Kuwait Cabinet approves decree dissolving parliament

The Cabinet held a meeting on Monday during which the ministers approved a decree dissolving the National Assembly and referred it to His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

Reading a statement following the session, held at Bayan Palace under chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Dr. Khaled Ali Mohammad Al-Fadhel said the council of ministers aprroved a decree to dissolve the National Assembly on the basis of the constitutional provision 107 and referred it to His Highness the Crown Prince.

The ministers were briefed about a letter addresses from Chairperson of the Arab Parliament Adel Asoumi with regard of granting His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah the Arab Parliament medal (the leader medal) in appreciation for his services for his State and the Arab nation.

The ministers discussed issues on the Arab and international arenas, namely conditions in Sudan and decided to dispatch relief and medical aid to the stricken sisterly nation, upon which, it assigned the foreign ministry, in coordination with the ministries of defense and health and the Kuwait Red Crescent Society, to secure the needed aid supplies and send them to Sudan as soon as possible

Source: Kuwait News Agency