The reader is reminded of the cartoon character from the past 40’s “the other me of Dr. Merengue”. A person is overwhelmed by another image of that person, which is the same as when another side of reality is revealed.

As for the February 5, 2023 vote, where polling numbers failed – and at high levels – survey follow-up – when the information is processed day by day, at least in the week before the voting day, and thus the trend can be seen – i exit poll – data collected at the exit from voting – why the failures?

Did the interviewers and/or those who had the data match the numbers? Were there practices of fraud during the counting of votes and the preparation of minutes, or were they replaced? and/or is a high percentage of citizens and voters hiding their intention and definition of vote? I think the latter was dominant, although there were other cases as well.

Undoubtedly there was a considerable percentage of preference votes in favor of those deemed better; but the percentage of rejected votes was higher, “I vote for the other one so that the one who rejects loses.” President Guillermo Lasso took this position when, a few days before the vote, he said he would not say who he would vote for as mayor of Guayaquil, but he would identify—and did—who he would not vote for.

Is it possible to admit that the micro-realities that create disruptions need to be addressed?

Positive macro news – IMF assessment, increase in income, announcement of fiscal discipline, among others – which the Government heavily advertised, are surpassed by realities that are not transparent, which may seem micro, but multiply in ever-increasing amounts. Internal debt with hidden segments has been accumulating for years, because suppliers are not paid, which means it is not quantified. Also, with smells of manipulation; For example, audits are not carried out to verify what must be paid, and/or only values ​​are examined without reporting false supplies or inflated prices, putting in the same hole what has been tricked into not paying honest suppliers and robbers, and these can even fraudulently collect.

As for health, the positive thing that the president is involved with his presence in the health units and the dispatch of prescriptions is taken care of, although with a lot of bureaucracy, it is exceeded when in everyday life, in public and IESS hospitals, there are no reagents for tests, so they either they don’t work, or they have to be paid for by patients or relatives in private laboratories. On Wednesday of the previous week, in ecuavisa They presented two cases of fractures that could not be operated on for days due to the lack of surgical material. Fractures that are not treated immediately can leave injuries that cannot be overcome.

It may be slander, but consulting costs for political purposes are mentioned, for example, by a consultant who was also a consultant for Cristina from Argentina, Petro from Colombia and the PSOE, ideologically it has nothing to do with Lasso.

Is it possible to admit that the micro-realities that create disruptions need to be addressed? (OR)