Kuwait’s National Assembly Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim announced on Sunday that he has called on parliament to convene for a regular session on Tuesday and Wednesday amid speculation that it could be its last with the government gearing up to submit a bill to dissolve the legislature.
Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah had in April announced that the National Assembly will be dissolved and that elections will be held in the coming months.
He also announced that he will oversee the dissolution process and issue a number of political and legal reforms that would “lead the state towards a new phase of discipline and legal guidelines so as to avoid disputes and eliminate all forms of abuse of power by both the legislative and executive authorities.”
The Constitutional Court had on March 19 annulled the results of the 2022 parliamentary elections and reinstated the 2020 parliament, with al-Ghanim as its speaker.
Relations between the National Assembly and government, headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al Sabah, are strained and they are expected to play out during the parliament’s upcoming meetings.
Separately, prominent MP Badr al-Humaidi announced that he will not run in the elections.
In a message to the National Assembly, he confirmed that he would not be running, stressing that dissolving the 2020 parliament and calling for new elections will not change the state of affairs in the country or ease tensions.
Al-Humaidi previously served as minister of public works and minister of state for housing affairs between 2003 and 2006.
