For the fourth time since 2006, Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah issued a decree on Tuesday to dissolve the parliament

For the fourth time since 2006, Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah issued a decree on Tuesday to dissolve the parliament amid allegations of corruption in the government.

“Due to the threat to the supreme national interests, it was decided to go back to the nation,” the Kuwaiti Emir said according to AFP.

The decision to dissolve the Kuwaiti parliament was made also because of the “deteriorating conditions that led to difficulties in achieving progress” in the country.

On Wednesday, the Kuwaiti Emir appointed former Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak al-Sabah as the new premier, who recommended that the emir dissolve the parliament.

Leader of the youth activists Mohammad al-Bulaihees said after the dissolution of the parliament that this was “the fruit of protesters’ efforts.”

Bulaihees said youth activists are determined to push for deeper reforms, including “a constitutional monarchy, an elected government, legalizing political parties and a reform of electoral law.”

General elections must be held within 60 days, but no exact date has been set for the elections yet.

Last week, Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah resigned after demonstrations by youth activists and opposition lawmakers who accused Sheikh Nasser of mismanagement and bribing pro-government lawmakers.