The State reorganizes its ranks… and the citizen seeks a new beginning ✍️ Dr Alaa Imad Al-Din Al-Badri
Amid the political and administrative movement that the country is experiencing recently, a series of new appointments and dismissals in a number of sensitive government positions highlight the measures that the State may deem necessary to reorganize its institutions according to a vision and estimates that it deems appropriate and with a view to striving to strengthen public performance and achieve the long-awaited reforms.
It is logical for the state to review its executive functions and modernize its administrative structure according to the requirements of the current phase. Indeed, if these changes are carried out in accordance with standards of efficiency and integrity, they are considered a positive indicator of reform of the public works system.
But on the other hand, we must stop at an essential question: can the citizen wait for these new administrations to develop their projects and begin to implement them? The citizen lives today in unusual circumstances. Years of war have left behind much suffering, from loss of security to displacement, displacement and the collapse of basic services. Many citizens, especially in areas that have witnessed conflict, are still today trying to piece together the rest of their lives and seeking a fresh start in light of a difficult and unforgiving economic reality.
These citizens demand the most basic necessities of life that guarantee them the dignity of life and a stable environment through which they can build their future and that of their children. It is unfortunate that the mistakes of the past are being repeated, as the administrative changes required a lot of preparation and planning time without being accompanied by any tangible impact on people’s lives. The citizen who experiences the scourge of high prices and loses hope day after day does not want slogans or speeches, but rather wants actions that respond to them. His daily crises give him some hope.
Here appears the importance of creating an economic emergency committee with exceptional powers and urgent tasks, working to develop short-term solutions that reduce the burdens on citizens and lay the foundation for realistic solutions until the state’s arrangements are finalized and it begins to implement its long-term visions.
We are fully aware that the challenges facing the state are not easy, from security records to international relations to reconstruction, but we also cannot turn a blind eye to the fact that there are bigger challenges in the details of citizens’ daily lives, and that these are challenges that can neither be postponed nor waited for.
Therefore, what is needed today is a careful balance between the steps of administrative reform and rapid response to the demands of the people. Just as the state seeks to consolidate its foundations and reorganize its papers, so too does the citizen seek to start life anew after being exhausted by war, worn out by travel, and having lost much confidence. Change and reform are indisputable issues, but they cannot be seen as an end in themselves, but rather as a means to achieve what is most important: the comfort, stability and confidence of citizens in the strength of the state. At his side, not far from him.
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