Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah submitted his government’s resignation on Tuesday to Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, according to reports by the Kuwait News Agency.
Al-Qabas newspaper quoted a government source as saying that the Kuwaiti PM will request to be relieved of his position by submitting his resignation to the Emir.
The source also said that a new prime minister will be appointed to lead the Kuwaiti government in the coming period.
This comes after an increase in the number of deputies who declared their support for a vote with no cooperation with the PM, the most recent of which was the Hadas bloc.
Local media reported that government members submitted their resignations to the PM on Monday afternoon in solidarity with him against the “unjustified escalation” by some members or parliament (MPs).
On 30 March, a long question-and-answer session with the PM ended with 10 MPs signing a request for non-cooperation. Parliament Speaker Marzouk Al-Ghanim then announced the convening of a parliamentary session on 6 April to conduct a vote of non-cooperation.
A vote of non-cooperation is an alternative to a vote of non-confidence. In the Kuwaiti Parliament, MPs can ask for a vote of non-confidence for ministers, however the same cannot be done to a PM. They can however choose to not cooperate with them.
The PM said that the questioning involved constitutional violations that did not fall within the responsibilities of the Head of Government.
He also stressed his commitment to the constitution and the democratic system established by the founding fathers, but the interviewees said that the government stood against the will of the people and did not have a vision for reform.
