(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - On Tuesday, the Kuwaiti Emir said in his decree that due to “the threat to the supreme national interests, it was decided to go back to the nation”.
The decision to dissolve the Kuwaiti parliament was also because of the “deteriorating conditions that led to difficulties in achieving progress” in the country.
According to the Kuwaiti constitution, general elections must be held within 60 days, but no exact date has been set for the elections yet.
Last week, Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah resigned after demonstrations by youth activists and opposition lawmakers who accused Sheikh Nasser of mismanagement and bribing pro-government lawmakers.
Mohammad al-Bulaihees, the leader of the youth activists, said on Tuesday that the activists sparked the nationwide protests and the dissolution of the parliament was “the fruit of their efforts.”
Bulaihees said youth activists are determined to push for deeper reforms, including “a constitutional monarchy, an elected government, legalizing political parties and a reform of electoral law.”
On Wednesday, the Kuwaiti Emir appointed former Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak al-Sabah as the new premier, who recommended that the emir dissolve the parliament.
In August, the Kuwaiti government faced a corruption scandal, in which about 15 of the 50-member parliament allegedly accepted large deposits into their bank accounts.
Opposition lawmakers boycotted the election of parliamentary committees in October.
This is the fourth time since 2006 that the Kuwaiti Emir has dissolved the parliament.
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