(Chahuán Francisco, Sen.
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Best country
by Francisco Chahuán.
Before the earthquake and tsunami of last February, the government of Sebastián Piñera had already imposed the biggest challenge of building a better country. This meant taking seriously the urgent task of addressing the redistribution of wealth, taking measures fund to end the shame which means that today 30% of Chileans live on less than 60 thousand dollars per capita.
That is possible only in so far as the so-called political class turns around, complete with the pettiness and be able to look beyond itself. Only then can we hope to fundamental changes, for example, on regionalization and citizen empowerment. And the second thing will not happen if it happens first, because this requires a willingness to cede power, transferring power to the regions to make their own decisions, and also to citizenship for exercising his freedom of choice.
This government will mark a before and after, because it will keep breaking down myths about the center right. It will be remembered not only for his executive power, but to crystallize changes such as automatic enrollment and voluntary voting, direct election of regional councilors and the popular initiative today, all of which claim to give the power structure that have been historically denied.
take forward the necessary reconstruction plan and these aspirations need to end the political trench and build national consensus and agreement, even though they may generate criticism, even within our coalition.
The big challenge for the administration of Sebastián Piñera could be, then, despercudirse govern the situation and thinking about the next 20 or 30 years ahead. We should emulate successful experiences, such as Finland, following a crisis created a special political committee doomed to the big issues of the future, making substantial progress in education, technology and redistribution of wealth.
For this, however, we need to develop long-term agendas, so that, together with the demonstrated capacity to solve, we know to take advantage of development opportunities and anticipate threats and challenges ahead . All this, of course, assuming the defeat of poverty as a first priority, to start building a better country.
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