Kuwaitis are voting today to elect the first parliament of the kingdom of Emir Sheikh Messal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, in the third parliamentary election in three years in the oil-rich Gulf state, which has faced successive political judgments. Some 835,000 voters are called on to choose 50 MPs from 200 candidates, 13 of whom are women, after the opposition-dominated National Assembly elected eight months earlier was dissolved in February. The polling stations opened at noon (local and Greek time) and will close at midnight. The results are expected to be announced tomorrow, Friday, and will be followed by the resignation of the government, which was formed in January. These elections, the third since 2022, are of particular importance because “the next Parliament could help determine who will be the crown prince, that is, the next emir of Kuwait,” candidate Ibrahim Dasti told AFP. The current emir, Mr […]
Source: News Beast
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