KUWAIT — Kuwait’s National Assembly on Thursday rejected a no-confidence motion against the Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anas Al-Salah, with a majority 32 lawmakers backing him.

Some 32 lawmakers rejected the motion with 16 in approval out of the 48-lawmaker parliament.

The motion was signed by a total 10 lawmakers, namely, MPs Mohammad Al-Mutair, Adel Al-Damkhi, Khaled Al-Otaibi, Thamer Al-Suwait, Abdulkarim Al-Kanderi, Nayef Al-Merdas, Hamdan Al-Azmi, Abdullah Fahad, Shuaib Al-Muwaizri and Mohammed Hayef.

Article 144 of the parliament’s bylaw states that the majority of the house, excluding the minister, can topple the minister. — KUNA