Perhaps the long holidays were perfect occasion for those in charge to reflect on our unfortunate situation

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THE resigned Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali was right when he said, “Democracy is supposed to construct, not demolish. If it does not help us, there is no use of it.”
This is the conclusion that any sane person can come up with after the bitter experience that Kuwait was forced to go through because of the wrong calculations by people who are supposed to take up the national responsibility of managing public affairs, both executive and legislative, but have not been up to the level of that responsibility and had thus navigated the country into a dark tunnel due to petty disputes that they ignite in order to distract attention away from them.

They are like a crow which tried to walk like a pigeon but failed not only in that, but also resorting to its natural walk. This is because they made democracy a key to the doors of corruption, instead of the noble goal on which it is based, which is to serve the people through a rational administration for the people that they choose of their own free choice.
However, it seems that this democracy, which was described to us in the late 1950s as our gateway to join the United Nations on the basis that we have a state of institutions and a constitution, was not a good recipe.

I am well aware that many enthusiasts of this kind of government will criticize this view. However, we have to think calmly and ponder about whether what is happening today in Kuwait has anything to do with good democracy.
Is it stirring up tribal and sectarian strife whereby an authority’s pursuit of domination over other authorities is based on a correct constitutional principle? Or is it a natural result of tribal and sectarian fanaticism that does not affect Kuwait alone, but rather the Arab world from all its corners, the experiences of which have proven to be unfit to rule this kind of system?

Aren’t the civil wars witnessed in some Arab countries a natural result of a misunderstanding of the meaning of the people’s rule for the people? Does the cracking of constitutional institutions in Kuwait have anything to do with democracy?

By Ahmed Al-Jarallah
Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times

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It is true that the beginnings were good, despite the crises that the country went through before the Iraqi invasion, the 31st anniversary of the country’s liberation from which is what we celebrate these days, except that there was a minimum portion of treatment in place at the time, which is in line with the popular saying – “Prepare the medicine before the outbreak” – that is, if you expect to hit your head, you have to prepare the medicine.
This is what happened in the crises in 1964, 1967, and in the 1970s, as well as in 1986 when the National Council was established in preparation for working on developing the constitution for more freedoms, but all this changed after the Iraqi invasion.
Unfortunately, for the past three decades, the state has been suffering from a crisis in the relationship between the National Assembly and the government. Its work and institutions have been disrupted for several periods due to the disputes over quotas, and not for the sake of further protecting Kuwait and its people.
The looting of public wealth continues as a result of the parliamentary and ministerial practices, which are childish to say the least, especially in light of the last four governments with a level of weakness that was never witnessed in any of the previous governments.
This is due to the fact that those who hold executive positions are not at the required level of competence. The MPs whom the people choose to represent them have failed in their duties. They instead exploit their positions for self interests, especially after voices began to rise about some MPs being dual nationals.
The same narration you keep hearing in every diwaniya and gathering is – It is time for the government to be dismissed, and the National Assembly to be suspended for a few years until matters are restructured.
It is unreasonable, under the current sensitive international and regional circumstances, for the fiddlers in the two authorities to continue enjoying the luxury of arguing while the world is burning around us.
Today, after celebrating the 61st anniversary of the National Day, we pray to the Almighty that the long period of holidays that we had was a suitable time for those in charge of the country and the affairs of its people to reflect on the weakness of the government and the presence of a national assembly that loves absurdity, and work to get the country out of this whirlpool.

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