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41 MPs agree on key issues during informal meeting

KUWAIT: As many as 41 of the 50 new MPs held an informal meeting on Sunday and agreed in principle on a number of key issues that must be approved in the shortened term, MP Saud Al-Asfour said. Asfour said five more lawmakers said they couldn’t attend the meeting because they were outside the country.Asfour said that lawmakers agreed to tackle during the shortened term issues like raising the cost of living allowance for Kuwaitis, amending the...

Amir delays National Assembly opening session until May 14

KUWAIT: Just a few days after snap parliamentary polls, Kuwait plunged into a political crisis on Monday over the new National Assembly’s opening session, which was scheduled to be held on April 17. An Amiri decree was issued late Monday postponing the opening session until May 14, following media reports that caretaker Prime Minister HH Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah declined to form the new Cabinet.The new Amiri decree eclipses an...

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Amir sends Eid congratulations

KUWAIT: The Amiri Diwan conveyed on Monday the warmest congratulations of HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to citizens and residents in Kuwait on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr, and prayed they would continue to live in love and harmony. The Amiri Diwan, on this occasion, congratulated HH the Amir and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. It also congratulated the Kuwaiti people and all residents in...

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives former National Assembly speakers Ahmad Al-Saadoun (left) and Marzouq Al-Ghanem (right) as part of consultations ahead of forming a new Cabinet on April 7, 2024. - KUNA photos

Amir receives former speakers

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Sunday former National Assembly speakers Ahmad Al-Saadoun and Marzouq Al-Ghanem as part of consultations ahead of forming a new Cabinet. HH the Amir earlier on Sunday accepted the resignation of the government, which quit in accordance with the law after the parliamentary elections.An Amiri decree asked HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and other...

KUWAIT: The Cabinet holds an extraordinary meeting chaired by HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace on April 6, 2024. — KUNA

Cabinet resigns after election

KUWAIT: The government on Saturday submitted its resignation to HH the Amir as required by the constitution following parliamentary elections. After accepting the resignation, HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is expected to start customary consultations early next week with former prime ministers and Assembly speakers before naming a prime minister, who could be the present one or a new figure.Under Kuwaiti law, the new...

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KUWAIT HAS SPOKEN

KUWAIT: Kuwaitis have voted back a majority of members of the dissolved parliament in crucial snap polls, the fourth in Kuwait during the past 40 months. HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent on Friday a cable of congratulations to the winners of the National Assembly elections. HH the Amir expressed sincere sentiments to all MPs for the trust placed in them by citizens in this election, wishing them success in their duties...

A Kuwaiti woman consults electoral lists before casting her vote.

Kuwaitis turn out in large numbers to elect new National Assembly

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti voters began casting the ballot on Thursdayto elect the fourth National Assembly in less than four years, looking to endpolitical crises that rocked the country during the past two decades, hinderingdevelopment despite a huge oil windfall. Voting started at noon and willcontinue until midnight because of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Countingof votes will start immediately after the close of polling centers and resultsare...

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Kuwait heads to the polls

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti voters head to the polls on Thursday to elect the fourth parliament in just under 40 months, seeking political stability that has remained elusive for two decades as bitter bickering and disputes took the front seat ahead of much-needed development to utilize abundant oil windfalls. Two hundred candidates, including 13 women, are in the fray for the 50 seats, up seven on the previous June 6, 2023 polls but way below the 320...

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200 candidates remain in fray

KUWAIT: The court of cassation on Sunday upheld a decision to bar four top candidates, all former lawmakers, from contesting the April 4 parliamentary polls because they were convicted of taking part in the outlawed tribal primary elections. The verdict is final and cannot be challenged. This means that only 200 candidates will remain in the fray for the 50-seat National Assembly. These candidates include 46 members of the dissolved Assembly, in...

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Court to rule on barring candidates March 20 and 21

KUWAIT: The administrative court on Monday said it will issue its verdicts on decisions by the elections committee to bar some candidates from running in the April 4 elections on March 20 and 21. The elections committee has disqualified 14 candidates from contesting the snap polls, saying they do not fulfil all conditions to become candidates.Three of the 14 barred candidates, former MPs Marzouq Al-Khalifa, Marzouq Al-Hubaini and Jaber Al-Azemi,...

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Election committee bars 14 candidates, some file petitions

KUWAIT: The election committee at the interior ministry has decided to bar 14 candidates from running in the April 4 snap polls, mostly over their criminal records, with some of the candidates challenging the decision in court. The barred candidates include four former MPs and Sheikh Mishal Malik Al-Sabah, the only ruling family member who filed to run in the polls. They also include three candidates who did not complete registration...

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3-month amnesty for visa violators

KUWAIT: The interior ministry on Thursday announced a three-month amnesty for residency violators, allowing expats living illegally in the country to legalize their stay after paying fines or to leave Kuwait without paying any fines. The ministry said the amnesty, which starts on March 17 and continues until June 17, was issued on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah becoming...

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Minister of Municipal Affairs Dr Noura Al-Mashaan and Head of the Municipal Council Abdullah Al-Mahari inspect the Darwazat Abdulrazzaq project. – KUNA photos

Darwaza Abdulrazzaq project set to reopen

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