Minister with a good cause

Other Voices

By Ahmad Al-Sarraf

MRS Hind Al-Sabeeh is one of the best in the position of Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, in terms of personal strength and dedication to work, and the best example of this is her recent decisions to refer the boards of directors of such a large number of cooperative societies to the Public Prosecution and the Department of Investigations on charges of financial and administrative corruption. This decision cannot be passed without a great deal of respect and appreciation.

A minister of this weight, and this sincerity in the work, cannot accept to be among the staff directly assisting her, or who manage the public affairs, other than people with the same efficiency, especially persons such as Hassan Kazem, Ahmad Mohammad Osman Al-Mousa, and Majed AlSaleh from the Public Authority for Disabled Affairs, and I am sorry for not mentioning the names of the rest because I do not know them in person or their jobs, who need to be praised for their sincerity, from time to time!

On the other hand, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has placed strict controls on the licenses of voluntary teams, which collect donations on behalf of

citizens and searched them to find four used cigarettes stuffed with hashish, “Lyrica” pills and rizla papers for rolling hashish.

Also, two women were arrested in Salmiya area in possession of narcotic substances as well as a used cigarette stuffed with a substance that is suspected to be hashish.

Furthermore, an Indian expatriate was arrested in possession of the charity societies. The reason for this is due to the violation, of course, which these fundraising teams commit year after year, especially what happens during the month of Ramadan, which subsequently happens during every Ramadan, Rajab, Rabea and Shaaban. The sources also revealed that the ministry intends to write off 33 donation collecting teams, because of the irregularities they commit and lack of cooperation, and its refusal to provide any tangible services to the community.

Here we want to whisper, in written words, in the ear of ministry officials that the violations will continue, as long as the officials in these teams share not less than 20 percent of what they collect, and therefore naturally make great efforts to collect big sums of money for their associations, violate the law and ignore all instructions issued by the ministry.

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130 bottles of locally manufactured liquor.

Ahmadi securitymen noticed the suspect driving in the opposite direction of the traffic and chased him. After catching him, they checked his car to find the liquor bottles.

In addition, Ahmadi securitymen, under the supervision of Ahmadi Security Director Abdullah Al Safa, arrested a man in possession

The commissions they get from their positions and the easy access to donations, especially during religious events, deserves all the troubles they might encounter and violations they commit.

Therefore, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has no choice but to prevent charity societies from deducting a percentage of the donations collected by them.

In this regard, the charity societies, when they were allowed to collect donations in cash, used to inform the ministry how much they had collected, for example, 18 million dinars in 2015, but when the ministry blocked cash donations and forced donors to pay through the KNET or bank transfers, donations in the following years more than doubled! This means that more than half of what the charity societies have been collecting, went to unknown banks, and you will have to calculate the money went to these banks for over 40 years!

A final note, we wish Mrs. Hind Al-Sabeeh will not to bow to pressure on the issue of referring the boards of cooperative societies to the Prosecution and will continue in her position.

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of 79 bottles of liquor. They were patrolling Mahboula area when they suspected the man who was standing in a dirt field with several bags next to him. He tried to escape after noticing the patrol team but he was apprehended.

All arrested individuals were referred with the contraband to the concerned authorities for necessary legal action.