Today, Sunday, the Constitutional Court in Kuwait ruled that the current National Assembly (Parliament) elections that took place in September 2022 were invalid, and the return of the previous parliament.
The text of the ruling stated that the court ruled "to invalidate the entire election process that took place in the five districts and the invalidity of those who declared victory in them, and that the dissolved council (in 2020) regains its constitutional authority from the date of this ruling, as if the solution had not been done."
The ruling comes at a time of renewed tensions between the elected parliament and the government.
Al Jazeera's correspondent from Kuwait, Samar Chidiac, said that the court's ruling is applied immediately after its announcement because it is final and binding, noting that this invalidity is the third of its kind in the history of parliamentary life in the country after the invalidity of the February and December 2012 councils.
She explained that there will be two years left to complete the 2020 parliament for its constitutional term, unless the political authority decides to hold early elections.
On June 22, 2022, Crown Prince Sheikh Meshaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah announced the dissolution of the National Assembly and the recourse to early elections amid repeated disagreements between parliament and the government.