Asking politicians to give up their electoral aspirations is a waste of time. No one will give up their positions to ally with others because everyone believes that they are the best, the only, the savior. Although he later grinds his teeth against the harsh reality, measured in the few votes he received in the elections, this ambition does not give in to anything. But it was understood.

Therefore, I better address this letter to the voters who will decide their preferences with their votes. I don’t know how many people read these lines (for someone they said that even the family didn’t read it), but just in case, let me write a couple of ideas about the National Assembly and future and temporary parliamentarians. What do I look for in a candidate?

First of all, honesty. Integrity, correctness of intentions in acting, as the Academy says. People who don’t let their conscience buy them, who have no price and don’t have enough money to buy them; that they do not commit the crime of sedition with their associates, that they are not teachers of good theft, that they are dignified and ready to give up their position for the benefit of the common good. Wise dialogue and offering.

They always come and go, some leave bad marks, others leave us with beautiful memories.

Another essential quality is knowledge. It is shameful to see that people came to the National Assembly who are unable to read aloud something they were “given to write” and who proudly show their ignorance. Of course, the worst ignoramus is the one who doesn’t know he is. To be a legislator, leaving aside Rousseau’s ideas (which team will this man play for?), what we can require from candidates is a minimum set of knowledge about their job and common sense to be able to understand what they don’t know and ask someone reliable and selfless who will not misinform you, but help you understand the almost endless topics of life.

We will choose those proposed by the party owners. These are the real culprits for the poor quality of legislators. In order to win votes, they list people who are popular or known among the people, artists, athletes, those they call influencers; people who have no freedom of choice and are willing to submit without a fight. I witnessed how Don Buca treated his representatives at a constituent assembly from the last century. He had them in the same hotel to take care of them and order them what to say and how to vote. One night a deputy stood up behind him to ask for the floor and he began to speak. “Shut up, black son…”, commanded the chief, and the deputy sat down in shame. He didn’t give her permission.

From old age I see these ambitious people pretending to be presidents. There are some who seem dangerous, whose great merit is the twice-paralyzed state. There are also others who want to shine in the Parliament, who start political life without having previously gone through public services, i.e. honors course What were the Romans talking about? For my peace of mind, I remember the old Heraclitus, the teacher who anticipated dialectics, because in fact “everything passes and nothing remains”. They always come and go, some leave bad marks, others leave us with beautiful memories. But nothing will free us from oblivion. (OR)