Kuwait’s Golden Jubilee Fireworks Enters Guinness World Records
By Kaushik, Amusing Planet, 13 November 2012.
By Kaushik, Amusing Planet, 13 November 2012.
November 10, 2012 marked the golden jubilee of Kuwait’s constitution and the country celebrated it with a spectacular $15-million fireworks display which earned the wealthy Gulf state a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Tens of thousands of Kuwaitis and expatriates filled the seaside Arabian Gulf Road to watch the dazzling display of colours and light that saw a staggering 77,282 fireworks launched over a period of one hour. The visual presentation marked 50 years to the day since the late emir Sheikh Abdullah al-Salem al-Sabah announced that Kuwait had become the first Arab state in the Gulf to issue a constitution and have a parliament.
During the past 50 years, parliament was dissolved nine times, six of them since mid-2006, while some articles of the constitution itself were frozen twice to suspend parliament for a total of 11 years in the 1970s and 1980s.
The celebration came as the government and opposition are locked in one of the worst showdowns in the OPEC member's history, amid accusations by the opposition that the government has staged a coup against the constitution.
More than 150 people and 24 policemen were slightly hurt during three massive demonstrations held by the opposition to protest against the amendment of the electoral law ordered by the emir last month.
The opposition claims the amendment is in breach of the constitution and allows the government to influence the outcome of parliamentary polls slated for December 1.
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Source: YouTube via Kuwait Times
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ReplyDeleteI'm one of the two hundreds or so Malaysian expats living in this rich land of Kuwait and the fireworks shows I'm able to witness that nite was really worthy of the 4 million KD reportedly spent by these Pak Arab.....
But it cannot but sadden me that with all the richest oil money that these Arab nation had.....they still fail to play a pro active role in helping to free the Palestine people from the clutching of the Dajjal Israelis......Subhanallah!!!!!
Wassalam....."VIVA PALESTINE"........yg jauh....