Kuwait’s Prime Minister survived a no cooperation vote in country’s Parliament today. According to Kuwait’s official news agency, Kuwait's parliament has renewed confidence in Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah after a closed session followed by a vote, which he narrowly won. Twenty-five lawmakers voted against the non-cooperation motion, 22 voted for. One MP abstained.The no-cooperation motion was filed by ten opposition lawmakers on 28 December following an 11-hour grilling of Shaikh Nasser Al Mohammad over clashes between anti-right police and people at a rally in Kuwait City on 8 December. The opposition blamed the authorities for their alleged heavy-handedness in dealing with the people, including MPs and one university academic. However, the police said that it was striving to maintain law and order after people taunted them and broke the law by holding their rally in the open.
News On AIR | January 5, 2011 7:59 PM
Kuwait’s PM survives no cooperation vote