KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait 

Kuwait’s emir dissolved parliament on Tuesday, the state news agency KUNA reported.  

“To rectify the political scene, the lack of harmony and cooperation ... and behavior that undermines national unity, it was necessary to resort to the people...to rectify the path,” reads a decree issued by Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.  

The decree said elections will be held within two months to elect a new parliament.   

For months, the parliament and government have been in a dispute amid attempts by lawmakers to question ministers, a move seen by the government as a disruption of the executive authority.  

On April 19, Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim suspended the assembly’s sessions following the resignation of the government.  

Earlier Tuesday, a new 12-member government was sworn in. 

*Ikram Imane Kouachi in Ankara contributed to this report