‘Proposed center will achieve justice, transparency in appointments’
“AT THE beginning of 2022, the Civil Service Commission proposed the establishment of the Government Training and Selection Center, and its goal is to ensure the improvement of government work and the transparency and fairness of appointments,” columnist Abdullah Al-Abduljader wrote for Al-Anba.
“This center will target public, supervisory and leadership positions, as work will begin in two phases, the first targeting supervisory and leadership positions through several courses such as computers, legal workshops, conflict of interest, tenders, budget preparation, financial disclosure, dealing with the media, combating financial and administrative corruption, corporate governance, and other intensive courses to prepare the employees to occupy a supervisory position, where they will obtain a certificate stating that they passed the courses and are prepared for the job.
“The first stage will begin with the initial training of candidates for leadership positions by the ministers, but the future goal is to prepare the second row of leaders by requesting the authorities to nominate directors of departments to prepare them to occupy leadership positions in the event of their nomination in the future.
“The second stage includes all public office occupants, and the start will be to train those registered in the central employment system to prepare them for required jobs, especially those with a high school diploma or less.
“The center will change the current regular recruitment mechanism, with the aim of achieving the quality of government work and fighting corruption.
“The graduates will register in the central employment system, and after checking their data, they will receive a text message when they will be tested at the Government Training and Examination Center, within their academic specialization. In the event that one fails to pass the test, he will have 3 options: either to retake the test an unlimited number of times, or to work in a job with a lower qualification, or to transfer his data to the Manpower Authority to nominate him to work in the private sector.
“The aforementioned system aims to combat corruption in appointment nominations because one of its objectives is to work to abolish the so-called nomination letters issued by the authorities to some employees to change their candidacies for work, as well as the disappearance of the phenomenon of employment advertisements detailing conditions and qualifications, the abolition of the waiting queue for employment, and the harmonization of education outputs with the labor market.
“The test will also include holders of Bachelor’s degrees, diplomas, and postsecondary courses, while those who are not covered by the tests are graduates of medicine, assistants, education and specialized qualifications such as customs inspection, commercial inspection, etc., as well as graduates of the top 20 accredited universities worldwide.
“Objectives of establishing the center: achieving justice and transparency in appointments; ensuring the quality of government work; qualifying human cadres before entering the labor market; work on building the second and third rows of leaders, develop and facilitate recruitment procedures; discovering the future talents of young people and the digital transformation of the smart government.
“Therefore, we ask the government of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed AlNawaf to pay attention to this proposal in order to achieve its goals for the benefit of the country and the citizens.”
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“From following up on what is happening and from what I have gathered of confirmed information that proves without any doubt that Kuwait is fine and the existing political leadership believes in the inevitability of development and the necessity of reform and is keen on the honesty and accountability and on its reputation and place in history and that there is no return to practices that harassed people and allowed the spread of corruption,” columnist Sami Abdullatif Al-Nissf wrote for Annahar daily
“It is an approach, if practiced by an official throughout history, he will succeed in his work, he will protect his country, and he will write his name in letters of gold.
“What we witness, regardless of the thick fog of rumors and poor information, are things that make you happy. For Kuwait of the past, achievement was close to a miracle despite the number of problems, crises and blockages, the number of disasters and calamities, poor services, the spread of abuses, the visa trade and the appointment of the incompetent people in senior positions in the state that we witnessed. Therefore, the solutions do not require miracles to fall from the sky, but rather a sincere intention to reform and the inevitability of changing the course, which – praise be to God – exists and a package of existing and upcoming decisions that will delight every lover of Kuwait and enrage all those who are hostile to it – inside and abroad.
“Kuwait is still a small country with a small population and abundant wealth. It does not suffer, like some other countries, from a lack of resources, vast areas and overpopulation, or from destructive natural phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes and drought problems.
“Rather, our problems were mostly due to the rejection of the values and thought of reform and development, and the importance of placing competent, honest, intelligent and visionary people in leadership positions, and reaping the bounties of their work, as is the case with brothers in the Gulf, in addition to not using the best minds and local and international experiences to surround officials or pay attention to historical reputation.
“All of these are matters that have become from the past. A bright future has begun to appear on the horizon, so be optimistic.” “The government team has finally been formed ... All Kuwaitis are waiting for the results after years of fatigue, waiting and despair,” columnist Muddafar Abdullah wrote for Al-Jarida daily.
“Kuwait today, more than ever, is in need of social harmony, which has disappeared since the liberation of the country from the brutal Iraqi invasion due to the pervasiveness of corruption, silence about it and its encouragement at times for political reasons.
“Achieving social harmony is one of the conditions of the new government’s approach. Losing it cost Kuwaitis a lot of time and money, and led to spread of revenge, desire to seize money, acquisition of wealth in a provocative manner, and infringement on the prestige of the State through the breach of job honesty and other phenomena that have permeated the chests of Kuwaitis.
“How this harmony is achieved? How can a natural atmosphere be created to serve the country and lift it from despair and frustration? This is achieved by rethinking the following:
1. Dealing with financial wealth as an entry point for the well-being of the country and its residents as a whole.
2. Activating the Constitution and considering it a safe haven for the State and its cohesion, and enforcement of the law on everyone.
3. Redefining public office as a service for all people, and ending the ‘Deputy of Services’.
4. Reviving and activating civil society organizations, and supporting professional media.
5. Presenting tangible projects and stopping the tongues of some of those responsible for media appearances to announce their ‘wishes’.” “Some are trying hard to convince us that one of the pillars of getting rid of the political crisis lies in voting through the civil ID,“columnist Dr Waleed Al-Tanib wrote for Al-Rai daily.
“It is not difficult for the observer of the parliamentary scene in the country to discover the requirements for access to the Parliament and with people’s conviction of these requirements. This made access to the Parliament exclusive for a certain group, with minor breakthroughs for this category of other categories.
“However, the results of the elections proved there had been lack of coordination between those who were appointed to reach the Parliament. The absence of teamwork within the Parliament is one of the most important obstacles that led to loss of time, effort and money.
“The obvious question that we are looking for an answer to is ... Is voting through the civil ID the magic solution that will restore consistency in Parliament? Why was this proposition marketed?
“The electoral system is the basis for democratic countries that strive to develop a legislature which works as a group with a coherent thought. The absence of work as a team with goals has become one of the most important results of our electoral system.
“The one-vote system has been tested more than once and proven ineffective. It is a nucleus for loss of coordination and teamwork.”