Kuwait dissolves parliament by royal decree again

ISTANBUL

Kuwait on Monday dissolved parliament by royal decree, according to state news agency KUNA.

Following a Cabinet meeting, the ministers approved the decree dissolving the parliament.

In March, Kuwait’s Constitutional Court annulled last year’s parliamentary elections and reinstated the previous parliament.

The opposition won a majority in the September 2022 polls after winning 28 seats in the 50-member assembly.

But the court ruled that the polls were null and void and that the previous assembly must be reinstated.

The 2020 parliament was dissolved by a decree from Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah in 2022 amid a dispute between the government and the previous assembly.