VOL. XLIII

No. 09

28-February-2000

KUWAIT

Government And Parliament Avoid Confrontation, But Criticism Of Project Kuwait Intensifies

The immediate prospect of a full-scale confrontation between the Kuwaiti government and the National Assembly (parliament), which followed a threat by a large number of MPs to withdraw support from the government, in turn prompting talk of cabinet resignations (MEES, 21 February), has passed. But deputies have been intensifying their criticism of the governments...