Executive-legislative relations will remain fraught, as ongoing threats by MPs to cross-examine ministers lead to further votes of no-confidence. The result is likely to be further ministerial resignations and/or cabinet reshuffles, although the emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jabr al-Sabah, will seek to avoid dissolving the National Assembly (parliament) and calling early elections. Government policy will continue to be made on a consensual basis. No sudden changes in policy direction are expected, and there will be few political reforms. Although the loose "opposition" parliamentary coalition of Islamists, centrists and liberals will remain divided on key issues, limiting parliament's ability to influence policies on which the government takes a strong line, domestic opposition (combined with the habitual caution of the ruling Al Sabah family) will also prevent the government from implementing any major economic reforms.