‘Kuwait was not, will never be a backyard for any regional power’
‘Mediapersons must not dance to the tune of financiers’
“THERE are some people who insist on forcing us to discuss the policies of the Turkish government and making it the issue of issues, at a time when we should be preoccupied as Kuwaitis with our most important issues, which are of course the policies of the Iranian and Iraqi governments, because these policies surround us and affect us directly,” columnist Dahem Al-Qahtani wrote for Al-Qabas daily.
“Do they want us to consume our energy and get preoccupied with discussing the Turkish government’s decision to support the Libyan reconciliation government against the military leader Khalifa Hafter, and leave the recent Iraqi attempts to blackmail Kuwait in the file of the Kuwaiti maritime borders with Iran, which was revealed by Al-Qabas newspaper?
“Or do they want us to leave the burning issue of the American-Iranian bickering, with which we will go or not, and devote ourselves to discuss the Turkish government’s decision to change the status of a Turkish museum to a mosque, and to discuss the relationship of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the Muslim Brotherhood?
“Kuwait has historically had foreign policy issues that form the basis of foreign relations and certainly not among them the file of relations with Turkish ambitions. Such sub-files are discussed within our regional framework, that is, within the frameworks of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
“This is why when we see a group of eminent Kuwaiti writers, along with another group of Kuwaiti ‘cheering’ writers, and they leave Kuwait’s most important issues with Iraq and Iran, and focus within the Gulf media institutions that harbor them on issues related to industrialization of Turkey or its praise, issues that concern other countries and not matters to us, because we realize that people are not people and that there is something that has upset their minds and their hearts and made them write ‘without guidance’.
“When does the authority from the press body address this recently emerging problem, and it transformed Kuwaiti journalists and writers into mere currency phones that speak as much as they are paid for, and when does the Financial Investigation Unit in the Central Bank move to monitor the inflation of any writer and media linked to foreign media to ensure that it did not get any illegal financing?
“Kuwait was not and will not be a backyard for any regional power. Kuwait, which has long maintained its neutrality with various countries of regional and international conflicts, will not accept that any external or internal party under any justification dare to seek to turn it into the status of another Lebanon.
“As for the distinguished group of writers, and with them the group of ‘cheering’ writers whose money blinded their hearts, we say to them that you are exposed in front of Kuwaiti public opinion, and people see you as you descend from the top to the bottom gendarme for the sake of obsolete money.
“In the meantime, don’t guess that your linguistic and verbal abilities will justify your actions, simply because the fact of the writer will not be elicited from the meanings rather from his constructive objectives, as such you may see a writer of magical manner, but his writings will find no echo among the readers, simply because the public opinion knows his fact and opportunistic objectives.
“Apart from the above, you may see a writer of a limited linguistic ability, but he/ she enjoys a big echo and impact among the readers because he/she if true and known of his/her keenness to consider the higher interests of his/her homeland.
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“After 38 years, the issue of the AlManakh crisis returned to the political, financial and economic scene, which created a rift in the economic situation at the time in 1982 due to the rise of the shares of the ‘AlManakh market’ to a level close to the financial balance of the main stock exchange, Kuwait Al-Manakh market crisis,” columnist Tareq Idris wrote for Al-Anba daily.
“Such being the case, the princes of relevant shares which were sold pursuant to the then forward sale system, were not been settled on time, because the purchasers were not in position to pay the agreed prices to the relevant sellers.
“Consequently, we the Manakh Stock Market rapidly collapsed with all of the dealers and this resulted in the State of Kuwait passing through the so-called ‘Al-Manakh Stock Market crisis and the great slump.
“Today, the country witnesses the socalled the money laundering ‘bourse’ which has subverted the country’s economic situation, particularly since this crisis coincides with some other political, social and accumulated financial issues which are currently threatening the economic situation through another tremendous eruption – God forbid.
“Given the above, we wonder if we are facing a new economic collapse vis-a-vis Kuwait’s economy due to the manipulations carried out by some people in the county’s economic arena similar to what occurred in 1982 at the Al-Manakh Bourse – the crisis that capped all local and regional markets, and this created an economic crisis from which the State of Kuwaiti suffered for a long period.
“Not just that, this crisis spread into the country’s social, security and political curve that resulted in many people -- dealers of the Manakh Bourse to flee from the general scene, and the junior investors were drastically harmed to such an extent the country suffered from a state of slump and entered into the circuit of ‘clearance’.
“Today, one may wonder, if the country will witness the same although we at the moment have ‘The Impartiality Authority’ which is in the act of chasing the corrupt people who were involved in looting the public funds and promoted the financial and the social corruption in the country.
“Not only that, they are still in the circuit of accusation and both the social and the official media are still involved in talking about their news and corruption.
“However, in light of the above, we wonder if we can remain idle as spectators and wait for the day to come or will it be too late?
“Meanwhile, we say some identical historical issues which were witnessed by the people in 1956 lasted up to 1959 represented by the trading in the ‘jetties’ for unorganized lands which were later sold to the people during that time, given the fact such a case seems to be today similar to a state of grand corruption represented recently by selling the ‘earth’ of the State of Kuwait in the form of ‘sand’ bourse where the deal, occurred overtly and before the public.
“Consequently, we hereby call for punishing the corrupt people in order to protect the economy and eventually say overtly that we have to prepare the ship of the national economy.”
“While browsing some sites on the Internet, including Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook, I came across photos and videos that offend our country Kuwait, in terms of hygiene,” Dr Hind Al-Shomar wrote for AlAnba daily.
“Some of the pictures showed cleaners selecting what they needed before throwing the garbage. Some of them selected cartons for sale, while many others did not dispose of the garbage completely, as it landed on another side. In addition to that, construction waste not removed by cleaners are sometimes left in the same place for a long time.
“Who is responsible for waste, whether stones, wood, used furniture e.t.c? In some regions, we may see a lot of garbage containers, and in others there are few, as there are not enough garbage in those areas.
“Also, some garbage containers are without cover. It is known that leaving garbage open for a long time leads to unpleasant odors and accumulation of insects and germs, which is the source of any epidemic. And, do not forget about the masks and gloves dumped on the streets and sidewalks, which may cause an epidemic as well.
“Why not provide enough containers for garbage across the regions and also to cover them? Why is it not supervised by municipal inspectors? I saw in one of the regions, while with a friend, a heap of garbage at the gate of a mosque and contacted them before it was removed. Thank God!
“Is it necessary for everyone to call the Municipality to remove any garbage? Or is that the work and responsibility of its inspectors to go through the areas to observe and ensure cleanliness by removing the garbage everywhere? Everyone must work hard to make our Kuwait clean and to protect our environment from diseases and epidemics.
“Why does the Municipality not provide special containers to collect the used gloves and masks to protect everyone from an outbreak and ensure we do not to leave them on the streets and sidewalks, provided that containers are tightly closed to prevent those entrusted with taking the garbage from selling them to those who do not know that they are used.
“Hygiene is part of faith and includes personal hygiene, cleanliness of the home, and cleanliness of the road. Cleanliness of our homeland is a right for everyone so as to preserve our lives and protect everyone from germs and microbes. We have the right to enjoy fresh air without pollution to achieve Kuwait future 2030”.
“Al-Rajaan Corruption and Insurances... Eurofighter... hospitality expenses... falsification of university degrees... visa trading... Bangladeshi MP... money laundering... entry of 5,000 Pakistanis... entry of a thousand Iraqis... Malaysian sovereign fund... and the list goes on,” columnist Dr Eissa Al-Omairi wrote for Al-Rai daily .
“Some of the ‘heroes’ of this corruption remain in prisons, but there is a larger list of who are still free and waiting to be arrested red handed, and in light of the corruption headlines we mentioned at the beginning of this article.
“Many questions arise, such as where is the role of regulatory agencies in the state, and where are the reports on the volume of deposits which were made abnormally, and has the investigation taken its path to find out the details of what exactly happened?!
“Some observers said about the corruption situation in Kuwait: The country has been from one disaster to another for eight years in the absence of real opposition in the National Assembly.
“Corruption and plundering of the capabilities of the country and citizens are carried out openly during the day, which raise more surprises. Another very important question is how the corrupt managed to carry out such corrupt acts without accountability or oversight, in light of the existence of fictional sums amounting to billions sometimes?!
“It is unreasonable for this matter to go without special support, which contributes to the success of all stages of corruption!”