‘Pot calling the kettle black’
“THE term ‘justice’ has been pronounced by the supreme leader of ‘The Development and Justice Party’and the President of the Sisterly County of Turkey Mr Al-Tayyip Recep Erdogan,” columnist wrote for daily.
“He pronounced the term while he was addressing the Russian leaders including President Vladimir Putin in response to the latter’s accusation against Turkey of involvement in carrying out genocide against the Armenians during World War I.
“In this context Erdogan recently delivered a significant speech in which he has rationally and scientifically refuted in a clear cut manner all the lies tying Turkey to genocide of the Armenians in 1914.
“Erdogan in his address to Putin said ‘This is our history, so you have to place your history on the table’. It is a positive speech indeed where Erdogan has overtly challenged Russia and refuted the latter’s allegations and of other 22 States in the United Nations who are still adopting this belief.
“In spite of the above, 139 (one hundred thirty nine) United Nations members had turned down to accept this lie and these States have respected themselves. But the strangest thing in this connection is to see the sisterly country of Lebanon supporting the allegations in the belief it will meet the satisfaction of the Armenians in Lebanon, but certainly this is not the right way of achieving its target.
“Speaking of Russia, we would like hereby to tell Russia, that ‘you have to place your history on the table and you have to open the pages of this history’, but the question is: what will we find in this history? We will find a notorious apartheid against the components of Russia and the former Soviet Union and the massacres that were carried out there and the massacres against the Chechens and how the latter suffered from hunger and thirst.
“Not just that, we hereby call for going through the Russian history in order to see how the remains of Chechen Muslims who died in inhuman circumstances were thrown out of a running train and how the families of these victims were not allowed to bury their dead.
“Ask Russia about the police rule. Ask Russia about the drug trafficking and its involvement in trading in contraband throughout the world to obtain hard currency. And ask Russia about its historical crimes as well as about its revengeful tendencies.
“Speaking of France, which currently adopts the same lie is ignoring the legal terms of reference which collects dust in its libraries. Ask France about its history and open the pages of this history. In this context, I would like to say you just only open the ‘page of Algeria’to familiarize yourself with the French practices in that country and go through the racist practices that were practiced by Paris against Algeria.
“France claims that it embraces the humanitarian law, but ask Paris about one million people who were killed by the French army during the Algerian liberation war to free itself from French occupation. Does France, reserve the right to franchise that country (to transform it into a French province)? Does it reserve the right to force the Algerian youth to join the French armed forces to fight other States?
“However, place your history on the table and keep in mind that those whose history is full of grudge, racism and genocide against humanity, reserve no right to criticize the history of civilized nations.”
Also: “The current circumstances have dictated some significant measures to rearrange the esteemed Saudi internal home where we harbor every possible respect and appreciation to this distinguished home and pray to Almighty Allah to bestow prosperity upon the leader of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” columnist
wrote for
daily Sunday.
“As a matter of fact, I harbor trust, love and respect for the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz because he is a wise and efficient captain of a big and strong ship that is capable –God willing – of surmounting all obstructions and impediments by virtue of the solidarity of the Saudi family — the family that is represented by various components have professed their allegiance to their monarch, motivated by their feeling that the current circumstances which the Kingdom is passing through entail cooperation among these components for the sake of bringing the ship to the face shore victorious.
“In this context, we would like to say here that the peoples of the Gulf States in general and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in particular are known for their distinguished relationship – the relationship linking the rulers and the subjects and this proves the fine touch of fraternity looking forward to a new bright future.
“The changes which currently take place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, actually reflect a state of security and stability which this blessed part of the world enjoys under the current circumstance keeping in mind the principle ‘all of us are soldiers for the sake of the homeland and all of us are the sons of the founding monarch King Abdulaziz Bin Abdurrahman Al-Saud — may the Almighty Allah rest his soul in peace.
“All these sons are actually leaders and pioneer figures in the atmosphere of the Two Holly Mosques — they are the Chips of the Old Block who has unified the entire Kingdom under the banner of ‘There is no God but Allah and Muhammad (PBUH) is His Prophet’.”
“I wish to briefly touch some issues by directing three messages to three ministries. The first message is to the Ministry of Health and it is about the Sheikhan Al-Farsi Center which has been rejecting patients suffering from rheumatism who were referred from the primary health centers under its jurisdiction as it is a center specialized in this field”, wrote for daily.
“According to the reception staff, doctors at the center instructed them to do so. I wish the ministry, through its open door policy, instructs the hospitals to open their doors to people who are suffering from problems instead of allowing their secretaries to stand as obstacles between them and directors.
“The second message is to the Ministry of Public Works. Does the ministry understand that Wafra Road 306, which leads to Sabah Al-Ahmad City, is known as the ‘Road of Death’? People have been preparing to shift to their houses in Sabah Al-Ahmad City, but they are scared of the rate of accidents along the road on daily basis.
“The third message is to Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor. I believe that the kind of violations being committed in some cooperative societies is unbearable. The ministry is aware of the administrative and financial violations including bogus employment for the purpose of individual benefits. It is unfortunate that the system of elections, which favors the group that garners the highest number of votes, is the major cause of this atrocity. In most cases, people vote on tribal, sectarian and sectional basis. This problem has become a major crisis, considering that administrative and marketing competencies are absent in the management of the cooperative societies.”
“When the Yemenis were considering the GCC initiative to organize dialogues among the warring factions, the ousted president Saleh and the Houthi gangs emerged with opinions that were apathetic to the initiative”,
wrote for daily. “The GCC initiative guaranteed protection that the ousted president never dreamt of giving the Yemenis if he allowed them to choose the kind of government that pleases them. He quickly allied his forces with the former foes to upturn the agreement. The enemies of yesterday became the associates of today after they joined forces with the Houthis to divide Yemen.
“They were under the impression that they would be left unchecked to entrench corruption in Yemen and breed terrorism to threaten the Arabian Gulf region by plotting against the legitimate government. However, he started wishing he had considered the option of dialogues when the Operation Decisive Storm began. He understood very well that the game was over as soon as the operation started. It was impossible to go back, especially with the war crimes committed by the ousted president and the Houthis who dismissed the GCC initiative that was offered to them.”
“Behind every war that happens there are questions which remain unanswered. Hundreds of studies and reports have been written concerning administrative corruption and bribery in Kuwait — reports coming either from the State Audit Bureau or the Civil Service Commission or academic studies carried out by local or foreign private consultants,” columnist
wrote for
daily. “Just this year, which is not yet half way through, there already are three direct acknowledgements of danger pertaining to the spread of corruption and bribe in public administrations. On Feb 17, a message from the General Secretariat of the Cabinet Council included HH the Prime Minister’s concern regarding bribery and calls for the ministers to fighting this phenomenon.
“On April 25, a statement issued by the Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, the Minister of Justice Yaqoub Al-Sane acknowledged the existence of corruption and favoritism in both ministries; and recently, on April 27, Minister of Communications and State Minister for Municipality Affairs Essa Al-Kandari declared there is corruption in the system that he has been appointed to head.”
“This is where corruption has currently reached; the top officials are disclosing the existence of a moral catas- trophe which is represented by corruption, and of course, there is no sign so far to remedy this phenomenon.
“This means, individual efforts to speak about corruption and expose it will evaporate with the change of individuals because such efforts and commitment are based on individual convictions which are not based on general policies.”
“Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Sabeeh speaking on the sidelines of a development dialogue last week, was crystal clear when she said officials who perform below average will be dismissed,” columnist, Professor at Kuwait University and former MP wrote for daily Wednesday.
“She clarified officials who cannot achieve the target don’t deserve to remain in ther position. She also affirmed the country will not bear any more delays in the implementation of projects.
“This kind of strictness is what is needed in the administrative work from each minister to exercise control on all leading position which require people who work hard and able to achieve the general goals of the country whether on the level of big projects or in daily issues.
“Minister Al-Sabeeh has also clarified that the implementation of the developmental plan hasn’t surpassed 60 percent — a percentage that should not and cannot be accepted in a country where all requirements and qualifications are available and ready to produce and innovate whenever they are given the opportunity but to achieve this strictness must be seen in firm ministerial decisions.
“What we need at this level is honest leaders who are not only firm in their decisions but hard working to raise the implementation level in all fields, and this is what we are looking for, for the improvement of the administrative work.”
“After spending four years at the Ministry of Education through which he tried to make some changes at the ministry, the only thing the late Dr Ahmad Al-Rub’ei, who was known for his strength and smartness, was able to do was to introduce the English language at the elementary level,” columnist wrote for daily.
“After that until today, the position of the minister has become like that of a barber where no one is stable.
“They have changed the curriculums and the educational scales and it led to a mixture of elementary with intermediate schools and the number of tests and exams has increased something that has led to weakening the level of a student.
“Moreover, the teachers have become busier with administrative issues. All these things happened because of the big gap between the ministry and teachers, and each minister who takes the lead is trying to make some changes according to his mood.
“Personally, I had an experience in this field because I was one of the teachers and as an administrator, and at that time there was a big cooperation among the administrative and the teaching staffs that led to the stability of the educational process and success of the students and acceptance of the curriculums and if there was need for change, it happened without much ado after consultations with the concerned parties.”
“Operation Decisive Storm came as a surprise to many friendly nations and allied states the Arab alliance led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia unleashed its aerial fury on the Houthi strongholds in Yemen and gangs of ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh,” columnist Retired-Major General
wrote for daily. “The attack fully paralyzed the military machinery of the Houthis and stopped in the track their advancement. The aerial bombardment forced the Houthis and the Saleh gangs to defend themselves which until now had occupied vast areas of Yemen and forced the legitimate president to flee the country.
“The Operation Decisive Storm also came as a big surprise for the terror currents which were promoting the Iranian expansionist policy which had threatened the Arab states and Arab governments.”
“There is a saying according to the wise men ‘one’s mind is concealed under his tongue’. This saying is very true given the political and social reality and I’m sure this wisdom is one hundred percent true,” columnist
wrote for daily. “How many individuals have fooled us with their wisdom and thinking that they are wise and rational people and when they start to talk their ignorance, stupidity and lack of manners in crystal clear. What concern us, is those who are trying in vain to portray their political maturity.
“Some of the provokers of political absurdity love the art of insulting others and have mastered the art of planting their culture on their followers by wearing the masks of others.”
— Compiled by Zaki Taleb