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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.
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 ...
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.
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]
Snap general elections were held in Kuwait on 4 April 2024 to elect 50 of the 65 members of the National Assembly. [1] [2] The election came after the dissolution of the National Assembly elected in 2023 on 15 February 2024 due to an MP allegedly insulting Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad. [3]
In February, Kuwait’s emir dissolved parliament after a lawmaker reportedly insulted the ruler. Kuwait said Saturday it will hold elections for its national assembly on April 4, its latest round ...
This prompted Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad to dissolve parliament on 2 August 2022. [5] Multiple former MPs and citizens appealed to the Constitutional Court to overturn the dissolution. On 19 March 2023 the court annulled the dissolution, but on 2 May 2023 Al-Ahmad dissolved parliament again. [6]
The legislature in Kuwait wields more influence than similar bodies in other Gulf monarchies, and political deadlock has for decades led to cabinet reshuffles and dissolutions of parliament.