Oct. 17 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Ahmed Nauaf al Ahmed al Sabá, eldest son of the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nauaf al Ahmed al Sabá, was sworn in on Monday as the new Prime Minister together with his new Executive in the framework of the political crisis unleashed in the country after the dissolution of the government.
“Each of you has to apply the law fairly and equitably, promote integrity and transparency, execute matters of priority to the political leaders and faithful people of Kuwait,” Kuwaiti Crown Prince Mishal al-Ahmed said. Jaber al Sabá, during the act, according to the state news agency KUNA.
The new formation of the Cabinet, with only three ministers from the previous list before the dissolution of the Government last August, was announced the day before through a presidential decree and has eleven new faces.
The Kuwaiti government called elections for September 29 legislative elections with the intention of resolving the latest clash between the Executive and the Chamber, dissolved earlier this month by order of the crown prince after denouncing “internal political tears for personal interests”.
Thousands of Kuwaitis went to the polls to select the 50 members of the 305 candidates who will be in office for the next four years. The candidates also included 22 women who ran in five different constituencies.
Thus, on October 6, a new line-up of the Cabinet was announced, but it was withdrawn almost immediately after different parliamentarians objected, alleging that the new formation included ministers who did not respect the Constitution, according to the newspaper ‘Kuwait Times’. .
This tug-of-war is yet another episode in the usual tension between the Kuwaiti executive and legislative powers in a country that has granted Parliament more important powers than other of its neighbors. The latest political crisis has led, for example, to delays in the approval of a state budget for fiscal year 2022/2023 and other economic reforms.