(HRNW) Kuwait’s parliament was formally dissolved in a decree issued on Tuesday, according to state news agency, as the Gulf Arab state’s crown prince moved to end an impasse between the government and elected parliament that had hampered fiscal reform.
Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah, who has assumed most of the functions of the reigning emir, announced last month that he will dissolve parliament and call for early elections. He approved a cabinet led by a new prime minister on Monday.
“To rectify the political scene, the lack of harmony and cooperation … and behaviour that undermines national unity, it was necessary to resort to the people…to rectify the path,” Sheikh Meshal said in the decree dissolving parliament.
The state budget had not yet been approved by Parliament. Finance Minister Abdul Wahab al-Rasheed stated on Tuesday that the budget for fiscal year 2022/2023 will be authorised after the elections, which have yet to be scheduled, and that the government would continue to operate under the budget for fiscal year 2021/2022.
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