Kuwaiti Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Friday evening issued a decree dissolving the parliament elected in early April.
“Proceeding from the highest interests of the state, we order the following: first, to dissolve parliament, and second, to suspend the operation of a number of clauses of the constitution for a period of no more than four years,” the decree, read out on Kuwait Central Television, says.
In addition, the emir decided that a number of parliamentary powers would be transferred to the emir and the government.
As the Kuwaiti monarch stated in his speech after the dissolution of parliament, he “will not allow democracy to be used to destroy the country.”