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January 9/2013
January 9/2013
IN ENGLISH BELOW
Lo que está sucediendo en Venezuela ilustra bien un fenómeno bastante arraigado en toda Latinoamérica, quizás en todo el mundo: cuando se encuentra una dificultad que involucra a las instituciones o los derechos, toda acción se aborda desde el estricto punto de vista legal, por su puesto, hecho que en manos habilidosas termina convertido en lo que se conoce como una leguleyada. El principal efecto de este fenómeno es que pasa por alto las motivaciones y los principios de los que nacieron las instituciones y los derechos. Verbi gracia:
Un Presidente es elegido por su pueblo para que lo gobierne. Cuando un Presidente enferma al punto de ser incapaz de gobernar es su responsabilidad y obligación dar paso a otros que, en uso de sus plenas facultades físicas y metales, lo hagan. Es una obligación de los gobernantes y un derecho de los pueblos. El mundo no se detiene por nadie y todo país enfrenta miles de retos diarios. Son principios que, aunque elementales, tienden a pasarse por alto. El Estado, en principio, es un entramado de variadas funciones que tienen como objetivo hacer posible la vida y el progreso de las gentes. Es por eso que quienes trabajan en él son llamados servidores públicos. El poder político es un ejercicio de servicio no un nido para el amor propio. Y la responsabilidad cuando lo que está en juego es un país, no es opcional./ Sylvia Davila M (c)January 9/2013
POWER WHAT FOR?
What is happening in Venezuela now illustrates well a phenomenon deeply rooted in all Latin America, maybe in all the world: when faced to a difficulty that involves institutions or rights, all actions are approached from a strict legal point of view, of course, fact that handled by skilled hands end up transformed in what is known in Latin America as a "leguleyada". The main effect of this phenomenon is that it overviews the motivations and principles that gave born in the first place to institutions and rights. Verbi gracia:
A President is elected by his people to govern. When a President gets ill to the point that he cannot longer govern, it is his o her responsibility and obligation to give way to others who's physical and mental abilities allow them to do so. It is a ruler's obligation and a people's right. The world stops for no one and every country has to face thousands of daily matters. Though elementary, those are principles that tend to get overviewed. The State is a scheme of various functions that aims to make possible peoples lives and progress. That is why those who work in it are called public servants. Political power is a Service exercise not a nest for self love. And responsibility when what is at stake is an entire country, is not optional./ Sylvia Davila Morales (c) January 9/2013
POWER WHAT FOR?
What is happening in Venezuela now illustrates well a phenomenon deeply rooted in all Latin America, maybe in all the world: when faced to a difficulty that involves institutions or rights, all actions are approached from a strict legal point of view, of course, fact that handled by skilled hands end up transformed in what is known in Latin America as a "leguleyada". The main effect of this phenomenon is that it overviews the motivations and principles that gave born in the first place to institutions and rights. Verbi gracia:
A President is elected by his people to govern. When a President gets ill to the point that he cannot longer govern, it is his o her responsibility and obligation to give way to others who's physical and mental abilities allow them to do so. It is a ruler's obligation and a people's right. The world stops for no one and every country has to face thousands of daily matters. Though elementary, those are principles that tend to get overviewed. The State is a scheme of various functions that aims to make possible peoples lives and progress. That is why those who work in it are called public servants. Political power is a Service exercise not a nest for self love. And responsibility when what is at stake is an entire country, is not optional./ Sylvia Davila Morales (c) January 9/2013
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