Cabinet takes constitutional oath at National Assembly

Cabinet takes constitutional oath at National Assembly

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister and his Cabinet swore in and took the constitutional oath at the start of the National Assembly’s ordinary session yesterday, to commence work as part of the assembly according to article 91 of the constitution. Several opposition members of parliament walked out of the session in protest to government’s constitutional oath procedures. Article 91 of the constitution states that before taking up his functions at the Assembly or at its committees, a member of the National Assembly shall, at a public meeting of the Assembly, take the constitutional oath. An Amiri order on November 23 decreed the appointment of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as Prime Minister and tasked him with forming new Cabinet. Last week, an Amiri decree was issued appointing the new Cabinet of 15 ministers, Headed by Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.

Later, the National Assembly elected committee members to occupy vacancies for the second regular session of the 16th legislative term. The parliament recommended MP Khalil Al-Saleh as a complementary member in the Committee for Internal Affairs and Defense and MP Nasser Al-Dousari as a complementary member in the Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee. Kuwait’s Parliament named MP Osama