Kuwait ministers submit resignations to PM -parliament speaker

Kuwait's cabinet ministers submitted their resignations on Monday to the prime minister, the parliament speaker said, a move that could pave the way for a cabinet reshuffle.
   
Parliament speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim said he had received "a formal letter from the government that it will not attend Tuesday's parliament session and that the ministers have resigned," state news agency KUNA reported.
   
"I hope for the sake of Kuwait that the prime minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah will succeed in reshuffling the government," he told a news conference.

This comes as Kuwait's top court ruled that this year's parliamentary election was legal, state television reported, rejecting suits that could have led to the dissolution of parliament and a fresh election.
   
The July election, the sixth such vote since 2006, brought  in an assembly seen as more amenable to the government than some of its predecessors, raising hopes that economic development projects would move forward in the Gulf Arab state.
   
The vote was held after reforms to the electoral system which were challenged in court.


 
REUTERS