“I am convinced that if we join forces we can change the direction of our country,” said the prefect of Guayas, Marcela Aguiñaga, at a solemn ceremony held on the 8th of this month to mark the 203rd anniversary of the provincialization of Guayas. in front of a large audience that included the newly elected president Daniel Noboa, the governor of the province, the vice prefect and the mayor of Guayaquil. “The time has come to unite to free the youth from crime, to take urgent action in the face of the insecurity we are experiencing. There are things that unite us, that are common, beyond any political ideology, because we all want to live in peace in this country”, added the prefect in her long speech in which she explained her goals and presented her achievements.

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Nothing would be left in the pipeline. There was only one request to the central government: a reduction of 5% of the budget allocations that by law correspond to GAD, which are not remitted on time, which further complicates the measures that need to be taken to meet the El Niño phenomenon that is estimated to be approaching that will affect about 800,000 people.

(…) This attitude is surprising because it is normal, unfortunately for us, that… when they are elected, they forget the people who elected them…

Many of those present were surprised by the presence of the mentioned authorities together, despite the diversity of their political tents; and the prefect’s call for unity, beyond their own ideologies, to join forces in the struggle to achieve common goals, such as peace and progress, attracted our attention.

And we say that this attitude is surprising because it is normal, unfortunately for us, that politicians, with honorable exceptions, when they are elected, forget the people who elected them and come to office with greed for power and money, along with the small fence that keeps them surrounds, as if the end of the world is very close. Furthermore, so much hatred is injected towards rivals that a kind of political “anthropophagy” is produced, where everyone collects grist for their own mill, and the state remains the only big loser.

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They forget that the country is one and that, more than their duty, it is their duty to develop a plan that will benefit everyone, especially those who need it most, most of whom, unfortunately, are in this impoverished and abused country. they in turn had the opportunity to do so. Billions of dollars in kickbacks, kickbacks and other criminal activities committed by white and gold collar criminals. Here, even justice is sold to the highest bidder. Those millions would cover the unsatisfied needs of the people.

For this reason, we single out the prefect’s slogans: the sum of efforts for the general welfare. The presence of the newly elected president Daniel Noboa and the mayor Aquiles Alvarez was enough for us to realize that we were going in the same direction.

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As the French philosopher and writer Saint-Exupéry said: Aimer ce n’est pas se considerer face à face, mais considerer ensemble dans la même direction (love is not looking face to face, but looking together in the same direction). And we would add: beyond any political ideology. (OR)