KUWAIT - Jan 19 - Kuwait Struggling To Recover Sense Of Purpose.(death of Shaikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah)

APS Diplomat Recorder | January 30, 2005 | Copyright

As Kuwaitis gather to commemorate the life of the late emir, Shaikh Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who died on Jan 15 after ruling the oil-rich Shaikhdom for 27 years, questions over his succession began to loom. The 78-year-old Shaikh Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah was, as crown prince, automatically named emir. But a public debate on whether he will be able to pronounce a two-line oath of office in parliament has underlined the extent to which he is incapacitated by ill health. The ruling Al Sabah family has yet to conclude deliberations over naming a new crown prince. Nor has it ...

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