The message from demonstrations
Muna Al-Fuzai
The frequent demonstrations happening in Kuwait should not be ignored or put aside as a routine matter. We have been witnessing various demonstrations about the mechanism under which elections were held and now the situation is becoming increasingly tense and prone to violence.
That must not escape a deliberate application of mind. We cannot play around with the safety of the people. The unruly demonstrations cannot be merely seen as some random act by a group of people who want to disturb civilian life, particularly when some people were actually injured.
I am here to declare that I am seriously concerned about the situation in Kuwait and doubt what prompts the silence with which the Kuwaiti government is handling this matter. Surely, such demonstrations are not par for the course. Any government that fails to take into account the safety of the people and ignores their calls for concern could be hurtling towards its own demise. Here in Kuwait, the demonstrations are now taking a new path, a worrying one, unless the Kuwaiti government does something about them.
The results could bode ill for Kuwait, and the modicum of safety that Kuwait is known for will vanish. Should we worry? I guess we should be careful. In fact, it is not advisable for the citizens to stay out for too late or to hang out.
A demonstration may be peaceful to start with but that is no guarantee that it will not end with a clash with the police or that no one will get hurt. We all should be careful about that. So, I do advise my friends to avoid being out late at night if it is not urgent. I want every Kuwaiti to be safe. But sometimes good wishes are not enough and I think it will take some time for things to improve.
I hope the Kuwaiti government will find a way to handle and control the protests against it. Kuwait has passed through a difficult phase in the past, but that was a different scenario. What is happening now must receive our attention because if bloodshed were to happen in Kuwait as a result of such skirmishes, it could lead to civil war.
That is not a joke and Kuwait cannot afford this kind of a chaos. I hope the Kuwaiti media and its writers to step up to the plate and call for an end to these daily demonstrations. They must analyze the root cause. Do not tell me that all this was happening as a protest against a single vote system. I do believe the reasons go deeper and there could be a possible involvement of some bedoons. The law must remain supreme, and I think the fact that laws were not being enforced for many years has encouraged some people to think it was okay to break the laws.
That is why we witnessed some attempts by the protesters to clash with the police and get away with it. Such clashes were happening everywhere and could be expected at any time. Kuwait is still safe but we should be careful. The message from the demonstrations should be read carefully. Ignoring them will not solve the issue.
By Muna Al-Fuzai
muna@kuwaittimes.net
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