5 For Kuwait May 19th: ليلة القسم

In a show of complete unity, the 29 members stood in front of an even larger crowd tonight and swore to their commitment to pursue the 5 constituencies demand. They were defiant towards the government and strong for the people and aware of their historic responsibility. The government would never have thought this would happen. Their move to escalate to the constitutional court was called out as a bluff tonight. The government and its cronies are now in a mess. With the tremendous support from a campaign that now has become a loud voice of the people, the pro-5/pro-reforms side has a stronger stance.

The government must have thought that the tactical games of yesterday, would apply today. They didn’t count on an Orange Youth Revolution. Led by a few a few weeks ago, that now has become a political power that energises members of parliament to stand against the government.It’s now a stalemate. The pro-5 refuses to negotiate. The government has to withdraw and propose the 5, or face questioning by the members of parliament.

Now the role of the Amir is crucial. This Amir has reached his position through strict observance of the constitution. The role of this parliament’s members in carrying out the constitutional process to the very last detail saved this country plenty of ambiguity and fear in a very critical time. So, now it’s the time to see how the Amir deals with this situation. Will he let the questioning go ahead, force the PM to reverse course, or play yesteryears games and dissolve the parliament?