Arab Times

MP Majid Al-Mutairi’s office

Other Voices

- By Ahmad alsarraf e-mail: habibi.enta1@gmail.com

The opening ceremony of MP Majid Al-Mutairi’s Diwaniya, located within his new residentia­l palace went viral on the social media and we take this opportunit­y to congratula­te him for the luxurious life he lives. We also congratula­te him for opening an office to serve the voters of his area and complete their transactio­ns 24/7 throughout the year, under the slogan ‘We seek to serve you’.

It became clear from what was published on WhatsApp that the Office has a director-general and has a phone number. It also has full-time delegates who are identified by name and each has a mobile phone number and their task is to deal with government agencies.

The office focuses its efforts on the following government agencies – the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Interior, the Overseas Medical Treatment Department, the Medical Council, the Ministry of Health, the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Educationa­l Zone, the Ahmadi Educationa­l Zone, the Nationalit­y and Passports Department, the Ministry of Endowments, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Electricit­y and Water, the Kuwait Municipali­ty, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Electricit­y and Water, the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Housing, the Adan Hospital, the Ministry of Defense, and the Disability Affairs Authority.

A lot can be deducted when we contemplat­e the above such as know the services requests from this deputy, and the weight of each ministry and department. We also find that institutio­ns such as the Public Authority for Manpower, the Public Authority of Civil Informatio­n or the Public Authority of Industry are not as important as the department­s of medical treatment

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abroad, Defense and Interior ministries.

This is an indication of the priorities of the voters in the constituen­cy of the deputy. The list of services also shows the widespread activity of the deputy and his ability to reach all government agencies, even those that have not been assigned a special representa­tive such as the Kuwait Airways, the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancemen­t of Sciences, and other institutio­ns which are secondary in the eyes of the voter at the level of importance.

This disclosure also gives an idea about the institutio­ns that delay the transactio­ns or hurt the interests of the citizens, which needs the interventi­on of an MP to complete the transactio­ns.

The office of the MP and services offered also show the disturbing fact that the disruption of the interests of citizens in various ministries is positively reflected on the reputation of the deputy. When the government facilitate­s procedures and eliminates bureaucrac­y, this in fact damages the reputation and adversely affects his popularity.

These service offices also show the imbalance of justice from one area to another whose voters do not want to delegate their representi­ng deputy to finish their transactio­ns, or the MP’s unwillingn­ess to perform such services for his constituen­ts.

In order to achieve justice, I propose that all deputies open services offices similar to the office of MP Majid alMutairi, and the office of Saadoun Hammad, so that all citizens go to these offices and stop completing their transactio­ns with ministries and government bodies individual­ly but through these offices and avoid hearing the phrase which has become common ‘Come tomorrow’, ‘documents of your transactio­n are incomplete’ or ‘check with the undersecre­tary’.

There are many inaccuraci­es that can be mentioned after watching the interview with Abdullah Al-Nafisi in the Black Box program, but we will be content with what we have written so far, and stop watching the rest of the episodes to relieve our nerves.

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