On June 16, Kuwait’s constitutional court found the country’s parliament illegitimate and ordered its end, depriving its members even of their legal status as former parliamentarians. Kuwaitis waited for weeks for the court’s decision, hoping it would put an end to the political uncertainty caused last year by the emir’s decree to amend the electoral law. Now that the ruling described the emir’s amendment legal and official “as it serves the national interest and the chances of minorities to be represented,” political groups and their supporters are announcing their plans to take part or not in the July 25 elections.
The liberals are back
