Election schedule delays ministerial meeting

Kuwait: Monday’s ministerial meeting to discuss issues including preparations for national parliamentary elections will most likely be postponed until Wednesday. Legal consultants, former parliamentarians, and other officials have suggested that the government’s process for setting these schedules is likely to be accepted by the government as an electoral appeal to the Constitutional Court regarding the results of the elections scheduled for late September. and as a result the results may be rejected,” a source told the Kuwait Times.

“On the other hand, another way of looking at it is that there are new areas that are still out of the electoral schedule that should be included in the nearest electoral districts according to their geographical location, so the government has made it a matter of urgency to meet electoral needs. It’s just that the matter needs to be resolved,” the source said.

The government will hold a meeting to designate specific election dates from September 24th to October 1st, as elections must be held within two months of the dissolution of parliament. If elections are not held by October 2, the constitution will allow the previous parliament to resume as is.

“The Council of Ministers will hold a meeting to schedule a date for accepting the National Assembly’s candidacy request. A source told the Kuwait Times.