Steady going nowhere
This is just a desperate attempt, a cry for help. This is just my last chance to beg for a better future. Or maybe not better. But one that is more unknown, and, exactly for that, is less bad. Because getting worse than this would be hard - especially concerning ethics. This is not a journalistic approach, it's just desperation. On Sunday we have the elections. President, Governors (is this right in english?), and federal and state representatives will be voted on Sunday, October first. And how does it look? Bad, very bad.
Our president is an idiot, if you don't mind my judgment here. And not only is he an idiot, but he is corrupt, very very much so. Fine, some people have said in Brazil, there is always corruption, there is always dishonesty in politics. It may be true. But the level we have reached is just absurd. It's just too much. The scandals are so frequent, and so public, that after a certain point, people don't care anymore. Even because the people involved usually get away with everything. "Oh, another one". And that's all.
The president swears to God he didn't know, no matter how many people close to him (many many assistants, the coordinator of his campaign, a lot of ministers) he has had to fire because they were involved in one scandal or another. He knows nothing, and he leans on the poor, miserable people, who he feeds a bag of rice and a bag of beans a month, and they give him their vote, their hope, their future. They trust him, him who cries and swears he is innocent, he who refers to his country's situation as the "filet mignon". Well, if this is the fillet mignon, we have a big problem. And it becomes even bigger when he says something like "politics has to be corrupt". Not exactly quoting with the correct words, but something of this sort. you have to get your hands dirty to be able to work, or something of that sort. 
And do you wanna know what's so bad? What's so bad is that he is going to win, in the first round. He will get more than 50% of the votes. The guy that always says wrong things, the guy that praises Fidel, Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales while they all ignore him. The guy that either has no control over his own Government or the biggest, most ambitious and most uncareful thief we have ever known in our political history. How? How the hell can this work? The federal and state representatives are another joke. Big Brothers, failed celebrities, we got them all. Even politicians who were arrested, investigated for real, serious crimes, they are all running for congress. And you know what? They will all be elected. Every single one of them.
So, this is the situation now. And this is the reason I plead with the Go
ds, with whoever is listening, to please, please, change something in this country. Change something because this cannot go on for another four years. They steal from everywhere they can, even ambulances. Some of the highest ranked people in the government are involved in unsolved murder cases. They are taking over the government steadily, they are present in every structure.
ds, with whoever is listening, to please, please, change something in this country. Change something because this cannot go on for another four years. They steal from everywhere they can, even ambulances. Some of the highest ranked people in the government are involved in unsolved murder cases. They are taking over the government steadily, they are present in every structure. our country is always a promise, since the 60's. We are always the country that will happen, the country that is emerging. Only from where I am looking, we seem to be sinking. Steady and slowly, sinking in the web of lies and deceit we are fed daily by our chosen governants.
By the way, here is a link on the NY times (for those who are english only) explaining the last scandal, as well as one from the Financial Times.
posted by Julia Moreira Leite @ 8:29 PM
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