The Mutual Annulment of the Opposition | La anulación mutua de la oposición

By Guido Añez Moscoso, Eju.tv:

Last night, I took part in El Búnker as a guest invited by Virginio Lema. Believe me, I left deeply worried about the political situation. While these are not scientific polls with technical specifications, regional vote weighting, or statistical data that reflect the real state of the electorate, the reaction of the people—infected by the immaturity of political leaders and presidential candidates—is leading us off a cliff.

This is the best, or perhaps the only, opportunity we have to defeat MAS. They are divided and weak, but I am certain they will unite. They are the only political force with a party structure and a consolidated core vote.

UNITY is essential when no one has the strength to defeat the common enemy. And if we want to bring about the changes the country needs, it is necessary to have a strong government that controls parliament and an Executive Branch with decision-making capacity.

What worries me more is seeing people on social media celebrating that their candidate is first or second, without realizing that this advantage is neither real nor lasting—because it is not enough to defeat MAS. It ends up being a defeat.

Our candidates—the candidates of democracy—are in a process of mutual annulment or reciprocal destruction. This occurs when two or more political forces counteract and neutralize each other, preventing any of them from achieving significant progress.

The result of this phenomenon is electoral stagnation, preventing any of them from reaching their objectives, gaining dominance, or significantly advancing toward electoral victory. And in the case of a Pyrrhic victory, it would result in an unstable, conflict-ridden government of perverse negotiations, parliamentary corruption, and governmental inaction—nullifying the possibility of urgent and essential changes our country needs to emerge from the crisis caused by MAS and its system of government.

There is still time to straighten the course, to bring rationality back to political struggle, and to reach unity agreements that restore hope and faith in the Bolivia we all want to build: free, democratic, just, without political prisoners or exiles, and without people thinking of leaving the country due to a lack of hope for a better future.

The floor is now with the candidates—if they continue like this, their only achievement will be appearing on the ballot, but none will win.

LONG LIVE FREE BOLIVIA! WE SHALL RETURN AND WE SHALL WIN!

Leave a comment