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The Kuwaiti Parliament is elected by the population of Kuwait (male citizens over the age of 21). Recently, women have been given the right to vote, but it is a heavily debated matter that will most likely be under a lot of scrutiny for some time. The Kuwaiti Parliament was established, as it is today, in 1961 and is made up of 50 members, and each member of the parliament is elected for 4 year terms by the voting population, and they must be a Kuwaiti national and over the age of 30. The representatives come from three major political parties, the Islamic Bloc, the Shaabi Bloc, and the Liberal Bloc. The Islamic Bloc's main goal is to return to Shari'a Law. The Shaabi Bloc focuses on issues of the lower- and middle-class people of Kuwait. They don't have a very set agenda, but are more of a political hodge-podge of representatives who work, or claim to work, for the less wealthy citizens of Kuwait. The Shaabi Bloc is also known for its socialist tendencies. The Liberal Bloc is the most progressive party, and supports very Western ideas like women's suffrage.