(ETH) – Over the past few days, it appears that multiple governments are resigning according to multiple reports. In Moscow, it appears that Russia’s government has resigned, hours after President Vladimir Putin reportedly proposed sweeping constitutional changes that could prolong his stay in power leaving many ministers there were left stunned.
According to the Russian government, sources told the BBC they didn’t even know about the government’s resignation ahead of the announcement. “It was a complete surprise,” one source said. Meanwhile, Kuwaiti ministers reportedly handed in their resignations to the prime minister on Tuesday, according to the government communications office (CGC).
The move reportedly came days after lawmakers submitted a motion asking to question the premier over issues including the makeup of the cabinet. USN stated “Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah must submit the resignations to the OPEC member state’s ruler, Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Sabah, for approval.
Three main Kuwaiti newspapers earlier said Sheikh Sabah was expected to do so.” CGC said the government submitted its resignation “in light of developments in the relationship between the National Assembly and the government”, but did not elaborate. And finally, we have the entire Dutch government that has reportedly resigned amid an escalating scandal over child benefits in which more than 20,000 families were wrongly accused of fraud by the tax authority.
According to ton the Guardian, The announcement came less than a month before parliament was due to break up ahead of general elections scheduled for 17 March. Prime minister Mark Rutte’s cabinet is to stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new coalition is formed after that vote.
“The government was not up to standard throughout this whole affair,” Rutte told a press conference. “Mistakes were made at every level of the state, with the result that terrible injustice was done to thousands of parents.” Political responsibility for the scandal lay with the current cabinet, he said, which had decided collectively that it had no option but to resign. “Things cannot ever be allowed to go so terribly wrong again,” Rutte said.
