Santa Cruz commemorated his 215 years of the libertarian cry with an air of dazzimimimiento that should not accompany such a significant date. The civic day, which should unite the authorities and strengthen the commitment to republican values, was overshadowed by the inadmissible behavior of those who should give an example: Governor Luis Fernando Camacho and Mayor Jhonny Fernández. What happened not only reveals frivolity, but a dangerous indifference towards the investiture that both hold.
Governor Camacho, the first political authority of the department, decided to marginalize the Honor Session of the Departmental Legislative Assembly, an act that represents the memory and dignity of the Cruzan History. His absence was as noticeable as unjustifiable. Instead, he chose to attend the act of the judicial body, where he not only greeted judges and prosecutors, but also delivered to dance with them in an improper spectacle for an institutional scenario. Is that the investiture that is expected of who embodies the representation of the cross -country? The tolerance between powers and the institutional relationship are democratic principles, but from there to turn solemnity into a personal party there is an abyss. Camacho continues to have pending processes, and precisely because of this, any gesture that can be interpreted as excess of confidence is harmful to institutional credibility.
The governor resigned to be in the central act of the departmental event, the space that congregates all political forces around the common history of Santa Cruz. He preferred evasion and show. That behavior subtracts political height and moves it away from the solemnity that its investiture demands. Governing is not to dance in front of the cameras; It is to assume with responsibility the symbols and obligations that the position entails.
Worse was the behavior of Mayor Jhonny Fernández, who at this time has given plenty of disdain samples by institutionality. Away from the municipal council, which he should respect and strengthen, in May, he chose to send shock groups to prevent a directive not aligned with their interests. That attitude is not only reproachable, it is violent and attentive against local democracy. As if it was not enough, Fernández did not have the minimum ethics of requesting a license while embarking on his failed presidential candidacy. He preferred to use the position for personal purposes, removing time and work to a city that demands exclusive dedication.
Both episodes illustrate the same disease: authorities that forget that they are not owners of the investiture, but servers of the people. Camacho and Fernández have shown that they understand power as a scenario to feed egos and use institutionality according to their convenience. Meanwhile, citizens attend a degrading show, in which the most important civic date of the department is relegated to the background.
The Anniversary of Santa Cruz does not deserve to be tarnished by the irresponsibility of its authorities. The cross -country people, who have built with effort and sacrifice its economic and social leadership, have the right to demand more. Governing is an honor and responsibility, not a license for frivolity or a battlefield for personal interests. Civism claims leaders who are up to the height, who understand that politics is service and not show.
Santa Cruz cannot afford their symbols and historical memory to be lost in the midst of improvised dances or petty maneuvers. The greatness of the region demands authorities that honor citizen trust and act with the height demanded by the investiture. That is the unavoidable reflection that this 215 anniversary leaves: the people deserve respect, and those who today exercise power seem to have forgotten.
