خطــــــــر التفـــــــــاهــــة

Now, I am not a member in any official party! I actually gave up politics years back because I’m too straight forward to be in a party of any kind.

Not being a member of ta7alof or manbar doesn’t deprive me of the right to express myself. I am, in the end, a citizen and I try to do what I can.
واللي مو عاجبه يشرب البحر

First of all, ta7alof:
Aseel was truly a great success… beyond my initial expectations. Although I did expect her to win in the last two weeks before elections. She really came out of nowhere and nearly brought down Al Sane3! No one can argue that this was nothing less than a phenomenon.

Hard luck 3ayyooosh!

Unfortunately, our society isn’t yet politically mature. People don’t vote because they like the program or what you say, people vote coz they simply… well.. like you (lack of critical thinking as a friend called it)! Fortunately, Aseel had that natural appeal. In addition, she had that extra something. In my opinion, she’s by no means perfect.. no one is. I’m hoping she refines these skills by next elections.

Sale7 too has this natural appeal. Which I think ta7aluf should have taken into consideration when they made their decision. Now there’s a lot of controversy on that issue. One of which is the mechanism and the pre-agreement between both parties. But in my humble opinion, all of this mess could have been addressed better from day one, and I say this despite my personal reservation on Sale7. As I said, no one is perfect.

The fact that this is the first election ta7aluf participated in, and the fact that it’s a young organization, may forgive a lot of the organizational mistakes/messes (although I think you can reduce the learning curve with proper training). But one main deadly mistake is the emphasis this elections put on al ta7aluf as “ta7aluf jibla”. Having no candidates in 4th and 5th constitutes maybe due to lack of resources, still that was a strategic error as I see it. This has naturally alienated any of the wataniyeen in 4th and 5th. I truly hope this is avoided next time, even if it means reducing resources somewhere else.

Side note
I think it is good that the 5 constituates have introduces “Qawa2em”, but people need to learn how to commit to a Qa2ema and not individuals or Qabeela or Mathhab! This is a new concept for Kuwaitis and will take its time. The problem is, when the candidates don’t commit!!!!!!!!!! Ya3ni ham you’re sponsored and your campaign is funded by someone else o you don’t commit??? Ma testi7ee??

Now yal manbar
Where are you guys all these years? Why don’t you show up before elections? We’ll need to see more effort in awareness campaigns and political debates… moo yetla3lena el naibay bel dayra el wa7da during elections and demands marsoom dharoora! Wain ga3deen marsoom dharoora? As if we needed that extra fire to put out!!!

I wish to see more of el manbar as a team if it still exists, not as individual initiatives.

In the end, I just want to say this.

For all of you out there who are quarrelling about who’s right and who’s wrong… please let this go. It will do a lot of harm, and absolutely no good. We’re not kids fighting over a balloon!

We’re citizens facing a real danger with this upcoming parliament!
We’re a country whose women still vote for those who don’t believe in their right to vote!
We’re families who don’t have proper schools for our children or descent hospitals for our sick!
We’re parents who can’t see a future for their kids!

If all of this doesn’t mean a thing to you… then Kuwait has truly lost.
Shape up!