The move comes at a time when several opposition lawmakers are staging an open-ended sit-in at the parliament complex to press Sheikh Meshal to name a new prime minister to replace the caretaker premier who has faced a combative parliament as head of cabinet.
Kuwait's crown prince dissolved parliament on Wednesday and called for early elections amid a feud between the government and elected assembly that has hindered fiscal reform, a move welcomed by opposition lawmakers to end the standoff.
PROCEDURES FINALIZED TO GRANT PENSIONERS KD 3,000 KUWAIT CITY, June 18: The 17 MPs, who boycotted the special session for voting on the Retirees Bill, continued their sit-in at the National Assembly building for the fifth consecutive day on Saturday. These MPs include Thamer Al-Suwait, Abdulkaree