We have heard Abdullah Al-Tuwairqi twice making suggestions in the Shoura Council. The first time, he volunteered to file a lawsuit against those who criticize and interfere in the Shoura Council’s work. This is a significant request, especially when it comes from a university lecturer who specializes in the media. He also suggested allowing his students into courts to attend the trials of people who criticize the Shoura.
I was among those 10 people who criticized the Shoura Council. When Al-Tuwairqi made his suggestions we immediately went into hiding, fearing his proposals might be adopted.
Al-Tuwairqi made a second suggestion recently when he called for the removal of the health minister because of the large number of medical mistakes in the country. This is something courageous for a Shoura member to do. But, once again, it reminds me of a man who shot and killed his two best friends when they came to visit him at night, thinking they were cattle thieves.
I do not object to his calls for the minister to resign. I call for equality in the way demands are made. We stood in long lines for water until our thirst became unbearable. At that time, we never heard Al-Tuwairqi calling for the resignation of the lowest employee at the water distribution center.
Al-Tuwairqi’s children attend the same schools as mine and study the same curricula, which have not been improved or updated. Once again, we have not heard him calling on officials from the Ministry of Education to resign.
The airport at Rafha, a city in northern Saudi Arabia, was shut down. Other smaller airports are set to follow suit, as our airline fleet declines in number and our population increases. However, I have not heard him mention this problem.
We have suffered immensely from the increase in the prices of commodities and the sale of counterfeit goods. However, I have not heard Al-Tuwairqi commenting on this. He has also failed to comment on the fact that in the last 50 years, the Kingdom, which makes over a trillion dollars a year, has only been able to establish one 300-kilometer railway track.
The minister of health does not know me, nor do I know where his ministry is located. However, I do know that he is the only minister to famously reveal at a press conference details of a bribery case. The minister of health is currently building 30 new hospitals at a cost of SR16 billion. These hospitals are not just on paper, they are being built physically.
What is Al-Tuwairqi’s position regarding these projects and why have we not heard anything about them from him? Is it that he only sees the ministries located between his work and home? This minister of health is the only minister to embark on building two hospitals with a capacity of 600 beds in my city. A quarter of a century ago, this project only existed on paper.
A word of truth: I do not know the minister of health, but wait for four years while these projects are completed.
