Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 869

Membership of the National Assembly. Its condition. Registration on one of the electoral rolls and the absence of a judgment against him imposing a felony penalty or for an offense involving dishonor or breach of trust. Offenses involving dishonor and breach of trust. The legislature has neither defined nor exhaustively enumerated them. The implication thereof. The court of merits may assess whether the offense is among acts attributable to moral weakness or depravity of character that deprive their perpetrator of trust, esteem, or dignity, rendering the person unfit to hold public office, taking into account the circumstances of each case separately. - The judgment’s treatment of the offense of telephone misuse as an offense involving dishonor on the basis that it entails violation of the sanctity of homes, prohibited by religion and rejected by society, and brands its perpetrator with moral weakness, and its resulting conclusion that one of the conditions legally required for candidacy for National Assembly membership is lacking. No defect. - 265 - Administrative