Khaberni - In one of the most impactful moments of the 2026 budget discussion session, Captain Zuhair Mohammed Al-Khashman, the leader of the Union of Centrist and National Islamic Parties, presented a humanitarian intervention that touched the hearts of the deputies before their files, and the citizens, when he conveyed the pulse of the citizen beyond the language of numbers and graphs.
Al-Khashman:
"The citizen doesn't ask about the deficit nor the GDP… he asks: Why does my son have to walk 3 kilometers to school? And why does a patient have to travel 90 kilometers to find a hospital?"
And he presented an example from Al-Halabat, where children have to walk three kilometers in cold and heat to reach another school, because their original school is located on lands mortgaged to the social security and the Ministry of Education cannot build or expand before resolving the zoning status.
Then he moved on to Safawi, an area inhabited by about 7,000 citizens, but without a nearby hospital. Its residents live 90 kilometers away from the nearest medical center capable of handling critical cases, while the local center suffers from a shortage of staff and equipment.
And Al-Khashman said sharply and responsibly:
"These aren't just details... these are lives. And this doesn't need a budget, it needs a decision."
And he added:
"There are ministers who don’t even know that Safawi exists on the map… and that’s a bigger problem than the numbers."
And he concluded his message with a phrase that echoed under the dome:
"I speak this to clear my duty before God... and the responsibility lies on the neck of every official. Those who fear the truth can't serve the nation."
The humanitarian intervention by Al-Khashman turned into a focal point for discussion inside and outside the dome, after it redirected the focus towards the file of justice in the basic services for marginalized areas, confirming that development is not only measured by numbers… but when the citizen feels that the state is closer to him than the road, hospital, and school.
