shalt not steal, "seems to be the demand of the citizens with the future mayor. The profile of the mayor who yearn for the neighbors of James and urgent problems to be faced to regain the trust of an electorate disillusioned with "the case Alegre."
"The people never wrong", usually a phrase repeated ad nauseam by citizens and political leaders. The latter say it especially when they win an election. When they lose, they prefer to believe otherwise. However, history is littered with people's mistakes. A brief review of the past of Argentina would the evidence of the falsity of that sentence.
is rightly so. A people who never makes a mistake, it would be a perfect people. And perfectly known to human-worldly-and no: this is a thing of the gods. Mortals are finite and imperfect, and therefore, this is good news, "perfectible.
other hand, it would be healthy for santiagueños are convinced that the people themselves is wrong, because that would be more careful when voting, knowing that a wrong vote can bring unintended consequences. Who knows the local past knows that, for example, through popular vote a leader dominated the province for 50 years, although today few defend that hegemony (the same is true nationwide. In the mid-nineties, 50% of the national electorate did Carlos Menem fuera reelegido en la presidencia. Sin embargo, hoy nadie aceptar haber votado al riojano).
Todo esto viene a cuento de la proximidad de las elecciones para intendente en la Capital. En realidad, los comicios se harán en casi todas las ciudades del interior. Pero la de la Madre de Ciudades reviste una importancia particular, no sólo por el grueso del electorado sino también por la cercanía del caso de un ex intendente que tuvo que renunciar en medio de una situación escandalosa.
Sin duda, hubo varias gestiones al frente del municipio que –por una u otra razón- fueron un fracaso. Pero los años de Julio Fernando Alegre (2005-2009) seguramente serán recordados –mucho más que otras gestiones- as a great opportunity squandered. The alleged conspiracy between the former mayor and officials discovered the many properties on behalf of Alegre and finding at least disorderly management of public resources, produced a terrible unease in neighboring Santiago del Estero. A few years ago young people have doubts about "politics" and "politicians", after the case Alegre that skepticism was strengthened more.
"The people never wrong", usually a phrase repeated ad nauseam by citizens and political leaders. The latter say it especially when they win an election. When they lose, they prefer to believe otherwise. However, history is littered with people's mistakes. A brief review of the past of Argentina would the evidence of the falsity of that sentence.
is rightly so. A people who never makes a mistake, it would be a perfect people. And perfectly known to human-worldly-and no: this is a thing of the gods. Mortals are finite and imperfect, and therefore, this is good news, "perfectible.
other hand, it would be healthy for santiagueños are convinced that the people themselves is wrong, because that would be more careful when voting, knowing that a wrong vote can bring unintended consequences. Who knows the local past knows that, for example, through popular vote a leader dominated the province for 50 years, although today few defend that hegemony (the same is true nationwide. In the mid-nineties, 50% of the national electorate did Carlos Menem fuera reelegido en la presidencia. Sin embargo, hoy nadie aceptar haber votado al riojano).
Todo esto viene a cuento de la proximidad de las elecciones para intendente en la Capital. En realidad, los comicios se harán en casi todas las ciudades del interior. Pero la de la Madre de Ciudades reviste una importancia particular, no sólo por el grueso del electorado sino también por la cercanía del caso de un ex intendente que tuvo que renunciar en medio de una situación escandalosa.
Sin duda, hubo varias gestiones al frente del municipio que –por una u otra razón- fueron un fracaso. Pero los años de Julio Fernando Alegre (2005-2009) seguramente serán recordados –mucho más que otras gestiones- as a great opportunity squandered. The alleged conspiracy between the former mayor and officials discovered the many properties on behalf of Alegre and finding at least disorderly management of public resources, produced a terrible unease in neighboring Santiago del Estero. A few years ago young people have doubts about "politics" and "politicians", after the case Alegre that skepticism was strengthened more.
SOURCE: Journal Column
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