Fireworks light the sky near the Kuwait Towers during celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Kuwait’s constitution, in Kuwait City, yesterday. Kuwait marked the celebrations with a spectacular $15m fireworks display which earned the state a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait yesterday marked the golden jubilee of its constitution with a spectacular $15m fireworks display which earned the state a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
“I am happy to verify that with 77,282 fireworks, a new Guinness world record has been set tonight” in Kuwait City, a representative of Guinness World Records announced on Kuwait television at the end of the display.
On November 11, 1962, the late Emir Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Al Sabah promulgated the constitution for Kuwait to become the first Arab state in the Gulf to issue a constitution and have a parliament.
The Emir H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah reiterated in a televised speech the government’s unwavering commitment to democracy and called for national unity as the state goes through a bitter political crisis.
Human Rights Watch, meanwhile, called for Kuwait to revoke a ban on demonstrations and respect the people’s right to peaceful assembly.
