NewsWhore
04-06-2011, 04:50 PM
An editorial in today's Diario Libre highlights the need for a focus on the real problems, instead of all the attention politicians are giving to internal party politics.
The newspaper mentions the large number of calls that have been made to their fictitious character Jose Boquete and the widespread public support for the 4% GDP for education campaign, and other citizen initiatives that show that the real concerns are health, education, potable water, garbage collection and violence. "To those one has to add the need for jobs, indignation about the many cases of corruption featured in the press and ignored by the authorities and the high cost of food and fuel. And in contrast, the political parties are concentrating on political patronage affairs and control of power. Democracy loses that way," writes the editorialist.
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The newspaper mentions the large number of calls that have been made to their fictitious character Jose Boquete and the widespread public support for the 4% GDP for education campaign, and other citizen initiatives that show that the real concerns are health, education, potable water, garbage collection and violence. "To those one has to add the need for jobs, indignation about the many cases of corruption featured in the press and ignored by the authorities and the high cost of food and fuel. And in contrast, the political parties are concentrating on political patronage affairs and control of power. Democracy loses that way," writes the editorialist.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)