Dedocracia - Salvados

The main purpose of this video is to make people aware of how many Government Consultants haven’t been chosen via democracy. The program explains how the politicians have elected their consultants by pointing with their finger instead of using democratic methods. 

Consultants are professionals hired by the Government to give politicians expert advice on particular matters. In Spain there are between 15000 and 17000 consultants. We might question whether many of them have been elected because of their friendships or because of their technical skills.

When a person relies on someone, they trust and believe that the person of confidence will be capable of carrying out many of the specific tasks required in the job. In many cases this person ends up expecting something in return, as there might be a family link or friendship involved. This is what happens to many politicians as they trust family members or friends without having previously checked their technical skills.

This video also shows another problem. Politicians are able to access to an exaggerated number of consultants, as there is supposed to be no limit. This is important, as the government could end up having more consultants than councillors. To what point could the number of consultants increase?

Fortunately, nowadays this practice has stopped as the state realised that there were too many consultants for a reduced group of councillors.

All in all, it is clear tht in this particular case democracy is not being fully applied, as sometimes, consultants are chosen based on personal interests rather than based on professional criteria.

                                                                                                                        Laura Arias