Popular Action Bloc

Popular Action Bloc كتلة العمل الشعبي
Leader	Ahmed Al-Sadoun
Founded	1992
Headquarters	Kuwait City, Kuwait
Ideology	Populism Nationalism
Political position	Centre-left
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Kuwait

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The Popular Action Bloc (Arabic: كتلة العمل الشعبي) is a political bloc in Kuwait headed by veteran former Speaker Ahmed Al-Sadoun. The group focuses on populist issues like housing, salary raises, and reform. The party's leader is Ahmed Al-Sadoun.

Expulsion of Shiite MPs

On 19 February 2008, the Popular Action Bloc expelled Shiite MPs Ahmed Lari and Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad for taking part in a ceremony eulogizing Hezbollah's slain top commander, Imad Mughniyah. The ceremony's description of the fugitive Lebanese militant – killed in a 12 February car bombing in Syria – as a hero sparked public outrage in a country that holds him responsible for hijacking a Kuwait Airways flight and killing two of its Kuwaiti passengers 20 years ago. The two lawmakers were only expelled from their bloc and remained in the legislature. After the expulsions of the two, the seven member bloc was down to five members.^[1]

References

↑ "Kuwait". International Herald Tribune. 29 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2012.

Political parties in Kuwait

Popular Action Bloc Justice and Peace Alliance National Democratic Alliance Hadas National Islamic Alliance Islamic Salafi Alliance

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