IT doesn’t look like we are in election season because instead of presenting manifestoes, many candidates are trying to undo the damage they caused earlier. They have converted their election headquarters into large washing machines through which they are trying to wash their sins and the stains of shame. In fact, former MPs who are trying to get re-elected have excelled in the use of detergents of all kinds.
Such candidates think they can undo the harm they inflicted on Kuwait by washing off their past through seminars, statements and confessions. But it is too late now as it has been proved that they lack honesty. Moreover, the memory of Kuwaitis is not so weak as to forget the disastrous scenes created by some former MPs.

It is true that Kuwaitis are tolerant, but they are not willing to leave their future and that of their children in the hands of those who did nothing for them. Yes, citizens will no longer tolerate those who claimed to be working for the benefit of the nation, but were in fact trying to fulfilling their personal goals.
When these candidates realized that people were staying away from them, they resorted to another game and tried to atone for their sins. The whole scene is like a black comic play, which gives rise to tears more than laughter.

Those who have tried over the past weeks to whitewash their records in the hope of erasing the tragic scenes from the memory of citizens demonstrate shortsightedness. These former MPs portrayed the country as a den of thieves and corruption, and kept hurling accusations against those who disagreed with them or tried to apply the law. On top of their list was the former prime minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad against whom they directed the worst kind of charges. Now they are retracting because they failed to prove the charges against others, and their slogan of protecting the Constitution turned to be false and empty. These former MPs are ready to deny all what they did to get back to the National Assembly.

The case, however, is not an issue of repentance as their sins cannot be washed away even with acid; it is an issue of what they did against Kuwait and its people. Is their confession enough for us to forget what they did? And what about the people they harmed and who will clear the false accusations leveled against them? Who will pay for the sabotage activities, disruption of development projects and the harm caused to national unity?
Irrespective of what such candidates say in their campaigns, seminars and statements, they cannot wash the stains of crimes they committed. They must also realize that national memory cannot be erased and even if people forget some incidents, the nation and history will not forget.