At least it does not rule the right | Opinion

In countries whose politicians are presented as victims of crises one day there may be a generalized light; other, a railway chaos, But power ends up sneaking up, blaming his enemies potential. Minister Oscar Puente tweeted: « If someone thought the blackout twisting the arm to the government, someone was very wrong. » In those same democracies it is very likely that public services will end up increasingly deteriorated.

This is the case of Spain. La Moncloa has raised suspicion by ensuring that It will be to wait to know the causes of the great blackout. Meanwhile, he does not plan to promote a reflection on the necessary investments and measures To accompany the ecological transition. How to praise the speed of the Executive instead of asking you insistently What guarantees do you have not to spend tomorrow again? That an event of that size has no consequences speaks of the armor of our ruling elites: high salaries should also lead to greater capacity to purify responsibilities.

Then, the rail incident arrived. A few minutes after Bridge will talk about « serious sabotage », There were already users on social networks that blamed the opposition, without providing evidence. The reality is that there is no need to steal some cables to assume that the rodalies service in Catalonia accumulated the whopping of more than 10,000 incidents in 2024, or to have noticed A deterioration in the punctuality of high speed in recent years. Be that as it may, polarization also will ensure that citizens end up defending those who voted before assuming that their leaders can be wrong in something. He says it A popular meme on the Internet: « There is no light, but at least it does not govern the right. »

In Spain there are essential services that are not functioning as the average user would like; In some cases, it is timely, in others, more continuous, but the political game makeup the frustration of citizens. Antipolytic also means to conclude that today in Spain an explanation is perceived as a defeat of the program itself, and a resignation, as ammunition for the adversary. Democracy ends up returning an act of melancholy, or worse, a collective emotional kidnapping.

What we expect from politicians is also for comparison to what we see in their rivals. With what face can the opposition try to credible the government in the management of public services when Carlos Mazón still continues in office, while judicial investigation suggests The management of the Generalitat Valenciana on the day of the Dana tragedy.

However, there are indications to think that the problems suffered by the railway network go beyond the executive on duty or the previous ones. The maintenance of high speed has a very high cost – the Ministry argues that it has just concluded the renewal of the line between Madrid and Seville, with a cost of 700 million euros -, something that conditions the investment in the regional, medium and long distance lines, and nearby; Those that the citizen suffers more daily.

However, it would be cynical to believe that all politicians are the same, or that all tragedies have the same implications, but the method with which our policy avoids responsibilities is increasingly similar. PP and PSOE are experts in the “and you more”, so that the citizen ends up preferring a good face to face a convincing explanation. The parties that support them are either to be supervised anything. Vox has no problem holding Mazón Because a figure worn before the public opinion to continue growing, and Pedro Sánchez’s partners will not put him against the ropes in any public management issue because they panic to govern the ultra -right. The failure of the new policy also comes due to the perception that the general interest is not among its plans.

Consequently, that no one throws their hands to their heads if some young people, and not so young, distrust the accountability mechanisms in our democracy. Tecnocracy is what people want when it concludes that ideologies have become a alibi for certain politicians with an effort to remain in their armchairs, or that management is inefficient because it is politicized. Of course, technicians are not a neutral or apolitical entity, as it is sometimes intended. But the problem can never be that citizens require explanations, no matter how much some want to point it out. Antipolytic is looking for possible enemies Before possible causes, having returned to the feeling of permanence from which bipartisanship prior to 2015 enjoyed, or that 14 years after 15-M resigning remains so weird. Or, worse, that there are citizens willing to resign themselves only so that one day they do not govern those of the other side.