Kuwait City - Accumulating debts pushed around 400 people gathered in Irada Square opposite the National Assembly to call upon the Amir Shaikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to scrap their loans.
The gathering was organized by attorney Yousef Al-Gharabally through his account on Twitter.
He said the gathering was held to deliver a message to the Amir to cancel the loans of over 400,000 Kuwaitis.
In a previous statement, Executive Director of the supervision sector at the Central Bank Waleed Al-Awadhi, had said there are 429,000 Kuwaiti debtors, who represent 90 per cent of the workforce under the age of 50.