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Kuwaitis vote to elect new parliament
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Kuwaiti voters cast their ballots in five electoral constituencies on Tuesday to elect the 17th National Assembly, or parliament.
The eligible voters will elect 50 lawmakers out of 207 candidates to represent them in the new legislative body for a term of four years, reported the Kuwaiti state news agency KUNA.
Polling stations closed at 8 p.m. (17:00 GMT) on Tuesday. Results will be announced on Wednesday, KUNA said.
Kuwait's last election was in September 2022, when opposition candidates made gains and which was called to replace the 2020 parliament which had been dissolved in a bid to end political bickering.
The 2022 vote was nullified in March and parliament was reinstated under its 2020 composition. In May, that parliament was itself again dissolved to hold fresh elections.
Over the years, tensions between Kuwait's cabinet and the parliament have frequently resulted in cabinet reshuffles and dissolutions of parliament.
A voter casts his ballot for the general elections at a polling station in Kuwait City, Kuwait, June 6, 2023. /CFP
The International Monetary Fund on Monday said high oil prices were helping Kuwait recover from a COVID-era strain on public finances, but passing the new Public Debt Law, a bill that proposes the government take over consumer and personal loans of Kuwaiti citizens, soon, was paramount.
Substantial fiscal consolidation based on both expenditure and non-oil revenue measures will be needed, it said, adding that lower public sector wages and energy subsidies were needed to reverse a projected decline into fiscal deficit over the medium term.
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(With input from Xinhua, Reuters)
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