- KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Monday accepted the resignation of the government, the seventh Cabinet to step down in five years, over a bitter dispute with Parliament, official media said.
The emir asked Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and his Cabinet to remain in a caretaker role.
Opposition MPs, who have been at loggerheads with Sheikh Nasser over charges he failed to manage the wealthy state, welcomed the resignation. They called for the formation of a transitional government with a new premier before Parliament is dissolved.
The resignation came one day ahead of a scheduled questioning in Parliament of the prime minister over an alleged corruption scandal involving a number of MPs and on charges of misusing public funds.
It also came hours before a planned mass rally later on Monday by the opposition.
