‘Politicians wake up and keep in mind time is not on your side’
“ANYONE who follows up the political affairs will certainly discover the state of absurdity still persists and putting an end to this phenomenon looks almost impossible, rather it will only aggravate and enhance, and as such the general situation is in a state of turmoil,” columnist Mohammad Al-Ruwaihel wrote for Al-Jarida daily.
“We as citizens wonder ‘Who is right’ the government and its supporters, or the opposition majority bloc, or the
‘defeated’ people, or is there another party?
“We no longer know who is right and what is right. Is it a deliberate act of wrongdoing, or are they just ignorant about what is happening around them or what they are doing? Are their differences overshadowed by their differences of the problems of the homeland and the citizens?
Have they become irresponsible? One thing is for certain; we no longer can either realize or know what are they doing... and why.
“The government has the ability to pass what it wants in collaborations with its allies in the parliament, and as such we wonder why it doesn’t do the right thing to pull us out of the cycle of absurdity to relieve the country and the people?
“A majority of the ‘opposition members’ accuse the government of infringement and violation of the constitution saying it is unable even to question the prime minister or one of his ministers or even pass a law.
“In spite of the above, the government is still committed to its survival and continues to take part in this absurd play while the citizens remain baffled unable to distinguish between ‘who and whom’ and why? Do our politicians realize the danger of this conflict on the future of the country and citizens, and even on the future of the conflicting parties themselves?
“Is this conflict beneficial, or will everyone come out of it ‘a loser’? The strange thing is that the beneficiary of this absurdity is the institution of corruption, so are they an institution or its tools, or have the opponents been exploited to achieve the institution’s goals?
“What is even more strange is that our politicians have everything at their disposal, and they are the ones who run the country and the future of the people, so why this stubbornness when they are in a position to end this conflict? A group wants to ‘get rid’ of the two presidents, and one group wants to do away with the other, and add to this the intolerable absurdity practiced by both parties instead of keeping at hear the interests of the country and its prosperity and the citizen and his well-being.
“What is wrong with you? Why is this stubbornness and animosity? And for whose benefit? Have you forgotten your oath to protect the interests of the homeland and the citizen? Do you not realize the danger of your tampering and mismanagement?
“O politicians, wake up and keep in mind that the time no longer is on your side.”
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“The parliamentary majority is a struggle that indeed requires a compromise,” columnist Dahem Al-Qahtani wrote for Al-Qabas daily.
“We are in the sixth month since the results of the 2020 National Assembly were announced, but the political crisis between the parliamentary majority consisting of opposition MPs and the pro-government deputies including ministers and 17 MPs where both the government ministers and its pro-MPs constitute the majority in National Assembly, still the conflict is steadily escalating.
“The MPs who oppose the government look adamant to accept any compromise to solve the ongoing crisis as long as long as the decision stands to postpone the parliamentary interpellations filed against the Prime Minister. This looks like the tale of a straw that broke the camel’s back. For his part, the prime minister does not agree to take the grilling podium, because he is fully aware the issue will snowball into filing non-cooperation with his government. We know this requires only 25 votes MPs out of 31 opposition votes.
“But the question here is, What about the government’s options? Certainly, the government, can do a lot of things, particularly since we know the government currently enjoys the support of the parliamentary minority along with the votes of ministers and this means that it can garner 33 votes and thus can be in a position to hold a special session to vote on the issue that shall serve its interests and that of the parliamentary minority members when the latter cast their vote in favor of the government during the parliamentary session scheduled for next Thursday.
“For its part the government is currently in a position to end the issue of postponing every interpellation that is likely to be submitted against the prime minister separately in line with the internal and charter of the National Assembly.
“But if that happened, then the government will be ready to confront the Kuwaiti street, because such immunity will practically nullify the parliamentary right and this can be deemed as the most significant aspect of the parliamentary democracy.”
“There is nothing new to mention, we are going from bad to worse, a decline in all fields and levels and replies to queries are always as usual – things are good, God is generous, this is our son, and so on,” columnist Dr Sultan Majed Al-Salem wrote for Al-Jarida daily.
“However, nothing seems to go right. This week two news reports summarized the reality of the situation we are going through and the general decline we are witnessing at the country level. You may ask ‘why is that…’
“The reason is very simple, because we are a nation of quotas and favoritism when it comes to appointments in senior positions. We do not find the right man in the right place. The good man is marginalized and the bad finds favor, and the one who is considered ‘neutral’ finds his usual place, and I do not mean a president, director, or even a sentinel only, but rather even in jobs of technical nature and in all government institutions.
“The first bad news was the exit of Kuwait University from the elite of the world rankings, but rather it took the last place at the level of state universities. That great academic edifice, which graduated hundreds of thousands of people over successive years and from all Arab countries, and people in all parts of the world were proud of it, now the university is building a beautiful, wonderful, distinguished, edifice costing tons of money, but to no avail, so there is no classification academically, there is no good reputation among its peers within the country.
“The second news was the exit of the Kuwait national team from the World Cup qualifiers after a modest showing with Jordan, as if we were expecting the team to enter the tournament and lift the cup and smash all expectations to be written on the FIFA website that Kuwait – the black horse -- won the championship.”
“Most judges and prosecutors are keen on isolation, so that their decisions are not affected by what people say or what is published in social media and other media platforms,” columnist Dr Naji Saoud Al-Zaid wrote for Al-Jarida daily.
“This is a wonderful practice that we are proud of as citizens. We sympathize with the suffering of members of the judiciary in pursuit of justice and equality.
“Now, strict decisions are taken to prevent the media from discussing some big, important and sensitive issues. Such restrictions led to the detailed publication of these issues in foreign media. They are translated, published and circulated easily. Banning the publication of these issues has made it an opportunity for some to distort facts. The ban is no longer a barrier to the spread of information.
“This phenomenon can be avoided by trusting the judiciary and ignoring the social media and other media platforms. All these should be done instead of restricting public opinion by completely preventing the circulation of court cases, especially when we in Kuwait do not use the jury trial system, for which, the law prohibits deliberation on cases outside the court. It also prohibits following news about cases in the audio and visual media platforms.”