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Popular Action Bloc

Field	Value
colorcode
name	Popular Action Bloc
native_name	كتلة العمل الشعبي
leader	Musallam Al-Barrak
foundation	1992
ideology	Populism
Nationalism
position	Centre-left
country	Kuwait
native_name_lang	ar
headquarters	Kuwait City
seats1_title	National Assembly
seats1

Nationalism The Popular Action Bloc (, Hashd) is a political bloc in Kuwait headed by opposition figurehead Musallam Al-Barrak. The group focuses on populist issues like housing, salary raises, and reform.

Expulsion of Shiite MPs

On 19 February 2008, the Popular Action Bloc expelled Shiite MPs Ahmed Lari and Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad for taking part in a ceremony eulogizing Hezbollah's slain top commander, Imad Mughniyah. The ceremony's description of the fugitive Lebanese militant – killed in a 12 February car bombing in Syria – as a hero sparked public outrage in a country that holds him responsible for hijacking a Kuwait Airways flight and killing two of its Kuwaiti passengers 20 years ago. The two lawmakers were only expelled from their bloc and remained in the legislature. After the expulsions of the two, the seven member bloc was down to five members.

Election results

National Assembly

Election	Party leader	Seats
Ahmed Al-Sadoun		New
	5
	4
	0
	4
	6
Musallam Al-Barrak		11
	1
	1

References

(25 July 2013). "Factbox: Kuwait's political groups". Reuters.
(29 March 2009). "Kuwait". International Herald Tribune.

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