Costa Rica : Superb on the soccer field and in politics as well ! Merci Luc Arthur Castera Bravo! At a time when several Latin American presidents are promoting a shameless personality cult, Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis last week issued a decree prohibiting the display of his picture in public offices and ordering to leave his name out of inaugural plaques of public works. According to the presidential decree, plaques of all new roads, bridges, hospitals and other public buildings inaugurated during his four-year term ending in 2018 will only mention the year in which they were completed. “Public works belong to the country, and not to a specific government, or to a specific public servant,” Solis said after signing the decree. “There will no longer be a cult of the presidents image, at least during my government.” Costa Ricas Minister of the Presidency Melvin Jimenez, who helped the president draft the decree, told me in a telephone interview that the decision was part of Solis’ campaign platform. “There is no reason for putting the presidents name on any public work. These public works are paid for by the Costa Rican people, with their taxes, and are only executed by the president,” Jimenez told me. “And there is no reason to hang his picture in public offices, because government decisions are made by the president with the help of ministers, vice ministers and many other officials.” What a difference with what were seeing in other Latin American nations! In several countries, presidents are using much of their time and state resources for self-glorification campaigns. Read more here: miamiherald/2014/06/28/4206096/andres-oppenheimer-a-blow-to-latin.html#storylink=cpy
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:07:51 +0000
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