The protest came in reaction to the Amir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah decree to change the electoral law, making a citizen vote for one candidate instead of four, as it used to be in the elections of Kuwaiti parliament. 
Waandamanaji walipingana na amri ya Amir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah ya kubadili sheria ya uchaguzi inayowataka raia wamchague mgombea mmoja badala ya wagombea wanne kama ilivyokuwa awali katika chaguzi za bunge la Kuwait.