Kuwait Moves to Strip Power From Emir

By HASSAN M. FATTAH

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Jan.21.- A succession crisis in Kuwait continued Saturday, as the country's cabinet began proceedings to remove the ailing new emir.
The extraordinary move occurred amid growing concern over who should lead the oil-rich city-state ...

Under Kuwait's Constitution, Parliament may declare the Emir unfit to govern with a two-thirds majority. An article of the succession law says that if the emir fails to meet the conditions for ruling, or is incapable of carrying them out for health reasons, the cabinet may replace him. ...

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