90 pc of ‘Bedoun’ hold IDs, original nationality docus

We will not bow to pressure: Al-Fadhalah

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 12: Head of the Central Agency for Remedying the Status of Illegal Residents or the socalled Bedoun, Saleh Al-Fadhalah, has said that the agency will not bow to any pressure whatsoever from anyone, reports Al-Anba daily.

He said the issue which took about a full year to study and scrutiny to solve it was presented to the Supreme Planning Council during a meeting that included the members of the Council and ministers headed by His Highness the Prime Minister.

The study was also approved by representatives of all tribes and groups.

Al-Fadalah stressed that he is an individual and a citizen of Kuwait keen on the national identity of Kuwait, noting that the central apparatus represented by its president and all its military and civilian personnel will not bow to pressures. “We are going on and we are on our way, as we are told in the plan of action and the road map.”

He also pointed out that 90% of the Bedoun now hold IDs and this is in addition to their original nationalities.

Attack

Al-Fadhalah added that if there is an ‘attack’ on us, organized or unorganized, let the deaf hear that we will not bow. As we walk our way, we have a goal and we will not turn back.

As for the mechanism of naturalization, Al-Fadhalah pointed to the existence of a committee called the File Evaluation Committee, and “we have the files of 65 census which we send to this Committee, which comprises members from CSRSIR, the Council of Ministers and chaired by the Assistant Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, and undersecretaries of state ministries and state senior officials to review these files and decide, thus CSRSIR has nothing to do with naturalization.

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) plans to issue electronic financial and administrative certificates to government employees, reports Al-Anba daily.

For this purpose the CSC intends to distribute a number of electronic machines at the citizen service centers and ‘government malls’ where the employees can get these certificates including the salary certificates signed and accredited electronically without the need to visit any department or sector.

The sources affirmed the service will be available free and the process will be carried out electronically on the strength of civil ID and the code or password to be entered by the employee.

KUNA photo Ahmadi Governorate, in collaboration with the Public Authority for Youth Affairs, organized a symposium on Kuwaiti Youth Council under the auspices of Ahmadi Governor Sheikh Fawaz Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The event was aimed at shedding light on the council and its objectives. The council will be launched in March 2019.