The closest to the Prime Minister of the Republic that we have had in the last three presidential terms is Henry Cucalón, although unfortunately without the ideal conditions for the position, so important in turbulent societies like ours, that his work would be fruitful.

What does this prime minister have and what does he lack? His extensive political-academic preparation, first; his democratic conviction; his experience from the political basics, starting with municipal secretary; their full knowledge, since they lived in its bowels, of the main negotiating space, the National Assembly, where a government minister, any one, must move like a fish in water. As well as Heinz Moeller, Marcelo Santos, Andrés Vallejo, Antonio Andretta, to name a few from recent times. And I won’t mention the closest ones because the same president held office in Correismo for more than a decade; And I have no more references for Morenism and the first two years of lassism.

Failures? Of course, the current one has them, just as others had them too. Little political-electoral experience; too much patience in waiting for space in his partisan walk; his partial lack of charisma stems, I think, from his lack of platform flight hours. But the main disadvantage that the current prime minister had was time: he arrived very late, when the Government, after wasting the great potential of the audience that left him with an excellent vaccination process, tried to impose things, fought with all four political parties and was moving full steam ahead of the impeachment trial. The negotiations, therefore, instead of moving forward, led to the search for a dignified solution.

There are at least two certainties at the beginning of the new government and they are very important to accelerate this…governance…

Is what I am saying heresy? No, nor do I intend to promote his ratification, because President Daniel Noboa, after the electoral curtain is lowered and the bargaining with offers is over, will have to decide on his own team and put in place someone who combines their confidence and effectiveness in political negotiations. In order to move forward, we have to let go of some beliefs and aspirations that minorities also have.

Negotiation? Horror! More of the same! Corruption! Suddenly, all the prejudices accumulated around national politics appear, which are not without foundation, but which cannot manage the future by demonizing the main weapon that democracy has always had: the achievement of political agreements that make governability sustainable, also absent for decades in national politics, because in my opinion ” the “revolutionary” period in which minorities were not discussed with the obedient majority in the Assembly, but were ignored, does not fit into that question.

There are at least two certainties at the beginning of the new government, which are very important for the acceleration of that long-awaited reign: it will be transitional, short-lived, flash; but this condition cannot make it insignificant, ephemeral, transitory. That it deserves not only a mention in the great book of national history, but that it deserves entire chapters on how to serve effectively and against time. (OR)