KUWAIT CITY, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The Kuwaiti cabinet on Thursday submitted resignation to the country's ruler to avoid three ministers being grilled by opposition lawmakers, in an escalation of tensions between the emirates' parliament and government.The official KUNA news agency reported the cabinet submitted the resignation at the extraordinary Ministerial Council.Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news channel showed ministers walked out of an extraordinary meeting where they made the decisions.The emirate's Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who has final say in politics, may decide whether to reappoint Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah , who was sworn in 2006, to form a new government.Oil-rich Kuwait, which has an out-spoken parliament, is no stranger to see questioning from lawmakers against a minister, but it was rare to see three ministers , including the foreign, oil and economic ministers , to be grilled at the same time.Lawmakers Marzoug Al-Ghanem and Adel Al-Saraawi tried to grill Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah over charges that he committed financial irregularities.Oil minister Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah also received grilling motions from opposition lawmakers on accusations that they did not honor their duties.All the three ministers are members of the ruling Sabah family , which has ruled Kuwait for around 250 years.After the resignation , the petitions to grill the three ministers went in vain automatically.Sheikh Sahah has dissolved parliament three times in efforts to put an end to the political chaos. The current cabinet was formed in May 2009.Kuwait is the first Gulf Arab state to adopt a constitution in 1962 and an elected parliament was born the following year. The parliament was bestowed the right to question ministers or vote them out of office.The long-standing tensions between the government and parliament have also quagmired major economic reforms in the emirate , which sits around 10 percent of the global proven oil reserves.Related Topics Articles：

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