Gonzalo Gamio Gehri
And we got to the finish line. Tomorrow we elect the next President of the Republic and members of the next Congress. Not be made public polls, although some of them (not entirely reliable) circulating on the Internet. Some applications have been deflated - Castañeda has spent the past few weeks fighting with himself, and has finally destroyed - others have been consolidated, although the antibodies generated: Humala has come to a disturbing first. Many citizens are concerned about the (still hypothetical) prospect of an unhealthy runoff between Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori. None of these options to strengthen constitutional democracy. On the contrary.
Ollanta Humala is the dissatisfaction of many people against the apparent inability of the economic system to solve the problem of inequality and poverty prevailing in the country. The return of democracy has not translated in a greater state presence in the Andean and Amazonian communities that were affected by terrorist violence and repression during the armed conflict. However, their attempts to assume a more moderate discourse does not entirely hide a sermon close to authoritarianism, which does not hide a certain hostility toward the media. About the future of basic freedoms if this candidate - who systematically avoids rate the Chavez regime, whose influence was noticeable on nationalists in the previous season - finally comes to power. Despite the presence of some old leftist activists in the movement, Humala seems to insist on this dangerous combination of "nationalism" and "populism" (It is not difficult to realize how dangerous it is!).
Keiko Fujimori's alternative is more unhealthy to me yet. She is a corrupt and criminal past, where human rights violations, buying media and state capture were common. The rottenness of the government of Fujimori and Montesinos is well documented, and try to improvise a demarcation between the two partners is an unacceptable insult to the intelligence of Peruvians. An independent tribunal has already sentenced for murder Alberto Fujimori, the daughter, meanwhile, has had a poor parliamentary activity - has missed five hundred times your job, legislative production is virtually nil - and not even known any career path As {i wants to occupy the presidency? His government would return the worst of Peruvian politics in the public arena. As noted by a good friend, would reach the height of public policies are dictated from the Diroes
Toledo I will vote tomorrow, thinking about the catastrophe that would prevent the dilemma that second round of nightmare, as no doubt his democratic credentials. I do not like the alternative of PPK, whose main purpose seems to be to undermine the candidacy of Toledo. I do not like their joints - particularly Acuña - nor its educational program that involves, to cite just one example, dismantling student representation in universities ( see p. 35 of its agenda ). That's a nameless barbarism undermines democracy in the university. The controversial issue of the nationality of the candidate concerned me, it could lead to an unacceptable conflict of interest in the case of relations with the United States. In the parliamentary list strange alliance also includes not a few examples of a stale conservatism and militarism and covert Fujimori. Hopefully PPK is not remembered in the future as the candidate whose stubbornness led to a runoff between explicitly authoritarian leaders. I agree with Vargas Llosa in a more democratic sensibilities would have advised him to resign.
an encouraging hope for tomorrow, for the sake of the future of democracy in our midst. And, if necessary, fingers crossed.
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