Kuwait emir accepts government resignation

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Kuwait's head of state has accepted the resignation of the government, state news agency KUNA said on Sunday, in a move that could help ease a political crisis after a court ruling effectively dissolved parliament.

The Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, will now appoint a new cabinet, after which analysts expect a reinstated assembly to be dissolved so that a new parliamentary election can be held, probably after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which starts around July 19.

The court's ruling had effectively dissolved a parliament dominated by opposition Islamists and reinstated its more government-friendly predecessor.

Critics said the move was against the constitution.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/01/kuwait-government-idUSL6E8I12CJ20120701

[AllyCat]

1. Okay, I didn't pay much attention when the Kuwait war was going on

I just knew I didn't like it. Isn't this the government we helped prop up, create, or otherwise strengthen? Or were we not "spreading democracy" and just propping up the oil industry?