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Kuwait Election Boycott Shifts Drama to Streets | Redux

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Kuwait Election Boycott Shifts Drama to Streets

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The drama of Kuwait's parliamentary elections has nothing to do with the ballot count. It's what may come afterward that has the country on edge as a broad coalition of conservative Islamists, liberal reformers and others vow to boycott Saturday's vote. The election snub pushes the strategic Western ally closer toward the kind of standoffs that have unraveled other countries, including nearby Bahrain, during the Arab Spring: opposition groups possibly taking to the streets and the ruling establishment facing critical decisions about how hard to lash back. The disputes flow from a complicated chain of events over the past six months, including the dissolution of the opposition-led parliament and its replacement by a pro-government legislature, followed by a decree from the emir to change voting rules that appeared to favor his critics.

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Al Ahmed Al Sabah

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Mary Ann Tetreault

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Mohammed Qassem

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TelevisionStation: Al Jazeera

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Country: Kuwait

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Country: Bahrain

Overall Sentiment: -0.0671396

Relevance: 0.305532

GeographicFeature: Gulf

Overall Sentiment: -0.20084

Relevance: 0.350761

Organization: Kuwait University

Overall Sentiment: 0.0209907

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