Wed, 05 Jan 2011
Cairo/Kuwait City - Kuwait's parliament began debating a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammed al-Sabah on Wednesday over opposition charges of police brutality, Kuwait's state news agency reported.
If the motion is passed, it would be the first time a Kuwaiti premier had lost a no-confidence vote.
Under Kuwait's rules, the motion needs the support of 25 members of the 50-seat house to pass.
After a parliamentary questioning of Sheikh Nasser last week, the opposition said they had 22 parliamentarians lined up to vote against him, indicating a close outcome. Government supporters said they were confident the motion would be defeated.
The 10 members of parliament who filed the motion to oust Sheikh Nasser are looking to unseat him for allegedly authorizing a police crackdown on one of their gatherings last month.
If they succeed, the issue will be referred to the emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, who is Sheikh Nasser's uncle.
The emir is expected to either dismiss the premier or dissolve parliament, which has been dissolved four times already in the past five years.
Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/360771,debates-no-confidence-vote-premier.html.
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