To develop and be better is an individual and institutional need that has become more visible in times of globalization. If people and institutions are left only thinking about the past and regretting it, failure is guaranteed. To be better, you need to have a positive and adaptable attitude. In these times, close to elections, the opportunity for improvement is very clear. The new president must choose his associates very well. Leaders of political parties must see all members of parliament as thinking beings, capable of discussion within themselves, and not followers at any cost. This is not incompatible with the need for voting in the Assembly to be unique.

From the government’s point of view, the president does not need flattery to govern, he encourages thinking people to discuss his decisions if he thinks they are wrong without losing their jobs. Ministers of state are urgently required to communicate fundamental aspects of their governance to society. Too much silence can be suspicious. Part of good institutionalism is having competent advisers in different fields, who also talk to their advisers and don’t limit themselves to following orders.

To improve institutionality, as a rule, entities must not grow. They must improve the quality of consumption, redefine roles, fill positions with appropriate profiles.

It requires a good attitude, commitment, preparation, attributes that must always be nurtured and then reaped.

If the leaders of the institutions do not produce results after a reasonable time, they must be changed. Let’s look at the public-private associations: the representative who was fired while he was a union leader was a great promoter of the aforementioned associations, this was an important merit because it was an innovative idea in Ecuador; the current president relied heavily on such associations.

Along the way, Lasso has important successes such as the importance he gave to the Galapagos. I don’t get into politics, when I criticize, my purpose is positive. And here’s one: the famous secretariat for public-private associations did not meet expectations. It has become a bureaucratic creation without results (I don’t know how many people work there). And on top of all that, in order to “support” the matter, they forced the president to sign a decree by which the Ministry of Economy must, within 90 days, form an undersecretariat responsible for “exercising all powers related to the analysis and monitoring of the plaintiff’s viability and risks”. It is hard for me to believe that the Minister of Economy (a good minister) approved this creation. The problem with these associations, almost non-existent, began when, contrary to their philosophy and the thinking of the current president, someone introduced a so-called law creating the possibility of canceling tax incentives, incentives approved by Correa .

Times change, officials come and go, but the need for better institutions is constant. It requires a good attitude, commitment, preparation, attributes that must always be nurtured and then reaped.

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