The Constitutional Court: A New Threat to Kuwaiti Democracy

Last month, Kuwait’s constitutional court dissolved the parliament (which was elected in February 2012) saying the procedures followed by the Emir when he dissolved the previous parliament were not constitutional and thus his call for new elections was also not legal. The parliamentary majority (consisting of the Popular Bloc and their Islamist allies) were enraged by the ruling which they described political and a coup against public choice. Pro-government groups and liberals, on the other hand, complimented it as it shows Kuwait as a law-abiding state protected by its higher judiciary court.

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