Kuwait court rules 2012 elections unconstitutional

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KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Kuwait’s constitutional court further complicated the country’s chaotic political situation on Wednesday, ruling the parliament was elected unconstitutionally and restoring the previous legislature.

The state news agency KUNA said the court threw out the February 2 vote because Kuwait’s leader, Sheik Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, drew up the decree for the elections after the Cabinet resigned.

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