Kuwait Cabinet Recommends Dissolving Parliament

The Kuwaiti cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft decree calling for the ruler of the oil-rich Gulf state to dissolve the 2009 parliament, the information minister said.

Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Al-Sabah said the decision was taken at an extraordinary meeting of the cabinet, the official KUNA news agency reported.

The 2009 pro-government parliament was dissolved in December after youth-led street protests but was reinstated by the constitutional court in a June 20 ruling.

The court also nullified the February legislative polls in which the Islamist-led opposition scored a resounding victory, controlling a comfortable majority.

Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed Al-Sabah is expected to issue a decree dissolving the parliament later Wednesday or Thursday which would pave the way to hold fresh elections within 60 days.