The Parliament was dissolved in Kuwait for the Sixth Time in Five Years

In Kuwait, the ruler Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on 7 October 2012 dissolved the parliament clearing the decks for yet other parliamentary elections in the country. It is for the sixth time in five years that parliament has been dissolved in Kuwait. The opposition had been demanding dissolution of the National Assembly.

The Islamist led opposition had secured a huge victory in the February elections 2012. But four months later, the Supreme Constitutional Court annulled the elections, scrapped parliament and reinstated the 2009 parliament. The same parliament was dissolved by the Emir of Kuwait in the wake of widespread protests by the opposition and corruption charges against some of its members. The Kuwaiti Cabinet had recommended on Wednesday that the parliament be dissolved. Under Kuwait’s constitution, fresh general elections must be held within two months or before December 7. The forthcoming polls will be the second this year and the fifth since June 2006.