The political primaries rip-offs

The internal elections of political parties – which are paid for with state funds – have cost millions of dollars. And if we examine those expenses, we will discover that these primaries have been exaggerated. In the first place, there are parties that had candidates that it would have been easier and cheaper to elect by acclamation since they do not have or had contenders or those that did have were only to fulfill a requirement or, seen from inquisitive eyes, they were made so that scoundrels could enjoy electoral criminal jurisdiction. But, also, under the pretext that they will be negotiated in the alliances, all the political parties have reserved a good amount of space, with which, theoretically, they have had to lower expenses, but we see that it was little or nothing. Thirdly, we have that in a good part of the electoral offer of these parties are the same as now, those that very few want, because their performance has been ineffective or corrupt or both. And, to add insult to injury, many first-time candidates for office don’t have much to offer. That is, we pay for first-class elections to receive fourth and fifth-category candidates. Isn’t that a waste of much-needed money?—LA PRENSA, Jul. 23.