Kuwait’s Shiite Minority joins forces

Five groups representing Kuwait's Shiite minority have joined forces in order to increase their chances in the next parliamentary elections scheduled for 2007. Kuwait’s Shiites make up about a third of Kuwait’s population and there is currently one Shiite in the 16-member Kuwaiti cabinet. The representative of the Shiite Minority in Kuwait Abdulwahed al-Kafan said that by joining forces, they aimed to prepare for the next general elections in order to get a fair share of seat in the parliament and the cabinet.