The Liberal Party's single member in the cabinet, the home-affairs minister, Takeshi Noda, may well resign in protest.
On Wednesday, the State Minister for Cabinet Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah al-Sabah, said the government hoped that the new law would be the "foundation for resolving the Bidun problem".
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On January 5th, Hong Sa Duk, a cabinet minister for political affairs, compared the transition team with the powerful executive arm of the military junta led by Chun Doo Hwan in 1980.
It could be the sort of job that appeals to a former Police Minister, magistrate, ex-Cabinet Minister and member of the Commons home affairs committee.
The SPD will take seven cabinet seats including Foreign Affairs and the remaining six cabinet seats will be divided among the other parties (with a Lutheran minister from Democratic Awakening to hold the defense portfolio).
Another Cabinet minister might enjoy an easier time at the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (at 2.30pm).
"We have made certain changes" to the bill, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said after a meeting of the federal cabinet.
But its leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, lost his job as home-affairs minister, and his party spurned two seats in the national cabinet.
But Mr Kato, a former diplomat, is not a minister and lacks experience in a heavyweight cabinet job such as foreign affairs or finance.
Membership in new National Security Council seems little changed from the current council, which is chaired by the Prime Minister and includes all the cabinet ministers in charge of defense, foreign affairs, finance, economics, land and transport, and internal affairs, as well as public safety.
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"During its weekly meeting on Sunday, the cabinet named two women to the municipal council for the first time in the history of Kuwait, " Social Affairs Minister Faysal al-Hajji said.
Although there is a proportionate number of Malay members of Parliament, the cabinet has only one Malay minister, who, in addition to holding a minor portfolio, looks after Muslim affairs (Malays being almost exclusively Muslims).
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