ISSUES do not stagnate like commodities, but they turn with time into a crisis that cannot be resolved. They continue to disturb countries, and people become easy prey for anyone who trade in their affairs.

Unfortunately, this is what our governments failed to realize because they were originally built on an unsound basis, considering the executive authority to be “know it all”, and anything other than that are statements that people should not take into account.

This theory is wrong and leads to destruction. If the behavior of the current government does not change, it will be like its predecessors, and will end up clashing with the greedy legislative authority to swallow everything, because the interests of the parliamentarians overshadow other aspects.

Therefore, in order for the government not to lose the people, it must carefully consider their demands, examine the causes of the crises, and uproot them from their roots.

The first of these files is the Bedoun issue. The number of Bedoun residents did not exceed ten thousand in the past but they have become about 120 thousand today. After five or ten years, they will become 200 thousand.

Unfortunately, the state has never benefited from them, because some people see with a blunt eye and approach matters contrary to logic.

In some countries, citizenship is granted to those who buy real estate. Some others grant it because of their small population, as is the case in Germany, which brings in labor from other countries around the world, grants them full rights, and works to integrate them into society,

So here we ask - Why is it that a Kuwaiti woman who is married to a non-Kuwaiti does not qualify to grant her children nationality, especially if her husband is dead or has gone to his country? They should at least be given a “full-fat” passport so that they can find livelihood elsewhere. Retaining the situation as it is only means one thing, which is to increase resentment, generate crises, and put pressure on these people until they become resentful.

Some time ago, we said that there is no problem without a solution, and that the intelligent must realize the losses in order to avoid them. However, it seems there are no ears to listen.

There is also the issue of loans, which the deep state seems to be seeking to exaggerate, as well as the file of undetermined nationalities and investment in them.

While all Gulf countries have resolved the debt crisis of their peoples, Kuwait continues to stand still. In fact, it increases the complexity of the problem, although the solution is easy, as the government can drop interest rates, reschedule the debt, or use zakat funds to pay off debtors, especially for those who are in prisons as a result of their inability to pay back. There are international companies that buy debts, and deal with them in their own way, with the guarantee of the state.

The other issue is the prisoners of conscience and the convicts who fled the country because of their posts on Twitter. Because of some words, they were sentenced to 10 or 20 years, some even 60 years, in prison. Such harsh sentences remain a stain on the forehead of Kuwait, the country of tolerance.

Why not issue a general amnesty for them and amend the cybercrime law in order to end this crisis that has been ongoing for years?

If the government has the desire, it can solve these problems through decisions that are implemented instead of being ink on paper for smokescreen.

However, if it wants to exacerbate the problems and complicate the outstanding issues, then it will not do anything, and Kuwait will remain stagnant until the time comes.

By Ahmed Al-Jarallah

Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times