When I was young to decide my vote was simple: always voted left. A ideological voting, principled, elementary. Come the gray and one is realizing that things are not so simple.
Today, I do 4 basic questions to decide who to vote for: 1. Who has clean hands, 2. Who has done an efficient, 3. Who defends democracy and freedom, 4. Who promotes social justice and a better distribution of opportunities.
The first two questions seem less ideological, until a little political, but end up being very important. Leftists who steal, there are also. Political ineffective and clumsy, are in every store, can be good for election campaigns but unable have good projects and realize them. Sometimes it is better to someone who does not make great changes we want, but to do good things for people, before knowing that Castaneda had tremendous kebab with the Comunicore, I had that impression of him, with initiatives such as stairs, Solidarity hospitals and parks that are good for the people of Lima. The nearly 30 million stolen Lentopolitano Comunicore and costing 300 million over budget, another reality show.
first 2 Along with these basic questions, corruption and efficiency, most policies are: democracy and social justice, which are the broad guidelines that define me understand a modern left. I do not like dictators to concentrate power and impede the freedoms, and government dedicated to supporting the enormous injustice that cross our country.
to assess based on these 4 questions to candidates in an election, you have to hear the speeches but also see their shares, they have actually done. Indeed, the answers are not always so clear, but these questions to me are for weighing alternatives. Let
a quick review of the candidates for Lima. Let's start with you might be out of the race, Alex Kouri. Corruption: With a toll that we stole tens of millions of soles for his family firm, not hands are clean but quite dirty. Efficiency: Some think it has good management, but do not know that the Callao has a budget similar to Lima with an eighth of population, which has much more money or do not know that between 2007 and 2009 the government Callao regional left Kouri chaired by running 200 million soles of your budget, 200 million in his account that did not use for his province. Democracy: If Kouri in the parlor of the INS negotiated settlement with Montesinos was not enough sample of its bureaus, the jump in this election from one party to another are no internal election to complete the shape. Social Justice: PPP leader, an ally of Fujimori and Alan Garcia has always been on the side of the rich. With 0 to 4, 4 answers wrong in any way vote for him.
On with Lourdes Flores. Corruption: the person has to defend an accused drug dealer and collect a million suns to defend the entry of used cars that pollute the city, but still can not be accused of stealing. Efficiency: they have no experience of governance, so we can not qualify it as inefficient, even if inexperienced. Democracy: was in the fight against dictatorship, crushing at times, but was, to his credit. Social justice: the right PPC is recalcitrant, the strongest advocates of neoliberalism, they do not want a better distribution of wealth. In short, Lourdes has 1 answer for, 2 against, 1 half, neither has my preference. Susana Villaran
. Corruption: completely clean, nobody can get any charges of wrongdoing or links to drug traffickers or thieves. Efficiency: former minister of women and implemented a budget of 300 million soles, and did well at a difficult time, shortly after the fall of Fujimori when he had to clean up and rebuild the institutions. Democracy: the wad in the fight against the dictatorship, leading the Coordinator of Human Rights when burned potatoes and the risks were great, only that it is highly commendable. Social Justice in favor of redistribution and social rights activist in a social and Christian left that led her to live in the Rimac and found the first experience of a glass of milk helps families affected by the crisis. Susana add 4 good answers, my preferences are clear.
Humberto Lay. Corruption: looks clean, and religion helps. Efficiency: no management experience, his party has not fared very well or with members of Congress (anyone remember who they were or know where they are?) Or its candidates (few weeks before the registration of another candidate lists submitted by his party, he went to another store policy). Democracy: I do not know who has or thinks about it, but that have a social base of his parishioners did not sound right. Social Justice: top advisor to PPK is clear that kicks to the side of the powerful. Although I have doubts about some answers, Lay not pass the fence.
could go with others, but I think that's enough for now. As always, there is no ideal candidate. Life is like that: nothing is perfect. But we now have a very good candidate, a very good list, and we must seize the opportunity to vote with gusto, with enthusiasm, with hope. Not for the lesser evil but good may come. I will mark the boxes with the FS in these elections in Lima.