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Kuwaiti govt urges legislature to remove emir
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-23 15:43
The Kuwaiti cabinet has called upon the parliament to vote on whether to
remove the ailing emir of the oil-rich kingdom, sources said on Monday.
The cabinet has submitted a letter to Parliament Speaker Jassem al-Khorafi,
asking the legislature to start constitutional procedures to remove the new but
ailing emir Sheikh Saad al- Abdullah al-Sabah, the sources said, without
revealing further details.
Sheikh Saad, 76, became the new emir after the death of his predecessor late
emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah on January 15.
The new emir initially asked the parliament to convene a special session on
Sunday so that he could take the oath of office.
However, al-Khorafi said that he could only hold such a session after
receiving a letter or request from the cabinet, a procedure required by the
country's succession law.
The Kuwaiti cabinet decided in an extraordinary meeting on Saturday to remove
the ailing new emir.
The removal will take place if two-thirds of the legislature agree to
it.
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