The government's announcement about raising gasoline prices at the start of September was considered by several MPs as targeting citizen's pockets. All are with rationalizing, and all back the country in all it wants, but there should be a comprehensive study to implement the policy of lifting subsidies.

What we notice is that squandering continues despite the government's rush to increase gasoline prices, as rewards for outstanding jobs are still being paid to leaders, committees are still functioning and large amounts of money are allocated for them, in addition to vehicle contracts. It was better for the Cabinet to start rationalizing these expenses that burden the state budget, and which made some to cling to their posts for years because of these advantages, for which millions are spent.

MPs are denying any link with the petrol price hike and are threatening the government that if it is put into effect, they will have a stand, but the tragedy is that the new gasoline prices approved by the government came out of one of the National Assembly committees, and informed citizens of its implementation in the coming period. So why attack the government, as long as the decision was "cooked" in the parliament against the people?! Deputies of the nation must wake up and tone down their provocative statements to citizens, because an MP comes out to say if citizens do not have money, we would not see them at the airport every weekend, while another says hiking gasoline prices creates a deterrent for youth to reduce messing around.

The situation now cannot bear statements and playing with emotions and getting in the crowds of tweeters on social media by some MPs and make calls to halt the increase decision. Our government... the people are asking you to be patient with implementing the fuel price hike because it will burden citizens due to their financial commitments, payments and other financial matters. The Cabinet will not protect citizens from price increases with the pretext of the gasoline price hike and the losses it causes, and we should take the example of setting delivery charges and witness the non-commitment of some restaurants to it. The commerce ministry tells everyone that prices will not be raised when gasoline prices go up, while I personally doubt this because these are statements without any study or in touch with reality.

Our government...the Kuwaiti will not oppose anything concerning his homeland and dealing with some subsidies, but the declared prices are exaggerated and need further study, as a mercy towards the people's financial situation, and we all hope that the decision will be postponed and not implemented in the present time, until a compromise is reached.

The proposal to have gasoline coupons for citizens will not solve the problem in my view, rather it will complicate matters further because of the official increases in the prices of commodities because of this hasty decision, and it is required to find a clear mechanism to solve the problem before it's too late.

Deputies of the nation promised and held the government responsible, and we are in need of an urgent government solution. Citizens are waiting for relief, and only a few days are left, then the decision will come into effect, as the case was with the decision to reduce allocations for actual patients and not tourists, who were promised that their allocations will not be affected, but regretfully, the decision was implemented despite its effect on the patient and his companion.

It is hoped that Cabinet members review the decision of raising gasoline prices and restore patients' allocations back to where they were, then begin rationalization. This is from us to officials. - Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Anbaa

By Khalid Al-Arrafah