Badara

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CABINET SHUFFLE BUT SAME CHANCELLOR
 
MANARA  ALBRAYD SRIA AL-MUSAMI
(If it’s in the Monsoon, it’s got to be true)
 
Majlis, August 30, 5656:  Chancellor Hakim al-Sabah of Working Institutional Group (WIG), President of the Majlis Bashir ibn Ortoq and Khalifi al-Qassem, Minister of Religious Affairs and Leader of Free Radical Supper Club (FRSC) met to discuss whether to form a ruling coalition or whether to simply put up candidates for offices one by one beginning with Chancellor. 
 
The Chancellor offered to have FRSC name the Chancellor but the FRSC Leader said his sister and he felt many of the religious oriented members of the Majlis showing up in Dufazi,, Israi Values (IV), and Forgotten Abadis of Majatra (FAM) factions were not ready for a woman as Chancellor despite her recognized ability.  A time would come to challenge this prejudice but for now she wanted to stay as Foreign Minister and FRSC wanted to have Health Minister Abdul Jabbar lead the new health plan being initiated.  Further, he would take it if necessary but would much prefer staying s Religious Affairs Minister for now.
 

The Majlis President said one solution could be if WIG could have the Finance Ministry,  FRSC could name the Justice Minister, Justice Minister Yasser al-Mirza could move to Majlis President and he would take Housing Minister.  An alternative could be built around him taking Religious Affairs if the FRSC Leader took Chancellor.

 

FRSC and WIG were both amenable to the first alternative so Hakim al-Sabah was to remain Chancellor, WIG’s Nazir al-Sayed, son in law one of the Kerbogha brothers who own Qat Platation and have a controlling interest in Qat Oil Services, was to be Finance Minister, and Abdul Aziz, a law professor at the University of Bier Qassem who is Director of Free Legal Services of Bier Qassem, was to be justice Minister.

 

The Monsoon has confirmed that the Majlis voted favorably on these selections.