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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Ahmed Hagagy

Kuwait opposition lawmakers stage sit-in to press for new government

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the first parliament session held after elections, in Kuwait City, Kuwait December 15, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee

Several Kuwait lawmakers are staging an open ended sit-in inside the parliament complex to press the Gulf state's crown prince to appoint a new government after a caretaker administration resigned over two months ago in a standoff with parliament.

The protest began on Tuesday, at the same time as a special session to discuss a social security bill, with more than a dozen opposition MPs gathered in a room in a building adjacent to the National Assembly that lawmakers use to work and rest.

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