The move comes after several lawmakers walked out from the session on Tuesday, in protest against the new government, and the prime minister’s seventh since 2006.

Ahmad Al-Sadoun, leader of the opposition Popular Action bloc, and liberal lawmaker Abdulrahman Al-Anjari, submitted a request to question the prime minister in parliament over issues including Kuwaiti telco firm Zain and the country’s four-year 30 billion dinar ($109 billion) development plan.

The OPEC member announced the new government on Sunday, which only saw six new faces out of its 15 members, after the previous one resigned to avert questionings of three ministers from the ruling family.

Despite naming a new oil minister, the government did not include any changes to key portfolios such as interior, defense, foreign affairs and finance, and was unlikely to blunt criticism over the slow pace of political and economic reform.

The new cabinet is also the seventh for outgoing Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah since his appointment in 2006. The previous cabinet quit in March to avoid the questioning of three ministers who are all members of the ruling Al-Sabah family.

Kuwait’s parliament, the most outspoken in a region mostly dominated by autocratic rulers, has triggered numerous cabinet resignations or reshuffles through questioning.

While the fierce questioning in parliament serves as an outlet for voicing criticism, the frequent resignations also effectively prevent much change from happening.