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
It is quite surprising how indirect our democracy is! To make your comment more comprehensive, I would have added information about the lobbies and lobbyists who operate, again in their thousands, in democracies - perhaps most noticeably in the USA.
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