Manama: Kuwait's outgoing defence minister Shaikh Jaber Al Mubarak Al Sabah is likely to replace Shaikh Nasser Al Mohammad as the country's next prime minister, Kuwaiti media reported.
Shaikh Nasser, under intense pressure from the opposition and growing street tactics that included storming the parliament and angrily protesting against the detention of 24 people in the assault, tendered his resignation on Monday following an emergency meeting of the cabinet chaired by the Emir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad.
However, the new government will last less than two months, the time to oversee the parliamentary elections that will follow the dissolution of the parliament.
According to media sources in Kuwait City, the new government to be announced by the Emir "within hours or days" will submit its resignation, citing non-cooperation from the parliament where at least 20 MPs have refused to attend parliamentary committee meetings.
The Emir will then dissolve the parliament constitutionally and call for fresh elections within two months as stipulated in the constitution.
Under the constitution, if the elections are not held on time, the dissolved parliament will reconvene and will regain all its powers.
The expected government led by Shaikh Jaber Al Mubarak will be tasked with running urgent matters and with overseeing the elections, the Kuwaiti media said.
No major changes to the outgoing government are expected in the new formation.
"Ali Al Rashid, the state minister for cabinet affairs, and Ahmad Al Mulaifi, the education minister, might quit as they want to run for parliament," sources told Al Aan news portal.
