Manama> The Constitutional Court dissolved the parliament elected in Kuwait last September. The Kuwaiti Constitutional Court ruled on Sunday that the Senedd (National Assembly) election was invalid and that the former assembly should be reinstated. On June 22 last year, the crown prince dissolved the assembly and announced a general election after the rift with the government worsened. Then on September 29, elections were held for the Senedd. However, Justice Mohammad Bin Naji said the Constitutional Court declared the dissolution of Parliament and the September elections null and void. He also said in the judgment that the constitutional powers of the Senedd, which was dissolved in June, will be restored from the date of this judgment. The court ruling came in several appeals challenging the validity of the electoral process, the orders calling for elections and the order abolishing the former National Assembly. The court order comes at a time of renewed tension between the elected parliament and the government. The opposition won the general election in September. The opposition won a majority with 28 seats in the 50 member assembly. Prominent opposition leaders, who earlier abstained from the elections on the allegation of interference by the executive authorities in the Senedd, won this time. Soon the opposition and the government had had enough. This led to Kuwait’s fifth cabinet resignation in two years. The government then resigned on January 23. The prime minister was reappointed by the Emir of Kuwait on March 5. Read on deshabhimani.com
