What a coincidence: I had barely written that the most pernicious result of the fact that today lies have a greater capacity for dissemination than ever before is the dizzying discredit of the truth and the carcinogenic spread of cynicism in politics, when I saw on the Internet a renowned political scientist who, While defending the European Union, he fervently advocated cynicism, declared himself “hugely in favor of lying” and concluded: “You have to play dirty, because the bad guys play dirty.” How do we want our politicians not to be cynical and liars if those who whisper in their ears advise them to lie and cynicism? Reading the CIS surveys carefully, one understands that, whatever the CIS itself says, the main problem for Spaniards is the political class; But don’t be fooled: the one who practices anti-politics is not that palpable majority of Spaniards.
No one is more in favor of a united Europe than I – but not everything goes to defend it. There is a misunderstanding here: as a describer of power – that is why he is the father of political science – but as a prescriber of power he is a calamity: history shows that it is not the end that justifies the means, but the means that justify the end, and that the noblest end is poisoned if the means used to obtain it are poisonous. In a speech given at the UN, President Sánchez stated: “”. I disagree: that hand tied behind your back is the rule of law, and those who put the survival of democracy at risk are those who, by untying their hand, violate or undermine it. Spanish democracy had the right to defend itself from ETA terrorism: that is untying its hand from its back; , but . When democracy unties its hand from behind its back, it embarks on the path of autocracy. If the end justifies the means, everything is justified and the law prevails. Do judges charge our enemies? Justice. Do the judges accuse us? Lawfare. The rules apply to the enemies, but not to us, who are the good guys and can play dirty. Perverted by this lethal sectarianism, it is logical that, in their hearts, so many politicians laughed at the Portuguese socialist António Costa when he resigned from his position as prime minister – “to preserve the dignity of the institution” – as soon as a judge charged one of his advisors and opened an investigation into him. A true piece of news published by the digital The Objective has gone unnoticed. Shortly after the dark meeting in Barajas between José Luis Ábalos and Delcy Rodríguez, vice president of Venezuela, the then Minister of Transportation and now suspected of corruption summoned the president of AENA – the company in charge of managing the airports – to his home and demanded that he delete the recorded images of his presence at the airport. The person in charge of AENA was; However, and although Ábalos was his superior – as well as President Sánchez’s right-hand man and the government’s strong man – Lucena flatly refused to comply with the order. Ábalos became angry, but Lucena did not give in. “That is illegal and I cannot do it,” he told the minister.
Why do we find Lucena’s gesture admirable? Why does Costa’s resignation seem almost “angelic” ()? We need politicians who do not lie to us or deceive us, whose word has value, politicians who accept to fight with one hand tied behind their back, who play fair, who respect the rules, respect their adversaries and respect us. We need politicians with integrity. We need Costas and Lucenas. This is how anti-politics ends.
