There are two kinds of leaders: those who have an opinion on national issues and have come to power to give the solutions in which, according to this opinion, they believe, and those who do not have their own opinion or not valued, but his only guide is the thermometer of public opinion in the short term. In other words, governing for the polls.
Our current president comes into the second category. Their decisions are guided by the "applause." The second floor of La Moneda a weekly surveys. This configures the government program. Yesterday he gave a new proof.
After a technical discussion and based on expert opinion, the government managed to pass by law a system of protection prices of fuels (SIPC). According to this system did not correspond in recent days to lower the fuel tax, despite the gains. But it was enough TV channels to interview people who were going to put gasoline and, as always coming up, felt very negative up to the whole system so carefully studied and so learnedly debated in Congress shut down, unless Two months after enacted. "Great urgency" to repeal it.
Why? Because the President is wrong in the latest polls and needs to overcome. "Technical, state policy, long-term considerations, the permanent interest of the country? To hell with all that. The president needs to improve its image and right now spilling gifts for all (or at least announced) and postnatal elimination of 7 percent of retirees listed health, ethical guaranteed income, bond, gold wedding do you will come to spoil the party with a nasty rising of gasoline? How are you going to pick up, then?
same thing happened in the case of Barrancones. A power plant approved in accordance with all environmental protection mechanisms. But it was enough that a journalist rescued a recording of the campaign, Piñera as the candidate would promise to every saint a candle, at any cost, to win votes, recording where he said, naturally with no history, only guided by the shouts of a group of people that were in front and did not want the plant, he would not approve. Maybe he did not know I was recording, but Amaro Gómez-Pablos rescued the damn recording. And in the midst of energy crisis, when the country urgently needed new plants, when we are on the verge of rationing Barrancones sent to hell. De facto. It was not worth nothing that the plant had passed all environmental tests. The institutional framework is useless if it goes against the polls.
There's an old adage that the difference between a politician and a statesman is that the former works for the next election and the second for the next generation.
not difficult to know if the President is the one or the other.
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