The corrupt fighting corruption with slogans ... how sad!!
Opinion
IT IS only in Kuwait where the corrupt are bragging about fighting against corruption and the squanderers take up the role of protecting public funds.
While stealing, they scream at the top of their voices to announce that they protect public welfare and the portion of the national wealth allocated for the future generation should not be touched.
Despite many resonating and glamorous slogans and speeches, as well as their claims of being chaste and pure; they continue to corrupt civil employment through the use of ‘wasta’ (influence). They cut through the State’s bone with nepotism as if they are striving to devour it.
All that is left for us is to accept their claims; or else, we will be classified as enemies of democracy and freedom of expression.
It is undisputed that corruption has existed since humans occupied Earth. Many nations have struggled to eliminate corruption, but it keeps on finding its way back. Corruption cases exist even in countries which are more transparent, advanced and law-abiding.
In some countries, senior officials end up in jail for being suspected of corruption; but here in Kuwait, the corrupt carry out their operations in total comfort and then talk about their struggle in eliminating corruption.
Their case is similar to that of someone engaged in a major battle while carrying a file full of corruption germs which mutate and transform into chronic diseases in official circles.
The corrupt usually appoint unsuitable persons to various positions. They never slack when it comes to the interpellation of a minister who rejected their demands, failed to carry out their
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“Two bombs exploded as the funeral procession was entering the cemetery” in Asdira, village mayor Salaheddin Shaalan told AFP.
The Sunni village is south of Sharqat, one of the last bastions of the Islamic State group in the country’s north to be retaken by Iraqi forces.
“In total, 25 people were killed and 18 injured, four of whom are still in critical condition,” a police officer told AFP on Friday, on condition of anonymity, revising an earlier death toll.