Perhaps few know what the Subdere, many have never even heard about it. But the few who will know the name of this public agency, usually associated with the payment for political favors, to the delivery of resources for election campaigns or other acts of questionable legality. Also, many leaders of the old guard have been there concertacionista as current Minister Francisco Vidal.
If during the Bachelet government have not heard much comment on the Subdere, it is because the President decided to charge someone with credentials to ensure proper management. It was not a person who does not know technocrat and political patterns, but they put Claudia Serrano, a former militant PS and had a strange mix - almost non-existent in much of the political - between ideals, highly educated, professional and rigor. If we have known little of the Subdere in the media over the past 3 years, it is because this division is dedicated to do their job the right way, without falling into abuse of authority or resources. In that sense, the designation of Serrano as Minister of Labor is a great loss to the Subdere and posed a challenge huge in the appointment of his successor (a).
a couple of days ago we learned that President Bachelet decided to implement this strategic position as a militant socialist - cuoteo heir in office - Mahmud Aleuy. The new secretary already has quite a history within the Concertación. Considered the electoral expert from your store has a priori rejection by most of the Alliance.
Remembered is your application for membership of the board of TVN, which was rejected by the right, arguing that made them fear that Aleuy, - who has an extensive resume of political operative - would break the fragile balance that works directory state channel. Aleuy, as President of The Nation, gave the nod to the cover the date of dismissal of Yasna Provoste, which threatened the parliamentarians who had to decide the future of the former minister.
Finally, the profile of the new rigor Subdere far shown by his predecessor and his previous actions put a warning light on its new management. In short, he was given a checkbook with six hundred billion pesos, in an election year, a person who has dedicated himself to get elected candidates of his coalition. This year, the Subdere, hopefully more talk about public policy or development of quotas, of posters, plans geo-referenced or overdubs.
Not surprisingly, then, that leaders like Escalona Auth or publicly rejoice at the appointment, while soban hands thinking about how this is going to help the squalid party coffers. Better or for worse, Bachelet, with this appointment, he was right on the old politics, that he clings with claws and teeth, if not with public funds, to power.
newspaper column published in The Counter
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