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Kuwaiti Cabinet Takes Steps to Remove Ailing Emir | ||
2006-01-22 | ||
KUWAIT CITY, 22 January 2006 — Kuwait’s Cabinet yesterday initiated constitutional procedures to remove the ailing Emir Sheikh Saad Abdullah Al-Sabah just days after he was appointed leader following the death of long-serving Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. The emir has however sent a letter to Parliament Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi requesting a house session during which he would be sworn in as ruler. A statement issued by the Cabinet following an extraordinary session held yesterday said it was taking the constitutional move because of the poor health of the emir. “The Cabinet expresses its deep sorrow...over the health of his highness the emir, Sheikh Saad Abdullah Al-Sabah, and it has therefore decided to invoke constitutional procedures under Article 3 of the 1964 Succession Law,” said the statement. Article 3 stipulates that if the emir fails to meet, for health or other reasons, constitutional conditions set down for him to fulfill his duties, the Cabinet, after establishing this, must present the issue before Parliament within a closed-door session. The Parliament in turn could then decide by a two-thirds majority vote to transfer the emir’s duties temporarily to the crown prince, or transfer state leadership to him permanently.
He said he had been assigned to meet with the emir, and hoped the meeting would take place as soon as possible.
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