‘Rebellion to result in UN demise’

‘World must stand up to atrocities’

“POST World War II millions of people around the world including the Europeans were afflicted by disasters and tragedies leaving behind a trail of millions of victims,” columnist Mustafa Al-Sarraf wrote for AlQabas daily.

“During this war, America used the atomic bomb for the first time in the history of mankind which it dropped on the Japanese islands of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which resulted in the annihilation of hundreds of thousands of innocent people.

“However, the World War II and its association resulted in the peoples of the world calling for founding an international organization to control the behaviors of the countries of the world by setting up a charter to support International Law in an attempt to prevent the tragedies of the World War I & II.

“Consequently, the international efforts were actually crowned by the drawing up of the United Nations Charter in 1945 following the failure of the League of Nations that was established in 1919 to prevent the eruption of the World War II, and the United Nations was formed with 193 independent member states.

“As a matter of fact, the Charter of the United Nations basically calls for achieving security and the peace in the world, solving international conflicts peacefully, recognition of the peoples right for self-determination, boosting human rights, respect for all as well as basic freedoms for the entire people without any discrimination on the basis of sex, language or religion.

“But unfortunately, we found how the dreams of the Universal Zionism movement contradicted with all of the above principles, because this movement is always striving to dominate the world to impose its political and economic will accordingly and declare its global government and this was evident through the establishing of the Israeli entity as an advance base for foremost achieving its dreams in the Middle East and then leapfrog to the Far East for the sake of achieving these dreams, because it is the Universal Zionism which doesn’t care about the principles and articles of the United Nations Charter.

“It (the Zionism) occupied the State of Palestine in 1948 and displaced its people, violated the rights and persecuted and tortured the people with support from the US administrations in view of its military and economic might through which these administrations put pressures on various states in order to forge them to oblige and succumb to their political will and method and we see how the current administration is obliging all UN member states to stand with it in violation of the United Nations Charter, rules and the provisions of the international law.

“In other words, instead of working to achieve security and peace in the world, we found how America is working to promote the war, selling weapons and promoting conflicts among various states of the world.

“In this context, we see what is happening in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen and now in Venezuela. Instead of recognizing the rights of the people for selfdetermination, America intervenes to impose its will on the peoples of the world and loot their wealth and potentials.

“Instead of working to endorse basic human rights and freedoms of the peoples without any discrimination on the basis of sex, language or religion, we see how America withdraws from the United Nations organizations, because the latter are not keeping in line with its whims.

“Not just that, it is America which is violating the human rights and instigating the peoples against each other to agitate the conflicts instead of contributing to solving the problems.

“However, the rebellion by both America and the Universal Zionism shall actually result in the United Nations facing the fate of the League of Nations unless this rebellion is encountered by global solidarity instead of succumbing in the face of it.”

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“So many months have passed the Gulf crisis continues with no silver lining on the horizon. We don’t see any light at the end of the tunnel of reconciliation,” columnist Dr Nayef Al-Adwani wrote for Al-Shahed daily.

“This happens in spite of the sincere efforts exerted by the State of Kuwait through HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad in an attempt to heal the rift, achieve necessary reconciliation and bridge the gap between the conflicting parties in a prelude to converge the pertinent viewpoints and achieve blanket reconciliation and stop the media campaigns and shun the use of the social media to attack each other directly or indirectly.

“But the most dangerous aspect is pouring oil on fire by ‘idolizing’ the relevant crisis which has reached a dangerous curve and enlarged the gap among the relevant parties in a kind of tit-for-tat fault finding game and blowing out of proportion small mistakes to such an extent every small mistake by any party will be deemed as a shortcoming by the other.

“Such being the case, we found how the enmity among the relevant parties still continues and every party attacking the other via the social media in a vulgar and imprudent manner.

“Not just that, we have observed how the crisis has fallen within the strategic planning of the concerned nations’ internal and external policy of boycotting each other using all potentials and even children’s songs during popular occasions and national holidays to hurl insults against each other which represents a bad behavior which we are not accustomed to either in the Gulf region or the Arabian Peninsula.”

“Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore, represents the voice of wisdom, force of influence and determination to fulfill his word, as Singapore transitioned from being the third world country to a first world country in a single generation under his leadership”, Dr Ali Al-Za’abi wrote for Al-Shahed daily.

“In the past, Singapore was a country filled with poverty, disease, corruption and crime. State institutions were sold to those who paid. Police officers kidnapped young girls for prostitution. Army officers controlled rice fields and the sale of the crops. The situation was so deplorable that Lee Kuan Yew met scientists, academics and teachers and told them, “I will build you the organs of the state, and you will build me men.

“He devoted the state’s resources for improving education and changed the status of teachers from a miserable class to the highest class in Singapore. Teachers succeeded in creating a generation that loves science, ethics and creativity.

“Singapore’s sudden rise was the result of establishing libraries and scientific research houses, while underdeveloped countries boasted of building temples.

“While Singapore spent its resources on science and development, the underdeveloped countries spent most of their resources on weapons. While Singapore was battling corruption from top to bottom with all its might, all top positions in underdeveloped countries were occupied and controlled by the corrupt that are usually above the law.

“Perhaps this prompted Lee Kuan Yew to quote the phrase, “The thieves on the streets are safe. There are two reasons - either the regime is a big thief, or the people are stupid.”

“How did Lee Kuan Yew do it all? How did he eradicate Singapore’s bad reality and make it a new and prosperous country? How did he defeat thieves and corrupt politicians, policemen, army men, traders and others? Did he do a miracle? When he was asked this, he said, “I did not do any miracle. I just did my duty to my country”.

“The Government and the Parliament are busy studying the constitutionality of grilling and several other laws and decrees, but the two authorities have their own political tactics,” columnist Hamed Al-Saif wrote for AlShahed daily.

“This tragedy causes the entire country to waste time and effort on issues that will yield no benefit except for MPs and ministers. Each party seeks its own interests. The lawmakers fear the idea of parliamentary dissolution while the ministers seek to maintain their positions for a long period at the expense of the State. If both Parliament and the MPs are really keen on enforcing the Constitution, there are two articles of the Constitution that should look at; they are Articles 20 and 153.

“Article 20 states that the national economy is based on social equality, and it’s importance to promote cooperation between public sector and private sector to enhance the economy and increase production. Article 135 bars monopoly except relevant laws are in place for that purpose, indicating monopolization can only be allowed for a temporary period. Although the Constitution has been written and approved for almost 60 years, Articles 20 and 135 have yet to be enforced. Today, we are witnesses to the skyrocketing prices of food and medicine due to monopolization, which should should have been prohibited many years ago.

“With regard to Article 20 of the Kuwaiti Constitution, we see that private sector never involves in development plans except for their participation as contractors. Promoting real partnership between private and public sectors as stipulated by the constitution is very important”.

“From time to time, the government releases statements about its plans to Kuwaitize jobs and replace expatriates with citizens in governmental occupations based on Civil Service Commission (CSC) decision No. 11/2017. However, the reality is completely different from the government’s proposals or wishes to be exact,” columnist Zayed Al-Zaid wrote for Annahar daily.

“Chairman of the parliamentary Human Resources Committee MP Khalil Al-Saleh announced a few days ago his intention to submit a detailed memorandum to the National Assembly speaker, including the government’s dealings with the committee regarding the file or replacement in public institutions and the rising unemployment rate.

“Al-Saleh, in his statement to a local newspaper, publicly accused the government of providing old figures concerning Kuwaitization in new envelopes. He claimed the government favors expatriates and insists on bringing non-qualified workers to Kuwait annually.

“This statement did not come from an ordinary person on the street, or a citizen writing on social networking sites. It came from the head of a parliamentary committee tasked to address unemployment and recruitment issues. The committee witnessed the infiltration and control of a certain group of expatriates over the CSC, tampering data in order to prevent the recruitment of more citizens.”

“For more than ten years, we have been hearing about the transformation of the government from paper-based to e-government. This means all systems used by the government that are based on documents and papers will be withdrawn, and transactions and documents as well as archiving will be computerized. This process is aimed to facilitate the procedures for government agencies and for citizens and residents, as well as reduce costs and save time and efforts”, Abdulrahman Al-Awwad wrote for Al-Sabah daily.

“I cannot help but wonder if any real work is ongoing in this direction or if it is just talk as with most projects that the citizens hope for execution.

“There have been many such dreams throughout the last several years but citizens are getting frustrated by the lack of achievement and evidences on the ground. The dream is to achieve what developed countries achieved 50 years ago.

“In Kuwait, we have minds and plans, and we also have the sufficient material resources to make a qualitative leap in the completion of transactions for visitors. However, we have not yet made any major strides in the matter, and we are not sure what the real reason behind this is.”

“They criticized the officials, yes criticized them according to the permissible rules and regulations. They criticized the performance and efficiency of the officials without touching their personal lives, and criticized the injustice if it was felt,” columnist Ali Baji Al-Muhaini Al-Enezi wrote for Seyassah daily.

“I sympathize with some social media and media activists users who are ignorant of the Electronic Crimes Law. It is worth mentioning that the penalties start with a minimum of 6 months imprisonment and fines not less than KD 500.

“The highest imprisonment can reach up to 10 years and a fine of KD 50,000. We may not be aware of some of the media activists, especially those who are motivated by the fact that ‘whoever threatens a person with death or violates the dignity of the person, can be punished by imprisonment for five years and a fine of between KD 5,000 to 20,000 or either of the two penalties, in accordance with Article 3 of the Information Technology Crimes Act “

“Recently, Kuwait celebrated the 13th anniversary of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad AlJaber Al-Sabah’s ascension to power as the 15th ruler of the State of Kuwait”, Abdulrahman Al-Awwad wrote for Al-Sabah daily.

“This took place on Jan 29, 2006 and became a cherished event in Kuwait’s history. From that day to this day, His Highness the Amir has been working on a balanced and unique equation based on the foundation of justice, transparency and care for the welfare of Kuwaiti people.

“His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad, who has great wisdom, sincerity, tenderness, purity of heart and keen insight, is a unique leader and a bright sign in the modern history of Kuwait with his great achievements, many contributions and his drive to ensure progress and prosperity for the State of Kuwait and its people.”

— Compiled by Zaki Taleb