It's Official: This is a Joke!

20/05/07 20:23 Filed in: Kuwait
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Contrary to what certain commentators had alluded to in my previous post, my intention was not to actually be in favor of, or take a stand against, Sheikh Ali Al-Sabah. I was trying to portray the need for impartiality given the sensitivity of the issue. And while other commentators affirmed that Ali Al-Sabah was previously put to trail, he was in fact never brought before justice, and only yesterday did he present himself before a commission that investigates a case that was brought against him, at least five years ago.

My post today, is about an important point raised by the Al-Watan newspaper. I understand that Sheikh Ali owns the enterprise, but that does not mean that he has to use it to advertise his innocence, given that he has not been proven innocent-or guilty-YET. In today’s edition, Al-Watan insinuated that in his statement, Sheikh Ali pleaded to the investigators that the case brought against him is political, untrue, and biased. More importantly, Sheikh Ali also provided important insight-whether intended or not-to the durability factor.

The law, after a number of years, if a case is not dealt with, refuses to provide insight into it. In the United States for example, once twenty years have elapsed on a case, a court immediately drops it on grounds of durability. In my previous post, “The Detriment of Innocence,” I noted the importance of dealing with this issue, both swiftly and to ban its recurrence.

Al-Watan’s quote of its owner, has presented us with an important factor: Is the KOTC case still durable? If not, then we need to start dealing with that prior to anything else, MPs: You may need to change a law, before you waist your time. Because if not, THEN THIS ISSUE IS OFFICIALLY A JOKE!

**Side-Note:

Most newspapers, noted yesterday that H.H. the Amir was extremely agitated with remarks made by certain MPs. While one cannot know for sure, it is quite obvious that the incident he was referring to was that of Waleed Al-Osaimi*. I personally agree that such vulgur dialogue is beneath the National Assembly, but I think its President, should be reprimanded for his ill-judgment and inability to control the Assembly’s proceedings as opposed to his continued statements of optimism, which almost always are untrue and do not reflect the reality of the country!

*Thank you to all those who brought it to my attention that his name is Waleed and not Mishari as I originally stated.

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