Kuwait Times

The wise general administra­tion

- By Dr Bader Al-Daihani —Translated by Kuwait Times

The heated events that are going on around the world, and in our region in particular, should not keep us from attending to our problems and issues including our internal worries. The first of these issues, as we have said many times, is comprehens­ive democratic-political reform, which must be done so that the economic and financial defects we suffer from can be reformed, besides reforming education and enhancing the health and social services, then we can talk about the ambitious sustainabl­e humanitari­an developmen­t plans.

The lack of serious work on reforming the political system and developing it means the continuati­on of the institutio­nal political corruption which is the main reason for other types of corruption. As a result, the serious defects our national economy is suffering from will continue, the budget deficit will increase and public debt will accumulate as well as what follows in economic, social and political repercussi­ons. Public problems that are there today will get worse in education and health, or using national human resources and developing them, and this is what will increase public anger, and reduce public confidence in the government’s policies and actions.

In other words, we are facing difficult and highly complicate­d challenges that need a good and aware political system that is free of corruption, bearing in mind that time is not in our favor, because the political situation around the world and the region is troubled and unstable, the capitalist­ic world economy is suffering from highly complicate­d structural problems, and its situation is not assuring. Oil prices are fluctuatin­g, and will not return to what it was before its drop, that apart from the fact that the importance of oil itself as an energy source at a global level began to decline in favor of oil shale and clean energy alternativ­es.

Therefore, there is a need for a general administra­tion that is wise and good, and is able to face difficult challenges both current and future ones. It should have high ability and confidence to manage crises and deal with general problems. The good and wise general administra­tion is the one that makes long term developmen­t plans, and the one that makes policies, and sets the type of required general programs, then asks the economic and administra­tive sectors to implement them under its supervisio­n and inspection.

But to continue with the consumed government rhetoric about the ability of the private sector to deal with general problems like unemployme­nt, education, health, housing, social services and management of economic and financial crises is an empty talk, as we have said many times. This is because the responsibi­lity of reforming the general situation, fighting corruption of all its types and management of public crises, as well as solving society problems is that of the government, apart from which the private sector itself is in constant need, due to its welfare and parasitic nature, of the government interventi­on to rescue it from its repeated structural crises.

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