Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah’s reappointment came after the Amir held the traditional consultations with former premier Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and former Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi but did not include opposition leader and former speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun.
Sheikh Jaber, who was appointed in his post in November 2011 after the resignation of former premier Sheikh Nasser, will be forming his fifth government.
The Cabinet resigned on Sunday following the general election as required by the constitution. The new Cabinet must be formed before August 6 when the new Assembly is scheduled to hold its inaugural session.
Under the constitution, at least one Cabinet minister must be an elected MP and the number of ministers including the prime minister cannot exceed one-third of the Assembly membership or a maximum of 16 ministers.
But as the new Cabinet is being formed, newly-elected MPs warned against retaining a number of ministers especially the ministers of defense and finance.
MP Hussein Al-Mutairi said that the inclusion of Defense Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah will trigger a crisis because of his actions in dismissing a number of Gulf nationals from the army despite appeals to keep them.
MP Awdah Al-Ruwaie also warned that he will file to grill Finance Minister Mustafa Al-Shamali if he was retained and did not apologize to the Kuwaiti people for a statement he made over the Kuwaiti aid to Egypt.
Ruwaie said he plans to grill Shamali at the inauguration session of the new Assembly. A number of other MPs have also threatened to grill Interior Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Humoud Al-Sabah.
