NewsWhore
11-05-2009, 02:30 PM
In today's Diario Libre, editor Adriano Miguel Tejada writes that Dominican political parties have become estranged from democratic ways. "They are, in themselves, instruments of manipulation and political mobilization of the elite, feeding on the entities that control them, and for that reason and because they have no fundamental ideological reasons among them, they have become sources of personal enrichment for their leaders at different levels and in obstacles for the development of public policies that can make a difference for the large majority," he writes.
He sums up: "The national political parties have become enemies of democracy, even if they use the tools of a democratic system to achieve their objectives."
Tejada puts into words what many Dominicans have been thinking: "Will democracy and national prosperity have to do without the political parties in their present state and seek ways that are more participative and attract people less tainted by corruption, to achieve the regeneration the country needs?"
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He sums up: "The national political parties have become enemies of democracy, even if they use the tools of a democratic system to achieve their objectives."
Tejada puts into words what many Dominicans have been thinking: "Will democracy and national prosperity have to do without the political parties in their present state and seek ways that are more participative and attract people less tainted by corruption, to achieve the regeneration the country needs?"
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)