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Kuwait's emir again dissolved the small, oil-rich country's parliament Friday, citing the political deadlock that has prevailed in recent years. Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Jaber made the ...
Kuwait's emir on Thursday dissolved parliament after a lawmaker reportedly insulted the ruler, the latest dissolution to strike the oil-rich nation's legislature amid years of political gridlock.
The 2024 Kuwaiti National Assembly (commonly known as Majlis 2024) is the 18th legislative session of the National Assembly.Members were elected on April 4, 2024, and the first session was held on April 17, 2024.
On 22 June 2016 parliament passed a law banning any citizen who had insulted the emir from running, [11] resulting in several major opposition figures including Musallam Al-Barrak and Bader Al-Dahoum becoming ineligible candidates. All registered candidates need to pay a registration fee of fifty Kuwaiti Dinars (about US$163).
The participating MPs demanded the restoration of political life in Kuwait, which they argued had been disrupted during Sabah Al-Khalid’s tenure as prime minister. [63] On 22 June, Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad announced his intention to dissolve parliament after rising tensions between both sides. [64] This ended the sit-in on the same day. [65]
Kuwait formed a new government on Monday after the previous Cabinet was dissolved following the third parliamentary elections in three years amid infighting that has paralyzed the country's ...
On February 7, Abdulkarim Al-Kanderi pointed out differences between the Amiri speech during the opening of the second session and the Amiri speech of Mishal Al-Ahmad after he took oath. [17] On February 13, parliament rejected the government and Al-Sadoun’s request to censor Al-Kanderi’s comments on February 7 by 44-16. [ 18 ]
Kuwait is alone among Gulf Arab countries in having a democratically elected parliament that exerts some checks on the ruling family — which nevertheless appoints the government and can dissolve ...