Kuwait's Constitution combines the positive
aspects of both presidential and parliamentary
forms of government. It is based on principles
of democracy - on the sovereignty of the nation,
freedom of the citizen and on equality of all
citizens in the eyes of the law.
Kuwait's Constitution was drafted by an elected
20-member Constituent Assembly and 11 ministers
- who joined the Assembly later. On November
1, 1962, the draft constitution was approved
by the then Amir, late Sheikh Abdallah Al-Salem
Al-Sabah. The Constitution came into force
on January 29, 1963, when the first National
Assembly convened.
The
Kuwaiti Constitution, comprising 183 articles
is an exhaustive document. It is divided into
five parts:
· The state and the system of government
· Fundamental constituents of the Kuwaiti
society
· Public rights and duties
· Powers
· General and transitional provisions
