The editorial in Diario Libre on 9 November 2017 is a plea for a government where politics weigh less. The editorial comments on how the government admits its weaknesses but does little to correct these. It explains that the government has a serious fiscal deficit but recognizes that it cannot collect taxes from everyone and instead focuses on collecting more from those who always pay.
The editorial highlights that the government recognizes all the illegalities that have taken place and responds that rulings are still pending for approval to resolve these.
“In truth, almost all of us live in illegality, but that circumstance is not as serious as that the Government, which should be a monument of efficiency, does practically nothing to get out of its own illegality and to stop tolerating that of others,” writes the editorialist.
Diario Libre’s editorial concludes that what is needed is a less political government, one that is less afraid of losing popularity and more willing to organize this society before it gets out of hand and it is worse than hell to live here.
In two other editorial comments, Diario Libre touches upon the same subject of the laissez-faire attitude of the government to attack touchy issues.
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Diario Libre
Diario Libre
Diario Libre
9 November 2017
