Parliamentary commissions of inquiry and their effectiveness as a parliamentary oversight tool in Kuwait - "A comparative study with French and Egyptian laws"

Document Type : Original Article

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College of Business Studies Public Authority for Applied Education and Training- Kuwait

Abstract

Parliamentary investigation committees are considered one of the most important means of parliamentary oversight over the actions of the executive authority, because they have the ability to view documents and documents, summon witnesses and discuss with them regarding clarifying the truth of a matter or an event that entails the responsibility of the executive authority, and through this research we touched on several main points In order to determine the extent of the effectiveness of these committees in performing their oversight role entrusted to them, and do they actually exercise this oversight and issue recommendations that are applicable on the ground, and does the executive authority take these recommendations and implement them, or is it just ink on paper, and for all of that We used the comparative analytical descriptive approach to shed light on the experiences of some legal systems in this regard, and the study concluded with a number of recommendations, the most important of which is the need to work on issuing laws that give the committee the power to refer to trial to impose penalties on those who do not respond to its summons from among the witnesses, experts and officials, or refrain from Enabling the committee to view documents and papers, and granting Parliament the power to follow up on the government's implementation of the recommendations included in the final decision issued by the parliament.

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