honors is understood that any person whose dedication to their work has lasted for decades, because the duration of the dedication is worthy of consideration, but should not be excluded from the looks of fulfilled quality of the dedication of the honoree, an issue that continues to be cardinal.
If the dedication is considered a representative of the people who made policy City from the top of the pyramid hall for, as appropriate, almost thirty years, it is to think about it. And one could say that it is the people who elect the representative, but do not forget two momentous issues that make the action of any citizen to vote: do not choose between people when giving our electoral support, we choose among political parties and default to the people that these parties have chosen candidates for mayor (the question of electoral law, which incidentally, is far from representing the democratic formula possible) and, secondly, we are marked by the "benefits "we have been able to obtain representative in the enjoyment of his job for so long (we know how politics works in people, and repeat, "how" and not how it should work.)
If among those honored by the Federation of Municipalities Canaria (FECAM, last day 24 in the Auditorio de Tenerife, "simple act" as the president of the Federation, Lazaro Brito, but something will have cost the public purse ) are individuals and Macario Benitez, mayor of El Rosario in 1984, which has been, if we have not lost count, five judgments against since 2002 by the Partial Plan Varadero, for one of their cases of "alleged" most notorious corruption, and that their "dedication" comes almost 73,000 € per year, about three times what could be considered a living wage, and salary was lowered by 9% to reach the economic crisis before the petition itself will FECAM did, but then his salary, which was 30% higher than that charged in 2007 ... ... ..., if among the honorees this Don Macario, is to throw your hands to the head.
opportunity to remember is that:
• One of the fundamental pillars of democracy is the political alternation and must be, in origin, a person acting on commitment to service the people, because society would bring in the best of himself, without any economic or personal interest. That the work of a politician dedicated to the pursuit of the policy should be rewarded with a salary with a maximum of ethics should be established.
• The policy should not be a career that gives shelter and enriches their representatives, many of whom were not even before political exercise another profession and make politics their way of life.
• A high percentage of coastal municipalities of the State (including Canary Islands) is a part of their political representatives involved in urban corruption scandals awaiting trial or sentencing, some of them tried and imprisoned.
Pablo Martín-Sosa Rodriguez, a member of the Local Committee in El Rosario Alternative Tenerife Yes we can, marine biologist and researcher at the Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias.
