John M. Ackerman: Ideas for Improving the Advancement of Mexico John M. Ackerman - La Jornada
go to original May 29, 2013

The first to subject themselves to independent examination in order to evaluate the quality of the service that they provide should not have to be the most humble teachers in the country, but rather the President of the Republic and the speakers of the main television and radio channels. And those who should tighten their belts to address economic downturn should not have to be vulnerable workers, but the highest government officials and the wealthiest oligarchs. If it is a question of model punishments, they should not be applied to activists that question the President, but to public servants that insult the intelligence of the citizens every day.

Mexico is flipped on its head. Today, a group of people of proven professional incapacity, who bought their way to their position of power and public authority, wants to impose its vision of quality of information, humanitarian and public service issues on others. However, to advance as a country, the chain of command would have to go in completely the opposite direction. It is we the citizens that have the responsibility of defining the standards of quality and guaranteeing their strict fulfillment by the authorities and those in power.

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Translated by Stuart Taylor

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