Slow start to Kuwait poll as opposition boycotts
- Published: 1 Dec 2012 at 13.47
- Online news: World
Kuwaitis cast ballots on Saturday to elect a second parliament in 10 months, but early turnout was low as voters appeared to heed an opposition call to shun the poll over a disputed electoral law.
Kuwaiti men casts their vote at a polling station in Kuwait City. Kuwaitis are voting to elect a second parliament in 10 months, but early turnout has been low as voters appeared to heed an opposition call to shun the poll over a disputed electoral law.
The vote comes nearly two months after Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah dissolved the pro-government parliament after it was reinstated in June by a court ruling that also annulled an assembly elected in February.
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