Kuwaiti ministers resign Monday

Published December 23rd, 2013 - 12:32 GMT
Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah told reporters last week that a "major cabinet reshuffle is imminent" (Courtesy of Naharnet)
Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah told reporters last week that a "major cabinet reshuffle is imminent" (Courtesy of Naharnet)

All Kuwaiti ministers submitted letters of resignation from their post to the Prime Minister Monday, according to Agence France-Presse.


"I have received an official letter from the government that all ministers have submitted their resignations to the prime minister," Marzouk al-Ghanem, the speaker of Kuwait's National Assembly, told reporters.


Tuesday's parliamentary session has also been canceled as a result.


Monday's move comes amidst the publication of media reports last week in which Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah was quoted as saying that a "major cabinet reshuffle is imminent."


The 16-member cabinet came into power in August, but has been increasingly under scrutiny from parliament with more than a dozen requests submitted to question the cabinet--including the prime minister--in parliamentary session.


Since 2006, 12 cabinets have resigned in the oil-rich Gulf state.

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