O leadership … Eloquence of speech does not satiate the people’s hunger
PEOPLE learn from their mistakes and work on not repeating them. However, it seems that stubbornness in Kuwait distances this principle from the minds of those involved in politics. That is why we have been living in a tense atmosphere for nearly forty years.
Political behavior has not changed, and those concerned have not benefited from democracy as a framework for listening to others, irrespective of whether their opinion is right or wrong. In fact, we praise it but do not implement it properly.
We are not the only ones in the world with constitutional institutions, and we are not the ones who invented this type of system. Rather, Kuwait was the last to act upon it, using the experiences of nations that are larger and more popular than us, and eventually yielded to the correct one.
Whenever I realize my errors, I deal with their causes so that they would not be repeated; unfortunately, that is what the politicians in Kuwait insist on.
Today we are facing a complex problem. The government, which demanded the dissolution of the parliament by the ruling of the Constitutional Court, is the same in terms of content, despite the change of some of its personalities. It is also the one that was unable to keep up with the abolished parliament. In fact, it believed that it fulfills the aspirations of the people and their will.
On the other hand, the parliament was also not in a better condition, either the dissolved one or the one that has been reinstated.
The region and the world are living in a difficult situation in all respects, particularly in the economy, as well as in the geography that changes in relation to the changes arising from the impact of the European-American conflict on one hand, and Russia on the other. Also, the COVID-19 pandemic also caused great economic consequences, including today’s financial crisis, which began with the collapse of American and Western banks.
There is no one who says - “Enough is enough!”
What the country is going through requires, at the very least, a little awareness of the risks and work to eliminate such risks, and alleviate the suffering of its people, who not only have mistrust in democracy, but also in the state, because they no longer have any conviction in officials and political behavior.
When development falters, or when sovereign assets become subject to looting, or when there is no industry or infrastructure projects, or when international events threaten sovereign funds, then claiming that we are doing well - something that the beneficiaries of the prevailing situation praise - has no meaning, because they have been milking the state for years.
That is why they exert their efforts to convince the people so that they continue to reconcile, appoint their friends and associates in the institutions, and dominate the capabilities of the state.
The situation that Kuwait suffers from, in light of this political uproar, is not only comical to the people of the region, but rather offensive to the Kuwaitis themselves who look at the neighboring countries and see what they have become, and then bemoan their country. ahmedaljarallah@gmail.com
It is only natural that when values and the national diet collapse and corruption becomes a point of view, all of this, or even more, take place because there is no minister or official who realizes that the task entrusted to him is not an honor, but rather a public service based on preserving the capabilities of the people. In addition, there is no MP who works with a national conscience. They are all keen to serve the tribe, sect, party or region, which in itself is a form of national treason.
Indeed, there must be a firm decision in which there is no favoritism for anyone, works to revive development, and preserve national gains and sovereign wealth, because eloquence does not rid of people’s hunger.