viernes, 31 de agosto de 2012

My religion...

Immigrants

Democracy

0K since all this Mexican President mayhem is over, here is my input in the matter.

I personally don't believe on democracy as a concept that everybody should be as dumb as they wish to. If you are required by state law to pass some test before driving a car due the eminent damage you can cause your community otherwise, I would assume a test of the same nature for each time an election is celebrated: proving you know the candidates and their proposals. It would definitely filter out all that people that vote because they liked the shiny ad on Main street.

BUT, since Mexico government likes to play so much with their numbers (such as when counting votes, poll tendencies, etc.) I wouldn't trust it with such an advanced concept of democracy to their primitive Aristocratic system. So democracy is like capitalism: far from perfect, but its still the best next thing

That been said, let thy rants begin:

I'm disgusted as a Mexican the way that big companies can manipulate masses and even "suggest" their will over the institutions that allegedly sore to protect democracy itself. I've been bullied by my peers because even though I don't support AMLO (Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador) I do find sense in some of his complaints during this process. He and his party were the only ones trying to improve this system.

Here are the things that REALLY bother me that I need to put in print:
  • Lots of my peers stated "but if we void the elections, chances that that crazy communist might win would become imminent". I wouldn't vote for AMLO, BUT democracy should not be traded for fear or personal gain. In a country where more than 60% is poor should be allowed to choose the ruler as they see fit, not as "me and my buds wish to."
  • "Because AMLO and peers submitted the evidences, we should dismiss it because he has his own agenda." FALSE: He surely is interested in invalidating the electoral results, but that doesn't stop the fact from the evidence itself. Crimes are reporter-agnostic. It doesn't matter if 1 people or 10 people report me if I steal something, its the fact that I stole that should be judged.
  • AMLO and his party didnt present enough evidences: FALSE: In Panama elections where voided because of the mere concept of unequal elections. Topics such as money laundry or links to narc weren't even suspected... but the sheer concept of unequal elections should be enough to review the process. They as citizens presented a whole bunch of evidence that truth being told not everything would be valid or trustful, but still it was the current government's responsibility to get to he bottom of this, where in fact they couldn't care less
  • only 4 valid days after elections where allowed by law to submit evidence. Civilians would hardly be able to trace down money transfers and such w/o a government issue warrant and 4 days is unrealistic as it is. None the less, enough evidences where presented to generate reasonable doubt that should suffice the government and institutions to do due diligences accordingly... not acting to dismiss the issue as quick and hush as possible.
  • The Soriana and Monex cases where somewhat confirmed along the road. But when it came to the final jury's stage it boiled down to: "We saw the cards, we saw the activity and you submitted a notarized vouchers of all the people who submitted these cards... but how can we know that these people where actually who they claim to be?"... isn't that the purpose of a notarized document?
  • I wasn't expecting TEPJF to void the elections because of all the mafia related in the matter. However I did looked forward for to see a responsible exercise where they actually had a debate inquiring in all the submitted complains trying to expose all the recollected data. Instead they basically gave a pre-formatted speech on why the complaints should be dismissed.
  • both IFE and TRIFE/TEPJF are the ones in charge to determinate if elections should be voided... but they answer to no one! who can actually judge their actions and followup with corresponding consequences? "who watches over the watchmen?"
To sumarize, these elections where as filthy and corrupt as never seen in a long while, and still they keep using phrases like "the cleanest and most honorable of all elections". Which rises an obligated question: How corrupt must an election be until we actually start considering voiding them?