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Kuwait's Cabinet resigns
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published July 2, 2006
KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait's Cabinet resigned Saturday, a move that was expected after parliamentary elections in which women voted for the first time and a new Legislature of mostly reformers was chosen. State-owned television said Sheik Nasser Al Mohammed Al Sabah, who headed the outgoing Cabinet, submitted the resignations of all 16 members to the country's emir, according to the requirements of the constitution. The ruler, Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, accepted them. Women voted and ran for office in Thursday's elections for the first time, but they failed to win any of the Legislature's 50 seats. The new Legislature replaces one dissolved by the emir in May, following a dispute over electoral reform. In what could be seen as a sign of goodwill, the Cabinet, in its last order of business, withdrew its controversial bill for redrawing electoral constituencies, the government said. Disagreement over the bill sparked the dissolution of the house and the early elections. The outgoing 16-member Cabinet included one woman, Massouma al-Mubarak. She was the first Kuwaiti woman to be appointed as minister. Women were granted political rights last year. The emir is expected to ask Sheik Nasser to form a new Cabinet or appoint another member of Kuwait's ruling family to do the job.
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