In political science can not explain the meaning of balance between the technical and political, as pointed out repeatedly the President-elect of the strengths of his cabinet. The ministers are politicians, that is its essence and have the full confidence of the president, should be him and Piñera was elected President of Chile in an electoral confrontation, which is the essence of politics, so do not be afraid, nor disguise the essential nature of the ministers and trust positions of President-elect, these are politicians. Now that most, if not almost all, have little or no experience in the Real Politik, that's a weakness. One might say that must be given an opportunity, the fact is that this is commendable, but with the present and the future of a country can not improvise. Others have said that these are the best, which is very relative, given that high degree politicians like former Rep. Teodoro Rivera, current chancellor of the University of Chile and PhD in Germany or Rodrigo Alvarez with brilliant academic background and important Political experience, just to put a couple of examples were not considered. The truth is that the cabinet is tailored to the President elect, a team with experience in finance. Moreover, the President feels that he owes both parties of the alliance, rather they owe him.
However, the concern about this cabinet is that it is very difficult for him to deal successfully with one of the emblematic Piñera's campaign promises, namely to improve the rates of income distribution and end poverty. Concern given that the appointment of a cabinet of socio-economic elite, it's inconsistent campaign promise. How you can fight the bad distribution of income in Chile, where the majority of ministers from affluent. How to combine this the meritocracy that is, to Obama, you can reach the top of the public service regardless of social origin, when the choice of cabinet Sebastián Piñera a privileged socio-economic sector. The question to be, is whether these ministers have the same sensitivity to combat poverty, as did the Coalition, which can show how successful one of its main figures for poverty reduction in his 20 years in office. At least, we doubt it. It may well raise it back to dichotomies of the past, socially right represents the upper classes, as expressed in the cabinet of Piñera and the Left, in this case the coalition, represents the socially neglected and emerging sectors, which were the most favored objectively the social policies of the center-left governments.
This is the "new way of governing", which we hope will be measured by its fruits and not just slogans, like the eternal promise of the Mapocho waterway, that the media have a central task in accountability, not being seduced and deceived by the slogans, the ministers in the field, not to turn the next four years in the Government of Reality, where he eventually suffer most are those who are not represented in the Cabinet of President Piñera.
Dr. Andres Jouannet
in Political Science, U. Heidelberg
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