Al-Sabeeh stresses significance of civil society, volunteers role

‘Decisions issued tied to economy not implemented’

KUWAIT CITY, May 25, (Agencies): Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh on Thursday stressed the significance of the role played by the civil society and volunteers in a variety of fields in Kuwait.

This role supports the government efforts that aim to promote the society and the services offered to the citizens, the minister added while honoring a host of representatives of voluntary teams.

She also underlined the importance of engaging the youth in drawing up development plans, expressing pride of the Kuwaiti youth she got to deal with, saying they are the main pillars of the nation’s future, who will be entrusted with achieving development.

Al-Sabeeh lauded many of the achievements realized by the Kuwaiti youth voluntary teams, that were appreciated by state officials, expressing hope for more in the future.

These voluntary teams have contributed through working with the government bodies to issuing a host of resolutions that fulfilled the expectations of a huge category of the people in the various fields, she said.

Meanwhile, the decisions of former and current ministers of Economy concerning important issues related to the economy have not been implemented and are stained with ambiguity. Add to that, there is discrepancy in the dates of implementation and completion for a period stretching up to eight years covering a total number of 25 declarations in different sectors, reports Al-Shahed daily quoting informed sources.

They revealed that many wrong decisions were taken including implementation of alternative salary strategy, distribution of industrial plots, the phenomenon of “flying gravel”, continued suspension of production in Khafji oil field, dismissal of officials of Kuwait Airways Corporation, and ownership of property by expatriates.

The sources explained that the recent period witnessed a clear contradiction in the tone of statements over some economic issues. There were outstanding economic issues that revealed the level of hesitancy and conflict in the implementation of the reforms and the lack of coordination among the concerned bodies, and other important economic issues such as issuance of several necessary laws, most notably in Ministry of Commerce such as the insolvency law, liquidation of companies and appointment of leaders in vacant positions in important economic ministries.