On Monday, the Kuwaiti royal family issued a decree to dissolve the country’s parliament, as reported by the state news agency KUNA.
The Constitutional Court had ruled in favor of reinstating the parliament, which dissolved previously.
Last month, Kuwait‘s Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah announced that the legislature would dissolve
The Gulf Arab state, an OPEC member, has seen prolonged bickering between the government. And the elected parliament that has hampered fiscal reforms.
To end the feuding, the Kuwaiti government dissolved the parliament that was first elected in 2020. In September of that year, a vote was held in which the opposition made gains.
He signed Monday’s Emiri decree to dissolve Kuwait’s parliament.
The cabinet submitted the decree to Sheikh Meshal earlier in the day. According to a previous statement by KUNA.
Sheikh Meshal had said last month that the “will of the people” required new elections that would be “accompanied by some legal and political reforms to take the country to a new phase of discipline and legal reference”. He did not go into detail on the reforms, however.
Kuwait bans political parties but has given its legislature more influence than similar bodies in other Gulf monarchies. And political stability has traditionally depended on cooperation between the government and parliament.
The US-allied state has strong fiscal and external balance sheets. But the infighting and political gridlock have hampered investment and reforms aimed at reducing its heavy reliance on oil revenues.
Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf al-Sabah, the emir’s son, had in January submitted his government’s resignation due to friction with the parliament elected in 2020. He renamed premier in March and a new cabinet announced this month.