YOUR Highness, after a long period of corruption, confusion and lack of decision, it is time for Kuwait to reset and regain its immunity.
Therefore, there is a need for a strong and honest government that is capable of taking decisive decisions, and being firm in its procedures which put the interests of the state and its people ahead of self-seeking and partisan demeanor.
The deep state, which has its tentacles in the institutions and authorities, has corrupted everything in the country.
There are neither any projects built on clear foundations nor any decisions taken to solve problems; instead, the pillars of that state have transformed all institutions to serve their interests.
Through parachute appointments, they placed the unworthy in positions that are not theirs. They twisted the hands of those with experience and qualifications, and transformed the departments of all ministries into private companies.
Overseas medical treatment has become a form of tourism paid for with public money, education produces illiterate people, and farms for ensuring food security have become parks. Infrastructure, on which public funds are wasted without supervision or accountability, has become ruined.
Indeed, Kuwait needs an honest government that is keen about its homeland. It should not fear blame from the blamers, or malicious interpellation that is capable of stopping the bleeding of embezzlement in sovereign funds and arms deals, especially after financial scandals have stuffed the noses of the world and not only Kuwaitis on the ground.
The country needs someone to take serious steps regarding the scandals in the military fund, the purchase of the Eurofighter, the Malaysian Fund, COVID-19 tenders and the small and medium enterprises tenders that were overpriced. Millions were paid for standing with a minister or abstaining from voting on a bill.
This country needs a person who will treat all state employees based on one rule, where a teacher’s salary is not less than the salary of any government employee. In the developed countries, a teaching profession is considered as one of the most noble jobs, as it nurtures engineers, doctors, lawyers, nurses and craftsmen. They build generations that are the salt of the homeland. If the practical and educational foundations are corrupted, there is no doubt that the nation will collapse.
What we need is a government that does not hand over its duties to the MPs whose mission is to legislate and supervise, and not rule and blackmail. There is no doubt that this matter is not impossible if there is a will, because although reform does not take place in a day and night, it begins with a decision that does not accept any misinterpretations that would weaken it or undermine it.
Kuwait needs an executive whose actions speak for him. He should not brag about his social status of being either a sheikh or popular personality. He should not be affected by posts on social media, or be afraid of any influencer.
Kuwaitis have the right to be optimistic and dream of a better tomorrow after three decades or more of frustration that produced a crisis that is unprecedented in our modern history and had produced four governments within three years that caused all this havoc.
Therefore, all hopes are aimed at a great decision to begin our journey out of the dark tunnel, through a strong government that is honest and transcendent over all petty issues, and is seeking the salvation of Kuwait and returning it to its previous era of prosperity, progress and advancement.
Is this too much to ask?
By Ahmed Al-Jarallah
Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times
