*Less of a theoretical/takeaway and more of an analytical blog*
Let's take a time to consider the presidential candidates for Peru’s 2016 elections. It’s March already and elections are on April through June so politics is in everyone's minds right now. Though I’m still under age and can’t vote I still like to somewhat follow peruvian politics (especially in these times) just to be aware of everything that’s going on and to more importantly understand how the world of politics works. Apparently, this year is as messed up as all the other previous election years. So lets start and take a very brief look at the top candidates right now. First we have Keiko Fujimori, you either hate her or you love her. Though she does have a good educational background, people really just love her because of what her father (Alberto Fujimori) did, which was stop the terrorism in Peru. The other lot that hates her, feels that way mostly because of what his father did to stop terrorism, which was becoming almost a dictator and use death squads to kill terrorists, and amongst them, thousands of innocent people. Next candidate is a newcomer, Julio Guzman. This person’s communication and emotional skills are so on point that he managed to gain 16.6% of votes in just 6 months of his first presidential run. A very smart person at first glance, but after after a while you realize he is no more than a contradicting insecure and unclear of himself. Lastly, I definitely want to mention Cesar Acuña, the greatest failure this world has ever produced. He plagiarized his entire master's degree thesis and plagiarized the entire book he wrote on education. Apart from offering “plata como cancha” (money like popcorn) to all his congressmen, it seems that this chemical engineer doesn't even know what being a chemical engineer actually means. After being asked in an interview what a chemical engineer is, he responded with this brilliant answer: “Ingeniería química es todo lo que significa como profesional como productos naturales con la cuestión de insumos en temas de todo lo que es” which translates to: Chemical engineering is everything that means, as a professional, like natural products in terms of things of everything that is. It’s amazing how a presidential candidate can be more ignorant than a chihuahua. Our best hopes lie in PPK (Pedro Pablo Kuczynski), the only decent candidate there is, but people don’t vote for him because he is both too white and too old. People prefer to vote for candidates that they can relate to for their skin color and culture, such as Acuña, rather than someone that will actually help Peru, such as PPK. Now, I’m not trying to make this blog an information article, it’s not, you see when I was in this mixture of several thoughts I started to think about things that would make a great government and I remembered about the peruvian aristocratic republic of 1895-1919. A time governed by a wealthy and well educated oligarchic group that produced a time of economic prosper and commercial growth in Peru, but there was something very controversial about it, that only people that could read and write could vote. Is that the solution? Should only people with education vote in 2016? This would indeed increase the probability of a great president being elected, but it’s simply not fair. It was right here where I simply had to connect this concept, once again, to the book Good to Great by Jim Collins. Only a few concepts are needed to make a great government. Imagine a government with a level 5 president, someone who Builds enduring greatness through a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will. First who, then what; imagine having the right people in the bus, a great minister, vice president and congressmen, all powered by their own professional will. Confronting the brutal facts; a government that accepts the conditions of their current reality and acts towards them in a realistic way. Hedgehog concept; simplicity behind the three circles of your economic engine, what you can be the best in the world at and what you are passionate about. Apply these concepts and you will make a great government. We have got to stop relying in mediocre and corrupt presidents. Peru is in an everlasting fight to pick itself up from the ashes of the Pacific War and terrorism, yet it is still failing miserably because it is blinded by the misery of ignorance and abominable corruption. “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity” -Martin Luther King.
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Leonardo Jimenez
3/9/2016 06:00:36 am
Nico, it's great to see that you are so up to date with Peruvian Politics and seem really interested. Your analysis of the candidates seems accurate and is humorous but maybe you could explain more about why you think PPK is such a good candidate to give more credibility to your blog post. Your point about education was very interesting and it makes me wonder about the possible implications of only allowing people with an education to vote. I can definitely feel the voice in your writing and you were able to make this blog post personal even though it's not about you. Good job!
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