political personalities 
attended the gathering, including liberals like MP Mishari 
Al-Anjari and former Information Minister Dr. Anas 
Al-Rashaid; Shi'a leaders, like Dr. Nizar Mullah Jomah, the 
former Secretary General of the Islamic National Consensus 
Movement (INCM), a moderate Shi'a political association; and 
ruling family members, such as the Prime Minister, Shaykh 
Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah.  ICM Secretary General Dr. Bader 
Al-Nashi and other ICM members chatted affably with liberals, 
Shi'a, and ruling family members alike.  The reception 
received considerable press coverage and demonstrated the 
organization's success at reaching out to groups across the 
political spectrum. 
 
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For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s 
 
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ 
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Tueller