Kuwaiti government in turmoil after Cabinet resigns
KUWAIT (AIM —
The Cabinet re
signed W®dnead«y.
and Kuwaitis wort'
looking to the make
up of the next gov
emmont as an indication of whether me
ruling Al-Sabah family intends to coop
erate with the newly elected parliament.
The emir, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed ul-Sa
bah, accepted the resignation of the Cabi
net headed by Crown Prince Sheik Saad
al-Abdullah ul-Sabah. and askod him to
form a new government by Oct. 20
On that day. the 50-soat Nutiona! As
sembly will hold Its first session since
the emir dissolved it in July 1980
Opponents of the conservative Al
Sabahs won 19 of 35 soats contested in
Monday’s election, which saw a 90 per
cent turnout of the 81,500 male elector
ate Sonin of the opposition victories
came in remote tribal areas long consid
ered tho turf of the ruling family.
The constitution recommends that the
Crown Prince choose a number of minis
ters from the parliament. Sheik Saud has
never given more than three of the 16
(Cabinet [Mists to lawmakers
Opposition figures say tho number ap
pointed ibis time will set the tone (or re
lations between the legislallvc and exec
utive branches stormy since Kuwait
got its first parliament in 1962
The Assembly was dissolved in 1976.
and restored In 1UH0 Six year* later, at
the height of the Iran-traq war. Sheik
Juber again suspended the body after
members criticized the government,
sparking the resignation of one royal
member
When Iraq invaded in August t990
and drove the Al-Sabuhs into exile, the
emir promised to hold elections after lib
eration.
The restoration of democracy in Ku
wait, and the course of relations between
the elected parliament and the royal fam
ily. has implications that transcend Ku
wait.
Kuwait’s Arab neighbors including
Saudi Arabia have promised to create
powerless consultative councils in an ef
fort to appease democracy activists Only
Yemen has scheduled parliamentary
elections for later this year
There seems to be little hope for repre
sentative democracy in the region Kven
before Saddam Hussein’s forces invaded,
other monarchs were pressing Kuwait to
reduce the oversight powers of its parlia
ment
Sheik Sand is expected to start consul
tat Ions on iho now government Saturday,
but there are already signs of tension
over its makeup.
In a recent television interview, the
crown prime complained that members
of past parliaments had refused to accept
government positions He also struck u
defensive tone in his resignation letter,
which noted attacks on his Cabinet dur
ing the election campaign
"it's not a secret that this Cabinet was
the target of an organized campaign to
undermine it and throw doubts on its ca
pability to get work done," Sheik Saad
said
Pul members of the organized opposi
tion and their independent allies said
they dec lined to lake Cabinet posts in the
past because of meddling In the minis
tries by the royal family
Investigators find flight recorder
AMSTERDAM, Motherlands (A!’) — Investi
gators found tho charred and dented flight data
recorder of an h’l A1 Booing 747 Wednesday,
saying the • black box" could provide duos to
why tho jot slammed Into a suburban apart
ment block.
The briefcase-sized box was found as hun
dreds of searchers, sifting carefully through an
unstable mountain of rubble and wreckage,
pulled more bodies from the apartment build
ing destroyed in Sunday’s crash.
By Wednesday night, 40 corpses had boon
removed from the smoldering rubble, but 250
people were still unaccounted for, according to
city hall spokesman Robert Kaorchor. Ho said
tho missing wore presumed dead.
If confirmed, the toll would make It the
world’s deadliest air disaster in torms of
deaths on tho ground.
Authorities said a more preclso casualty toll
was Impossible because an unknown number
of illegal Immigrants lived In the low-income
apartment block.
The recovery was also slowed because
searchers were finding bits and pieces of IhkI
ies in the rubble, charred In the intense heat
from the fuel-laden jumbo jet that exploded on
impact.
Authorities said they hoped the flight re
corder would provide details of the last mo
ments bo fore the Boeing 747-200 cargo plane
crashed into the 10-etory building 10 milos
east of Schiphol Airport, destroying HO of Us
230 apartments and heavily damaging 150 oth
ers.
At a news conference Wednesday, Honk
Woiloswinkel. a senior Inspector at the Dutch
aviation authority, said only one of the plane s
starboard engines had boon found, not two us
reported earlier. He said a tall cone also fell
off, and Thai has most likoly lod to the confu
sion.”
Peru’s guerrilla leader
sentenced to life in jail
LIMA, l’eru (AIM A sin ret
military tribunal sentenced
Abimael Gu/mun, thu master
mind and top leader of the
deadly Shining 1’ulh guerrilla
movement, to life in prison
without parole on Wednesday
The trial was held on a heavi
ly guarded island near Lima,
where the judge also ordered
the rebels to pay S25 billion for
the damage they caused. Noth
mg was said about what that to
tal included.
The Maoist group's brutal 12
year insurgency has caused
25,000 deaths and S22 billion
in economic damage Guzman*#
capture and trial has not halted
the bloodshed
Uoflant rebels killed four air
inim and iwo policemen hours
before tho judgment was an
trounced
Tho military judges. who
worn hoods throughout tho trial
to protect thuir identities. con
victed Guzman and 10 othor re
h<-l loaders of treason, accord
ing to tho communique from
tho Supremo Military Tribunal.
Peru's highest military court.
The others received the same
sentence, tho maximum under
Peruvian law
Cu/mun and two other re
bels, Including Ills companion
lilena lpurraguirro, were trier!
and Kontencori at the naval base
on San Lorenzo Island near
Lima.
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