Kuwaiti cabinet resigns ahead of no-confidence vote
Afp, Kuwait City
The Kuwaiti cabinet, in office for barely eight months, resigned yesterday ahead of a no-confidence vote against a senior minister, the latest political crisis in the oil-rich emirate. "All members of the government have submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad Nasser al-Ahmad al-Sabah," Deputy Prime Minister Ismail al-Shatti told state television. The move came after the government failed to secure enough support in parliament to avoid voting Health Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah out of office in a session scheduled for Monday. To pass, the motion would have required a simple majority of 25 MPs in the 50-seat parliament in the emirate ruled by Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah. Sheikh Ahmad, a senior member of the ruling Al-Sabah family, faced the possibility of being dismissed from office after 10 lawmakers filed a motion of no-confidence against him following a grilling on February 19.
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