KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Kuwait on Tuesday set June 26 as the day for by-elections to replace five lawmakers who resigned in protest after the largely pro-government parliament refused to question the country’s prime minister over corruption allegations.

The lawmakers requested to step down from parliament over the past three weeks. Kuwait’s Cabinet accepted their resignations on Monday. The Interior Ministry then announced a day later that new elections would be held in June, and that candidates can register to run starting this week until May 29.