Plight of the homeland
Other Voices
The government’s request for the resignation of the cleanest, most honorable and best minister to date to take charge of the ministry of Public Works and Housing in the history of the two ministries – with due respect to some of her predecessors – came as a shock to all the people who have a conscience who in their hearts hold a lot of love and devotion to this small and beautiful country, which has now become a den for the corrupt politicians.
“I stand today with my head held high, to face the interrogation of contractors and companies, and I face the deputies of contractors and companies,” said Ms. Jenan Boushehri, at the end of her grilling session. “And I’m proud that I have rejected requests from some MPs to lift the ban on suspended companies.”
Despite all the explicit accusations no one who has signed the request for a vote of confidence against objections to what she said, or even described it as exaggeration, but there was a silence acceptance of what she said.
Her enemies ‘bowed’ to her after they felt the government had let her down and sacrificed her in exchange for protecting the other minister from falling.
Yesterday I tweeted: “I also add my confidence in Minister Jenan because she failed to steal, failed to accept bribes, failed to ask for commissions from major road and housing contractors, and did not learn how to buy cheap consciences by contracting here or hiring a house there.”
In my tweet, I congratulated and blessed all the owners of engineering offices and construction companies to end their situation with the exit of the most honorable and the cleanest minister who took charge of the ministries of Public Works and Housing, with respect to all those who preceded it.
I said: ‘Deported to resign who protected the public money, let those who will come after her enjoy it.’
She resigned after refusing to bow to corrupt companies which want to return to their ways of wreaking havoc in the country. They pushed her to resign so that it will be a lesson to those who come after her, and learn from her experience not to be virtuous or honest.
The history of Kuwait will remember this lady as the most sincere and courageous in defending the interests of the state and public money. Her interrogation will be a watershed, after which the sense of hope that has beset many people with an upcoming reform has vanished.
I also enjoyed personally writing about it, with complete impartiality, highlighting her achievements.
The interrogation was also tinted with a long-standing custom that any incoming Minister of Social Affairs, or otherwise, should focus on pleasing the MPs, see that their transactions are approved and turn a blind to employing their relatives (even if they don’t deserve the job).