Re: Exc Point,, Hormiga ! ! !
TiberiusMineola said:
The theoretical value of a receivership type government & management is that it is imposed from w/o by, in essence, rich & powerful creditors & some judicial authority; and, . . it has a finite life; it is not a quasi-permanent benvolent dictatorship.
Typically a reciever is a court appointed individual. In most countries they must be "accredited" by the court that handles commercial bankruptcy. They are typically people of probity, having had much experience in the matter of bankruptcy. Of course, if the court judge is corrupt, then the reciever may well be also corrupt;
As debated elsewhere in this forum, the corruption in the DR has become endemic. But, there is no way to change matters with methods that obviate the ballot box. Everyone is looking for a "quick fix" in the form a "nice doctor" coming from abroad to bring "sunshine back to paradise". This is dreaming.
The road forward is a long haul that consists of educating people in the political process of democracies, first and foremost of which is the wise use of each individual's vote. Voting into power people of known honesty is essential. (Political corruption exists in most western democracies. It cannot be eradicated because of the venality of mankind. People, however, can and are sent to jail. This has a salutary effect on the behaviour of the rest.)
The DR has allowed a concentration of power in the presidency, even though it has the infrastructural means to separate (and balance) powers amongst the three branches (legislative, executive and judicial).
Fixing the problem of (1) concentration of power in the presidency and (2) prosecution of deliquency and crime by government officials are the major priorities towards solving the problem.
How that is done via the ballot box is the issue. The Dominicans must fix the problems themselves. Any external power, in whatever form, is simply a palliative. When, inevitably, that power leaves, political and governmental institutions (and the people running them) will simply return to thier previous behaviour.
TiberiusMineola said:
the gov't of Nigeria is now asking the USA to intervene in its country, restore order militalrily, &, in effect, manage the country in the short term.
I think you may mean Liberia.
Liberia has some lessons to give to those who care to look. It had an excellent opportunity to implement a US style democracy on the African continent, and it failed into the misery and despair that we see today.
Why? Because, though it was not an ex-colony, like many African countries "freed" by European powers, it descended into plunder and corruption by an elitist class, a result that repeats itself throughout Africa.
In the Caribbean, it happened a bit differently. Cuba revolted and instituted an dictatorship of the left. The DR instituted (finally) a parody of democracy (of the right) by its minority Spanish-heritage population the hallmark of which was a clientelism that reaches back centuries. The results, in both countries, speak for themselves.
