Home Page - Gulf in the Media
HomePoliticsEconomy                               Set Gulfinthemedia.com as home page
Politics
 Print  Send This Page
Save Listen to this Article
Majority Obeying Minority Orders   

Kuwait Times - 05 September, 2012
Author: Basel Al-Jasser

The majority of the 2009 council, due to their constructive cooperation, has made great achievements for Kuwait and its people, which were never achieved by any council since 1992. But the negative behavior of some of its members made this the worst council in the history of Kuwait. The 2009 council created a four year growth plan, and not since 1986 was a similar plan made. The plan resulted in the start of more than 1300 projects, mega projects and medium size projects, and through that the wheels of growth in the state had begun. Work was started on projects we had to sue to learn about it since the 1980s, such as Sabah Al-Salem University, the Al-Shidadia and Al-Sabiya Bridge, the Mubarak Port, the transit cargo terminal station at the Airport, Jaber Hospital and hundreds of other projects.

This council also was able to issue the first budget in Kuwait since the 1970s that was free from any additional credits, except for salaries, and the 2012/ 2013 budget.

Also, the 2009 council was able to achieve justice, missing since 1963, for two important sectors of Kuwaitis, women and the handicapped, and has achieved for them the largest and most important part of that justice which they were missing. They also gave important support to the government to stop the corruption that has spread in separating employees and treatment abroad. The important thing was that all those achievements of the 2009 council were dumped and nothing left except the problem of those accepting bribes, though the entire council was accused of being a council of bribe takers.

In spite of my repeated three demands at that time for the majority of the 2009 council members to stand up for the ministry, but the majority used to give them the chance to hit back at the government and council until we saw the minority announce openly that they sought to dissolve the council through any means, and we have seen the one who received money, but denied this for months, come back and confess that he received money and described the council and what goes on as a “Silly Play”. This should be stopped, and all this happened while the majority of 2009 remained silent, until the minority got what they wanted and the council was dissolved.

Today, by the grace of Allah, the council has returned but its majority still obeys the demands, even orders, of the minority once again not to attend the council sessions and are not doing the duties which they were entrusted to. The most important of those duties is the approval of the state budget and continue stopping the additional credit, and to stand up for the government’s hesitation to approve an elections system based on a just system of constituencies, which limits voting to one vote, after the state has suffered a lot from the four votes and many other issues which the council should stand for.

The most important of which, corruption, which started to return to many other ministries, until the time of the constitutional court decision or the decision of His Highness the Amir, then you (the 2009 council majority) are receiving salaries and allowances, and it is not right for you to do what the minority did and refuse to do the work. So do not do what they have done and do not listen to them and fear Allah in what your council has achieved and fear Allah in Kuwait and its people. – Al-Anbaa
 
Madinat health centre to open tomorrow
Source : Khaleej Times  
Date : 2013-06-15
Madinat Mohammed bin Zayed Healthcare Centre will start receiving patients tomorrow, according to Ambulatory Healthcare Services (AHS), a part of the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA)....
Anti-poverty activists gather, but Syria dominates G8 talks
Source : Khaleej Times  
Date : 2013-06-15
Thousands of protesters are expected on the streets of Belfast to urge G8 leaders to act on global poverty, although the issue looks likely to be overshadowed by concerns over...
Darfur leader praises Emir's support
Source : Gulf Times  
Date : 2013-06-15
Darfur Regional Authority chairman Dr al-Tijani al-Sisi has highly appreciated HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani's personal follow-up and financial support to advance the Darfur peace process to...
Fire at complex destroys shops
Source : Gulf Times  
Date : 2013-06-15
Three shops were destroyed in a fire that broke out yesterday at a mini shopping complex on D Ring Road, near Al Emadi Hospital....
Archaeologists find shipwrecks off Al Shamal
Source : Gulf Times  
Date : 2013-06-15
In a landmark development for the Qatar National Historic Environment Record (QNHER), several shipwrecks have been discovered by a team of marine archaeologists working off Al Shamal....
Qatar-Philippines meeting set to tackle labour issues
Source : Gulf Times  
Date : 2013-06-15
The Qatar government has invited the Philippines for a joint meeting to discuss various labour issues and concerns, ambassador Crescente Relacion has said....
Kuwait weighs blocking Viber?
Source : Kuwait Times  
Date : 2013-06-15
Kuwait plans to study ways to control use of free calling and instant messaging services provided through smartphone applications, a local daily reported yesterday quoting Ministry of Communication insiders who...
Crackdown begins on Expat licenses
Source : Arab Planing Institute  
Date : 2013-06-15
Kuwait has begun cancelling the driving licenses of foreign students who have graduated and working housewives, tightening already strict rules for expatriates, a daily yesterday cited a top official as...
MoH must inspect all hospitals and clinics
Source : Saudi Gazette  
Date : 2013-06-15
With regard to the report "'Medical error' makes 4-yr-old girl paralytic" (June 14), my five-year-old son was also a victim of the medical error of a doctor in Makkah who...
Yemen a transit point for Kingdom infiltrators
Source : Saudi Gazette  
Date : 2013-06-15
Yemen has reportedly become a transit station for African infiltrators into the Kingdom despite the efforts of Saudi and Yemeni governments to curb their movements....
Support Syrians by all means: Makkah Imam
Source : Saudi Gazette  
Date : 2013-06-15
Sheikh Saud Al-Shuraim, Imam and Khateeb of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, called on the faithful to take a unified and rational position toward the people of Syria who are...
Bid to smuggle narcotics foiled
Source : Saudi Gazette  
Date : 2013-06-15
Traffic police in Dhamad governorate in Jazan region arrested a Yemeni national at the external roundabout of Dhamad. He was accompanied by another man of the same nationality....
Israeli perfidy
Source : Oman Tribune  
Date : 2013-06-15
Peace now has once again exposed Israel’s perfidy. In a statement on Thursday, it said that Israel is going ahead with projects for more than 1,000 new homes in two...
A belated move
Source : The Peninsula  
Date : 2013-06-15
The Obama administration has finally decided to act on Syria. After months of protracted deliberations, the administration said on Thursday it would now arm rebels, having obtained proof the Syrian...
Syrian conflict to throw shadow over G8 summit
Source : Gulf Times  
Date : 2013-06-15
The Syrian conflict is set to dominate the G8 summit in Northern Ireland next week after the US accused the regime of using chemical weapons, while the British hosts are...
Sit less, move more
Source : Saudi Gazette  
Date : 2013-06-15
A recent poll taken in Britain that suggests 25 percent of adults walk for no more than one hour each week shows just how sedentary people have become and how...
A life wasted
Source : Khaleej Times  
Date : 2013-06-15
Jiah Khan's suicide was an incident that is a blot on glitz and glamour of Bollywood....
Boosting the rebellion
Source : Khaleej Times  
Date : 2013-06-15
After reports surfaced about the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime, the global civil society was quick to remind American President Barrack Obama that the red line that...
US needs to engage more in Syria crisis
Source : Gulf Today  
Date : 2013-06-15
The White House has informed Congress that it has decided the Syrian government used chemical weapons during the ongoing civil war, killing 100-150 people, crossing what President Barack Obama had...
SR 44.59 bn paid out to pensioners by PPA
Source : Arab News  
Date : 2013-06-15
The Public Pension Agency (PPA) paid out SR 44.59 billion to pensioners and their beneficiaries last year, 15.5 percent more than in 2011....
Total 592 Results in 30 Pages
  14 
For more news, views and reports about this topic, please subscribe
to GRC website: www.grc.ae
Tue Jun 18, 2013| 09-شعبان-1434هـ
Saudi King: Interference by some countries destabilizes region
Saudi banks to benefit from strong sukuk market growth
Rowhani hopes for new accord with world powers over N-issue
ADPC and Abu Dhabi Customs sign an agreement
Assad says Europe would 'pay price' for arming rebels
Qatar Holding sells back 10pc Porsche stake
Taliban 'set to open office in Doha'
India cuts Iran oil imports by more than 40pc
Under pressure, Ahmadinejad summoned to appear in court
Oman's market to see major IPOs
Bombs, suicide attack kill 12 in Iraq
e-fraud in Saudia among lowest in the world: BMAC
National Media Council's responsibilities redefined
Qatar building 77 new hotels: QDB analysts
Coronavirus spreads: Four more die, three others infected
Etihad Airways inks IMU with Serbia
    Newspaper Editorials
Ethiopia's damnable intransigence
Focus on youth
More>>  
    Opinions
The red lines over Syria have not been crossed
Iran has changed course; now US must do the same
More>>  
    GCC Press Agencies
Day's main stories from the GCC Press Agencies
    Reports
Iraq Ten Years On
More>>  
    Bank Reports
Saudi Arabia: Interest rate outlook, 2013-15
GCC Markets Monthly - May 2013
More>>  
    GRC Analysis
Building a Strong Saudi-Japan Relationship
Poor Gulf: Inequality and the Lack of Statistics
Whither GCC-US Relations?
    GRC Commentary
On Relations between Rulers and Citizens: The Need for a New Social/Political Contract in the GCC States
Key Issue Facing the Saudi Ruling House.
    GRC Book Review
Beyond Regionalism? Regional Cooperation, Regionalism and Regionalization in the Middle East
India, GCC and the Global Energy Regime: Exploring Interdependence and Outlook for Collaboration.
    GRC Press Release
Gulf Research Center press releases to the media
    GRC Publications
The Uneasy Balance: Potential and Challenges of the West's Relations with the Gulf States
Asia-Gulf Economic Relations in the 21st Century: The Local to Global Transformation
Assessment of the Security Situation in Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Syria and the Arab Gulf States
    GRC Newsletters/Bulletins

Enter your email to get the Newsletter
Go
      
Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Terms & Conditions | About Us |
Weather | Qibla Directions | Hijri Date Conversion Tool
Full Page :total time:0  |   43-- 43 Middle Page :0  --   | Right : 43 - 43--en--sess-enreq-en-coming