DUBAI: Kuwait’sEmir on Tuesday issueddecree to dissolve parliament, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.
The country’s Crown PrinceMishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabahsaid the dissolution ofparliamentcame “because of practices and actions that threaten national unity.”
Last week, Kuwait appointedSheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al Sabah,the ruling emir’s son, as the prime minister tolead the 12-member Cabinet until the dissolution of parliament ahead of early elections, according to KUNA.
The date of the vote has yet to be announced.It represents Kuwait’s fifth government in the last two years, as the country’s emir-appointed Cabinet and elected parliament battle over power-sharing.
