Kuwait- Assembly's General Secretariat receives ballot boxes

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT Feb 21 (KUNA) -- The National Assembly's General Secretariat on Sunday received all ballot boxes and official results of the third constituency by-elections for 2016 announced the Assembly's Secretary General Allam Al-Kandari.Al-Kandari noted that according to article number 39 of Kuwait's elections law the chairman of the polling commission is tasked with handing the boxes to the secretariat. The boxes will remain at the assembly's body until all protestations were studied before returning them to the Ministry of Interior he added.Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanim declared the seat of the third constituency vacant after the passing away of late MP Nabil Al-Fadhel on January 12.(end) sss.ag