Call To Naturalize Deserving Bedoun
‘End Long-Term Suffering’
Arab Times, 2 September 2013: KUWAIT CITY, Sept 1: MP Talal Al-Jalal is
calling for government to expedite procedures to resolve the Bedoun issue, in
order to end their suffering. He said the category has been neglected for a
long period, even though government admits that 34,000 of them deserve
naturalization. In a press statement, Al- Jalal implored government to approve
the naturalization files of Bedoun military personnel and the sons of martyrs,
employees in oil sector who fulfill all necessary conditions and those included
in the census of 1965. “My colleagues and I during the next parliamentary
session will endeavor to vote for activation of law to grant some 4,000 Bedouns
the citizenship.
He added the category is also part of
Kuwaiti society who made great sacrifice for the country. He is surprised that
government keeps neglecting and suspending their issue. (DG: So are the rest of us!!!) He called for those who
don’t deserve the citizenship to be given all necessary social services, so as
to live like humans-as stated in the Constitution.
The lawmaker blames government for
neglecting the Bedoun issue, stressing the situation went out of hand and
became difficult to solve. He pointed to the process of recruiting Bedoun in
governmental agencies and said they are prevented from taking jobs to obtain
their full rights, adding that recent rumors saying Bedouns have all necessary
facilities are false. Al-Jalal stressed the solution to Bedoun issue depends on
application of law and not their eligibility for naturalization, adding the law
guarantees their right for citizenship so government only needs to apply law
“as we can not accept their current situation”.
1 comment:
My family is part of this on going battle. We finally settled in the US and now American citizens. I wonder if this would apply to us? Oh well...
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