Kuwaiti cabinet submits resignation, MP says

KUWAIT CITY, March 16 -- A lawmaker disclosed on Monday that the

Kuwaiti government has tendered its resignation to Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed

al-Sabah, while the parliament speaker denied the resignation.

Independent lawmaker Nasser al-Duwailah told reporters that the government

had submitted its resignation in a bid to ward off a questioning of the prime

minister in parliament.

"I have information that the cabinet has submitted its resignation to the

emir," Duwailah said, adding that it was now unclear whether it has been

accepted.

Meanwhile, the official KUNA news agency quoted Parliament speaker Jassem

al-Khorafi as saying that he has not been notified of anything pertinent to the

government resignation or assembly dissolution.

The parliament is to convene Tuesday as scheduled, he said.