Kuwait's ruler yesterday accepted the resignation of the health minister ahead of a parliamentary no-confidence vote that had sparked fears of the assembly's dissolution, officials said. Kuwait's ruler Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah "accepted Health Minister Mohammad Al-Jarallah's resignation," the Council of Ministers confirmed in a statement after its weekly session. Energy Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahd Al-Sabah will assume responsibility for the portfolio in place of Mohammad Al-Jarallah until a new health minister is named. Yesterday's session also named Justice Minister Ahmad Baqer as minister of state for municipal affairs, a new portfolio. Jarallah became the third member of the current Cabinet effectively forced to quit by MPs. He submitted his resignation on Tuesday after 10 parliament members tabled a no-confidence vote accusing him of squandering public funds and mismanagement.
| The background here is that the local Islamists are trying to turn the Kuwaiti parliament into the same kind of circus the Paks have. |
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