THE new episode of the election series is here.

However, we are emotionally and physically bored this time after the numerous promises given by the parliamentary aspirants. It already appears to be a failing venture, similar to the previous elections, the one before that, and the one before that… in fact the elections of the past three decades.

Since 1963, nothing has changed. Development has not proceeded according to the citizens’ aspirations. Even the laws have not been amended to satisfy people’s aspirations. In addition, the successive governments have not been at the level of ambition; in fact, in many cases it has turned into a generator of corruption.

On the other hand, successive parliaments are not better than the governments, as they followed the same path of prioritizing personal interests over the interest of the nation, which entrusted some individuals whom it considered trustworthy to represent it.

Nonetheless, these parliaments were disappointing, as their members worked contrary to what they preached.

Among the signs that emerged from the circle of candidates, there is no promise of a radical change that would lead the country out of the furnace of conflicts, bickering and maliciousness.

Rather, most of what we will see after June 6 are the same slogans, and the continuation of spinning in a vicious circle of conflict between the government and the National Assembly, from which we will all come out with one result - “effort applied, zero.”

It is firmly established in people’s minds that the next National Assembly will neither change the reality of development, nor work to solve the housing problem, nor seek to open the country to investors.

This is due to the fact that the one who does not possess something cannot give.

The former MPs who are currently nominated did not provide anything to suggest that during the past years. Also, the government does not intend to change its behavior in this regard, and work with the slogan “Simplicity is the best policy.”

The matter is in the hands of the stakeholders who were granted full powers by the Constitution to take fateful decisions to end what the country suffers from, and act in the same way as neighboring countries, which did not wait for anyone to launch the wheel of development, and were not dominated by the “citizen and expatriate” complexity, which has become a phobia in Kuwait.

Rather, it sought the help of all the minds and people of experience, irrespective of whether they wore French suits, spoke a language other than Arabic, did not master the local dialects, or were people of national aspiration, who did not work for the benefit of any team, because they wanted to invest in minds, not in deceit and “dishdashas.”

Look at the advisory board of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, and whose help the ruler of the emirate Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid had sought in recent appointments. Are there not some Kuwaitis, Arabs and foreigners among them?

This is because the goal is development and advancement of the country, and not nepotism, the inferiority complex of the dominant “newcomer” in Kuwait, the heresy of Kuwaitization that fueled the fire of corruption and made everyone who came and went to issue fatwas according to his whim in public affairs, and the racism that made us lag behind in development.

There is no doubt that Kuwait has the capabilities and human energies that can work with national honesty for the sake of reform. However, that does not mean that the country will be closed, as we do not live in this world alone. We will not be able to launch projects without the help of others.

That is why it has become necessary to work to get the country out of its crisis through decisions that are in the interest of its future and its advancement.

This is what the people expect from the leadership. Because relying on parliaments that only seek the interests of the parliamentarians, and governments that are afraid of their own voices, will only lead to more destruction.

By Ahmed Al-Jarallah

Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times