Kuwait’s political system is considered the most modern among the Arab Gulf sheikhdoms and monarchies, because all citizens – men and women alike – elect its parliament. Elections with universal suffrage, combined with a relatively free press, meant that the succession became a public issue, debated in the media and by academics for months as Sheikh Jaber was dying.
科威特的政治制度被认为是阿拉伯湾酋长国和君主国中最为现代化的。这是因为所有的公民无论男女都选举其议会成员。普选加之相对自由的报纸意味着继位成为一件公共事务，在贾比尔临死前几个月内媒体和学术界都为此争论不休。