Everybody deserves a chance, even the Parliament in Kuwait. Although I think it’s a long journey before Kuwait gets to know what it needs to reach certain requirements to become a democratic country, in every aspect, I do admire their efforts. As Thomas Edison said “I have not failed 1,000 times; I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb.”

Speaking of experiments, all of us remember how impressive it was when Kuwait’s women won parliamentary seats in 2005 when for 50 years, Kuwait’s Parliament was an exclusive male domain. Unfortunately, the experiment was a disappointment because as soon as these ladies took their seats, they forgot that they had created history and the huge responsibility they were supposed to carry forth. Instead, the bulb that was supposed to light the future, dimmed.

In March 2008, another bulb fused out when the Parliament was dissolved by Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. This was followed by yet another failed experiment in 2009 just to name a few.

The interesting experiment was the election that was held in February 2012 when Islamists won the elections. The opposition won 34 of the 50 seats in the National Assembly, with 23 of them going to Sunni Islamists. Liberals won nine seats, while women did not win any. Although this election was won by so-called ‘democratic’ elections, it wasn’t victorious at all.

Since the Islamists took over the Parliament, ridiculous proposals were made; mountains were made of molehills, people felt more stressed and the future looked more bleak. Nothing from the people’s demands were solved; instead it was dissolved like Kuwait Times quoted: “The Cabinet has reviewed steps and procedures needed to be taken for the execution of the mentioned ruling. In relation to its implications on the annulment of the electoral process and the invalidity of its announced winners, along with reinstating of the constitutional authority of the dissolved National Assembly by the power of the Constitution,” according to Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs.

Although that doesn’t seem so democratic, because another election must take place for the people to decide who they want to speak on their behalf, but this is not the Parliament’s candidates’ problem anymore. It’s the Kuwaitis’ problem, if they are able to vote not for tribal, wasta and family reasons but vote for the sake of their country, progress and development.

Now, I think Kuwait has had, let’s say 50 experiments, so they still have 950 experiments before they light the future bulb. So, good luck with that.