The attitudes of the majority – if not all – of the so-called ‘opposition’ are not only strange but also frightening for the future of this country and its children.

* These people will return to their roots from where they began with the first disagreement over sharing the cake when they succeed in getting rid of either or both of the two presidents.

* Kuwait, since its founding, is a civil state and this is enshrined in the Constitution of Abdullah Al-Salem, which if he looks back at the faces of the so-called opposition, he would have returned sad to his grave.

* I issue a call to stick to President Marzouq Al-Ghanim, not for his person but for what he represents in the continuity of the state’s civility. Today, he is the only wall of defense and his loss means a return to the nightmare.

Because of the state of doubt about what is written, I find it necessary to clarify that I have no personal or material relationship with Mr. Marzouq Al-Ghanim and I do not remember having met him. Thus what I will write here is my conviction.

I contemplate MP Obaid Al-Wasmi, who is leading the National Assembly from the Speaker’s seat, after the last session was adjourned due to the government’s absence from the session.

I imagined the scenario that would be the situation if the coup succeeded and Speaker Marzouk was removed from his position, and MP Obaid Al-Wasmi or any MP becomes the Speaker of the National Assembly, and this is of course a legitimate ambition as the seat is not anyone’s monopoly of one class without the other... BUT!

Unlike all Arab and Muslim countries, Kuwait still represents the only country which is warming to or remains reassuring to religious extremist movements. The strength and activity of the two movements – tribal and sectarian– is also increasing, with the increase in the frequency of polarization and the continued absence of government resolution.

By observing the course of events, and the cat-and-mouse game between the government and some MPs, I found that there are disagreements on both sides, and I also found that the orientations of the majority – if not all – of those who are called ‘the opposition’ are strange, sometimes even frightening, for the future of this country and its children.

Despite some doubt about the government’s intentions, and a lot of conviction about its almost complete inability to carry out radical reforms that have nothing to do with the National Assembly, and the weakness of the government team, it is almost impossible to accept the demands of the so-called opposition or to be convinced of all their positions on the civil state, either their sectarian or tribal tendencies. All of them will return to their roots from where they came with the first disagreement of how to share the slice of the cake when and if they succeed in getting rid of either or both of the two presidents!

Therefore, I call for sticking to President Marzouq Al-Ghanim, not for his person, but for what he represents in the continuity of the “civil state.” Today, he is perhaps the only defense wall against the incursion of sectarian and tribal extremism and even the mob mentality.

There is no doubt that there are those who have the same capabilities as the Speaker or even better than him, but today he is in the forefront and his loss or removal from the presidency automatically means we have reached the last stage of the erosion of the state’s civility and a return to the nightmare represented by the image I referred to at the beginning of the article.

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By Ahmad alsarraf