El Caribe opinion columnist Marisol Vicens Bello calls for moral sanctions against political impunity and says that although the electoral campaign officially begins on 16 February 2006, large-scale publicity resources are already in evidence, something that casts doubts as to the origin of the money used and the good intentions of the candidates. A large part of society is repelled by scandals of corruption, fraud and other crimes committed by officials called upon to enforce the law while these go on as if nothing had happened. Political parties do not worry that their candidates have been convicted or are being tried for felonies. She mentions the case of Radhames Ramos Garcia who is going to run again for deputy after having been convicted of a crime. Vicens states that this is a symptom of a sick society, contaminated by the cancer of corruption and that this is growing every day thanks to impunity. “We must employ moral sanctions to stop those who do not deserve to represent us and strive for better candidates to be elected”, concluded Vicens.