Executive editor of the Diario Libre, Adriano Miguel Tejada, a former press secretary to President Leonel Fernandez in his first term, writes today in his page two column about incoherence in government. He comments that the government cannot work out why people are not pleased, despite the many achievements of the government. To explain, he said people voted on 16 May for an in depth change in the way politics is exercised in the country, and up to know what there have been are cosmetic changes. People voted for revenge, and this has not happened. On the contrary, he writes that the government appears to be happy to leave the fight against corruption to others.
He writes that people voted to be heard, that their needs be taken into consideration but instead the government has launched its own projects without the approval of the public opinion (metro, rescuing of the HOMS private hospital in Santiago, the Supreme Court of Justice), and the expected austerity policies have not been forthcoming, such as the decorating of the Supreme Court evidences.
“President Fernandez has the greatest support among voters, but he appears to be very alone. It is true that the problems are deep and serious, but it is the government that is denying this appreciation, with some of its most advertised acts. The country is demanding austerity from the President in these difficult times.”