‘Transfer of frozen Gulf trillions to our Gulf ... more secure’
“I DO NOT know, why our ‘business tycoons’ insist on investing their money in the West at the expense of their countries. In fact, the guarantee is not a justification for investing abroad, and to confirm this I will list the dangers of investing in the West and America,” columnist Dr Ahmed Al-Enizi wrote for Al-Jarida daily.
“It is obvious that investing in homelands is safer, according to the saying: ‘Your law is not in your country, it is neither for you nor for your son’ especially with the theft of our money by socialist countries and with the Congress’ proposed penal law on countries that are not subject to the OPEC agreement.
“What confirms what we are saying is the ‘American draft law’ called, ‘No to the blocs of oil exporters and its production’ what is known as ‘NOPEC’, as the law stipulates that the countries that control oil prices be punished by ‘OPEC’, and the punishment may be freezing all the assets of these OPEC countries in the West and America, which means that all their investments are under the control of the West and Mama America.
“Do not forget the JASTA (Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act) law which provides for the punishment of Saudi Arabia, as a result of the exposure of the World Trade Center and the American Defense Force, to a terrorist attack – as they claim – in which the Saudi government was accused, and thus its demands for billions of dollars in compensation for the victims, and this is of course a prelude to seizing the frozen Saudi government funds there as well as Gulf investments in the West.
“And it’s not just America. Western leaders have called for the Russian Central Bank’s assets to be frozen in the war with Ukraine, limiting its access to $630 billion in reserves in those countries. Britain, the European Union and the United States have banned their citizens and companies from conducting any financial deals with the Russian Central Bank, the Russian Ministry of Finance or the Russian sovereign wealth fund as well as what was included in the sanctions against Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, and the removal of some of its banks from the SWIFT system – SWIFT, which stands for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, allows banks to relay information about financial transactions to one another – which allows easy transfer of funds between different countries.
“The additional sanctions against Moscow, include delisting Russian banks from the European and British financial system, freezing the assets of all major Russian banks, and passing bills to prevent Moscow-affiliated companies from obtaining funds from British markets, which means freezing Russian funds.
“Sanctions do not stop at Russian companies, but rather reach individuals with capital – collaborating with Moscow – frozen in the West and America, headed by President Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, whose assets have been frozen in America, Canada, Britain and the European Union, and this clearly shows that the West and America can steal the money of all companies and individuals by enacting arbitrary US laws, violating international law and international courts.
“After all these proofs, which is better to invest in our countries or in the West, which can suck up and swallow with an unjust law, according to what the stage requires and by various methods?
“We can present a lot of proofs of the West’s theft of the assets, but we will jump to the heart of the matter out of respect for the reader’s time because it is not our main topic, as what matters to us in this regard is that all our merchants transfer their foreign investments and assets to their region or their Gulf countries to strengthen its economy by transferring technological science and knowledge.
“As a conclusion of what we have said above, we can be certain by saying that the transfer of frozen Gulf trillions, or invested abroad, to our Gulf will be more secure, and that investments in our Gulf are more efficient and beneficial, at the very least, they will benefit our economy and will open jobs for citizens when they are invested in oil and gas companies, petrochemicals, aluminum, renewable energy, medical industries, agriculture as food security, and others.”
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“Our homeland, Kuwait, needs us to be faithful to the nation, defend it against the greed of every envious person who hates us for the good that we enjoy thanks to the security and peace it enjoys, away from the strife that have decimated many societies, harmed public interests, and ultimately led to the weakness of those states and its ability to keep pace with development,” columnist Dr Mohammed Khaled Al-Azmi wrote for Al-Rai daily.
“From this point of view, whoever is satisfied with himself, survives of stolen money and manages through forgery to obtain the Kuwaiti citizenship, which is not his right, is a person who does not deserve to be among us, not only because he is a forger, but because his loyalty is not to this country, and this certainly has a negative effect on the development of the State of Kuwait.
“How, gentlemen, is it possible for a person who is deceived by his belonging to a family or tribe, because he is not one of them, and who has obtained citizenship through that, to be loyal to this country?
“The strange thing is how the state authorities do not identify people who came from several countries, and were able to obtain citizenship? I say activate the DNA testing to protect our dear homeland.
“There are issues related to those who are the cause of this corruption, and they are not originally Kuwaitis, as we are all village children and “everyone knows his brother.” For the sake of the interest of our beloved country, this corruption must stop, and there should be more monitoring bodies, in order to follow up and submit periodic reports on an ongoing basis.
“In conclusion, may God protect Kuwait, its Amir and its people from all harm.”
“May God help the anti-narcotics men of the Ministry of Interior in facing the flood of toxins targeting Kuwait with the aim of drowning our youths in a sea of wandering, addiction and loss,” columnist Abdulrahman Al-Awad wrote for Al-Sabah daily.
“Now, we wake up every day to news or a series of news about the arrest of the promoters of this deadly scourge, the latest of which - and it will certainly not be the last - was about the referral of three drug dealers to the Public Prosecution after completing investigations with them and determining how to record the drugs found in their possession. Attached to the referral report were data on the quantity of drugs — 10,000 Lyrica pills and seven kilograms of Lyrica powder.
“It was reported that the main suspect handed over 1,000 Lyrica pills to the head of investigations. These pills were confiscated as soon as the prosecution was informed about the quantity. The suspect confessed that he instructed his two partners to trade in narcotics and that he hid the drugs in a livestock pen in Kabad.
“I want to add some details about this particular news to demonstrate the extreme danger we have reached in terms of the large quantities of drugs whose dealers are trying to promote, as well as the new types that we have not heard of before like the Lyrica pills and powder. This is in addition to the exploitation of remote desert areas to hide their ‘goods’. Hence, it is imperative that all of us are at the highest level of vigilance and awareness.”