KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued a decree on Wednesday adjourning all sessions of the parliament for a month, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.

The decree, which is effective from Thursday (Feb. 18), is based on Article 106 of Kuwait’s constitution. The article stipulates that the emir may, by a decree, adjourn parliament sessions for a period not exceeding one month.

Kuwait’s emir last month reappointed Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah as the prime minister who had resigned along with his Cabinet members a week earlier.

The Kuwaiti Cabinet’s resignation came “due to the current developments in the relationship between the National Assembly (parliament) and the government,” according to the KUNA report. — SG