First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef affirmed that the new citizenship law is a necessary measure to safeguard national identity, stressing that it will be implemented with full firmness and transparency to preserve the demographic structure and regulate rights strictly within legal frameworks.

Al-Yousef stated that manipulation and forgery in citizenship files have significantly impacted political life and public discourse in Kuwait over recent years, noting that the political scene had at times deteriorated into a climate lacking respectful dialogue and dominated by political blackmail and personal or factional interests over national priorities.

He explained that modern technology has played a key role in uncovering multiple fraud cases, including registered names in citizenship records that do not exist in reality and were merely empty entries awaiting activation, as well as cases of siblings within the same family holding different nationalities while living under one roof.

He further highlighted cases involving children of Kuwaiti women who were granted citizenship after many years through intermediaries, in addition to members of parliament involved in citizenship forgery or covering up violations within their families, and even judges holding forged citizenship while issuing rulings in the name of the state, posing a serious threat to justice.

He concluded by revealing cases of deceased individuals whose deaths were never officially documented while new births continued to be added to their records, affirming that all such violations will be dealt with firmly under the law to fully protect the state and its national identity.