KUWAIT CITY, July 20: The Court of Cassation Sunday rejected the appeal filed by former MP Majed Al-Mutairi and upheld the Court of Appeals’ ruling, which sentenced him to two years in prison with hard labor. Al-Mutairi was convicted in a vote-buying case during the previous parliamentary elections. The Criminal Court had sentenced him to prison after he was found guilty of paying money to several voters to secure votes in his favor. The ruling stated that the defendant’s actions constituted a serious electoral crime, aimed at unlawfully influencing voters’ free will, warranting a deterrent punishment to protect the public interest and preserve the integrity of the elections
By Jaber Al-Hamoud
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff
