domingo, 3 de abril de 2011

Unity, humility, responsibility, transparency - and end the lobbies


Um caminho para minorar os danos!

Um texto muito bom e com o qual eu concordo totalmente. Escrito por um russo mas que podia ter sido escrito por mim pese embora a diferença na maneira de ver e de sentir o mundo.

in Pravda.ru

What the Portuguese need to do, and until now have been incapable of, is the capacity to sit together and draw up a national plan in the short- and medium-term at least, which goes above and beyond the cosmetic whims of petty party politics. What Portugal needs is to establish benchmarks after broad consultation with all players involved and then to follow up and make sure they are being followed.

What Portugal needs is to sweep aside those thousands of leeches who suck the country dry, gravitating around the positions of power and control - an army of invisible, opaque and grey barons who make a living at the expense of the rest of the country. These are the lobbies, these are the boys for whom the jobs are reserved.

What Portugal needs is to show more humility, and this comes with accepting responsibility. This in turn passes by the need for properly drawn up job descriptions so that not only do people know what they are supposed to do, but can be held accountable if they do not fulfil their obligations. (...)

Responsibility and job descriptions also mean a different work ethic, in which the innate productivity of the Portuguese (who prove themselves to be excellent workers abroad but unproductive at home) could flourish - greater responsibility, more freedom, as per fulfilling the job description within the timetable stipulated, leaving work at the proper time, like in other countries, and having something called "a life" away from the office. (...)

Transparency is the last quality lacking in Portugal. What is the real state of the public finances? Why does nobody explain them clearly to the people? Why does nobody adopt the stance of a teacher with a blackboard and piece of chalk and say clearly where they are and where they need to go? Transparency means knowing the curriculum of those in public office, those leading the institutions - who they are and what their competences are.

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