‘Dissolving ’20 Assembly and calling for re-elections among major steps’
“LAWYERS, politicians, and the general public elaborated extensively on the shortcomings of the annulment of the National Assembly, and the critics singled out the recent ruling of the Constitutional Court for legal and objective criticism, citing reasons given by the Constitutional Court for doing away with the last National Assembly,” columnist Dr Muhammed Hussein Al-Dalal wrote for Al-Qabas daily.
“I find that with my appreciation for the judicial authority and its men, I agree with many of the legal criticism, especially what was reported by Professor of Law, Dr. Anwar Ahmed AlFuzea, regarding what the Constitutional Court concluded by annulling the 2022 Parliament and reinstating the previous National Assembly, which was dissolved in a constitutional and legal way.
“Within the past ten years, three parliamentary councils were nullified by a judicial ruling in 2012, 2013 and 2023, and during the same past ten years the National Assembly was dissolved twice, once in 2016 and the other in 2022, and the follower of those events finds that parliamentary life neither stable nor fruitful, with the exception of the case of the National Assembly in November of 2016, which began its journey after the dissolution of the previous parliament, and its session continued until its end, and the instability in parliamentary life was followed by the formation of many governments, short in terms of their tenure, and incapable in their performance, and that represented a collapse and failure for the governmental and parliamentary march.
“And because of the executive authority’s repetition of its mistakes in the solution, the will of the nation was wasted on several occasions, and that situation also drained a lot of the loss of official and popular efforts and funds, and the matter resulted in perpetuating a mental image that witnessed a reality of the failure of the performance of the constitutional authorities in imposing and continuing political stability and achieving development.
“The major problem facing the state and Kuwaiti society is the repetition of the same mistakes in the performance of the constitutional authorities without a wise and objective treatment or response.
“On the mistake, and the repetition of the mistakes of dissolution and annulment and the obstruction of the parliamentary and governmental process would make the executive authority the first and last culprit in the serious political decline and regression that has taken place.
“International writer Paulo Coelho says, “When a mistake is repeated, it will not become a mistake after that. A decision and a choice.
“Kuwait, given the state of affairs, needs a serious pause in accordance with the constitution and the law to restore matters to their proper place. It is shameful to repeat the same political, legal and administrative mistakes or even to fall into the trap again and again, and it is disgraceful that the constitutional authorities magnify the state of frustration and despair of the political situation among members of society because of its poor performance.
“It is incumbent on everyone to make the cause by shaking off the garment of incapacity or despair and frustration, and to roll up by adopting urgent and other strategic steps to correct that path.
“Among the urgent steps and proposals that would address the state of political chaos in the current reality is to call for the dissolution of the National Assembly of 2020 and call for parliamentary elections as soon as possible.
“On the other hand, it is required that the legislative and executive authorities adopt proposals for amending the Constitutional Court law, which was submitted by a number of MPs over the past years, by presenting the decree dissolving the National Assembly and the decree calling for elections to the Constitutional Court before the elections are held to decide on it.
“This is to ensure that parliamentary assemblies are not nullified in the future, and among the serious steps required to confirm their credibility is for the executive authority to form a serious and impartial investigation committee to examine the reasons for its mistakes of dissolving the nation’s councils, and not taking into account the constitutional and legal considerations, as well as holding accountable all those who contributed to the occurrence of these mistakes.
“On the other hand, experiences have shown that the Council of Ministers suffers from a clear weakness in the formation methodology, a clear mismanagement, and an absence of imposed cooperation with the National Assembly.
“Therefore, the Cabinet needs to reconsider its governance direction and adopt serious institutional development to be more effective and accomplished in performance, and the institution of the National Assembly also suffers from a significant weakness in its parliamentary performance for reasons stemming from that electoral system, and deficiencies in its systems and work mechanisms stipulated in the internal regulations of the National Assembly, and this has contributed to the loss of parliament’s priorities, the absence of parliamentary coordination, and the deficit in achieving cooperation with the government.
“Moreover, reform must include all of the above, diseases and ailments that must be addressed sooner rather than later. And before all of the above, it is urgently required for the executive authority to take a step towards the people by extending a hand of cooperation and serious understanding with political and social currents and elites to create a joint road map for current and future political and administrative reform.
“In light of the circumstances surrounding the annulment of the last National Assembly, we should warn and advise that it is not from our morals or values to gloat, mock or ridicule deputies or ministers whose duties ended due to the Constitutional Court ruling annulling the National Assembly, and that does not mean criticizing their previous performance in the National Assembly or the government objectively.
“Rather, it is wise and fair to praise the positives of it, for these are our people, and it is a duty of all of us to respect them.
“In conclusion, we congratulate the nation of Islam, His Highness the Amir and His Highness the Crown Prince, may God protect them, and the general Kuwaiti people and residents on the occasion of the blessed month of Ramadan, asking God to protect Kuwait and its people and residents, and to bless us with security, stability and prosperity, and to accept from us and everyone the fasting days of Ramadan and supplication.”
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“A letter of thanks to the First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Acting Minister of Defense Sheikh Talal Al-Khalid for his blessed efforts in combating drugs and raiding their hideouts and his clear quest with rock solid determination to erase even the memory of those who try to tamper with the security of the homeland by promoting these poisons that are forbidden by all divine laws,”columnist Waleed Mohammed Al-Rabiah wrote for Al-Anba daily.
“The Holy Qur’an sanctified it in many of its verses. It has become known that the totality of the malicious goals of the promoters of these abominations is intended only to achieve the goals of the enemies of the nation by destroying our youth and disabling their energies, which will determine the fate of our dear homeland, Kuwait.
“The brave fight has a great impact in revealing the plans of many criminals lurking in Kuwait and who seek to drown the country in the swamp of putrid drugs and the destruction of young people by pushing them into the well of addiction, not for the individual alone, but for the individual, the family and society.
“His Excellency the Minister is supportive so that all his efforts are crowned with success, and we strive to play our awareness and guidance role, praise be to God, for more than forty years.
“We seek through our community projects carried out by our associations, whether the Department of Community Development, the Department of Awareness and Guidance, the Department of Women’s Activity, and the Department of Public Relations and Media, which we support via activities, lectures, and exhibitions for all segments of society in schools, development centers, hospitals, and health centers to spread health awareness and warn against drugs of all kinds and forms.
“Walk with God’s blessing, and we are with you. Do not take pity or mercy on these criminals, because the security of Kuwait is the red line that does not tolerate or be complacent with anyone who begged himself to approach him when it comedy to preserving security in our dear country Kuwait.
“We pray to God to protect Kuwait under the banner of His Highness the Amir of the country, may God protect and preserve him, and his faithful Crown Prince, may God protect and preserve him, and our wise government, for God is the Best Guardian and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.”
“From time to time, many are asking about the results of our efforts in asking charitable organizations and committees to disclose the commission they take from zakat and alms money — sometimes used in banks that have nothing to do with charitable work,”columnist Bader Al-Bahr wrote for AlQabas daily.
“At the outset, it must be emphasized that our efforts, in cooperation with the supporters of all directions, are for the benefit of charitable work that spanned about a century.
“As we indicated in our article on April 9 last year entitled, ‘Charity Societies Lie,’ charity work must be more transparent, so it is not exploited by the barracks of partisan and political work in some charitable societies, starting with the need to announce the percentage they take as expenses under the ‘workers’ item. Nevertheless, the charities insist on concealing this fact, making the people more apprehensive and suspicious. Most of them practice a certain kind of lying and negligence.
“Without a doubt, everyone is following the issue that plunged the citizen’s tranquility into frustration, until he became distrustful of the democratic and constitutional system as a whole. The strange thing is that when we hold the government responsible for what is happening, we find it living in the same state of frustration, until many people became delirious. We do not know who takes the government decision, which explains the reason for our delay in addressing the shortcomings of charitable work.
“With regard to efforts to correct the course through the articles that were published and efforts that were followed up, a petition entitled, ‘For More Transparency in Charitable Work,’ was submitted to the Ministry of Social Affairs on July 10, 2020, which included 550 signatures. It called for restructuring of charitable work.”