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| Emir of Kuwait Dissolves National Assembly |
| 2011-12-07 |
| [An Nahar] Kuwait Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah on Tuesday issued a decree dissolving the Gulf state parliament, state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? reported, citing a "threat to supreme national interests." "An emiri decree has been issued to dissolve the national assembly," the television said. The action marks the fourth time in less than six years that the emir has dissolved parliament. "After the obstruction of progress and due to the threat to the supreme national interests it was decided to go back to the nation," the decree said. The decision came one week after the emir accepted the resignation of former prime minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Sabah, a senior member of the ruling family, following widespread protests led by youth activists. Under Kuwaiti law, fresh general elections must be held within 60 days. Another decree was expected to be issued soon to set the date for the polls. Last week, the emir appointed former defense minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak al-Sabah as the new premier who chaired the outgoing cabinet on Tuesday and recommended that the emir dissolve parliament. The former prime minister's resignation came after youth activists and opposition MPs mounted a campaign to oust him on allegations of corruption. The campaign intensified in August following a corruption scandal in which about 15 of the 50-member parliament had allegedly accepted large deposits into their bank accounts, estimated by the opposition at $350 million. Kuwait is OPEC's third largest producer, pumping around 3.0 million barrels of crude oil per day. It has a native population of 1.2 million people, besides 2.4 million foreign residents. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Are you talking about the Democrats or the Unions? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-12-07 10:38 |
| #2 After the first hundred million, it's more a matter of keeping score. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-12-07 10:36 |
| #1 You know you have problems when even though you are rolling in wealth, some of your leaders are so greedy that they are not satisfied with just hundreds of millions of dollars, but want to steal all of it for themselves. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-12-07 08:34 |