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In October 2012, Al-Barrak made a speech in which he broke with Kuwaiti precedent by saying that "we will not allow you to rule individually.
Al-Barrak assailed the decision, calling it a "blatant attack on the choice of the people" and "a coup against the constitution".
In August 2011, following reports that some MPs had received millions of dinars to their accounts, Al-Barrak called for the governor of the to resign.