Post by account_disabled on Mar 6, 2024 0:36:31 GMT -6
Listening to some editorials from prestigious media, I have been reflecting for days on revolving doors, that figure that tries to represent the way in which professionals move from the public sector to the private sector when they cease their duties. Only after that slow reflection do I dare to make it public, at the risk that volcanoes, catastrophic statements by Pablo Casado or patriotic boos to the president of the government, make the topic obsolete. In principle, almost everyone uses a revolving door when they finish their public office as they return to the private sector, from which they generally came. There are two exceptions to this general rule: those people who go directly from university to public office and those others who, so we understand each other, have never hit the water in their lives. Neither privately nor publicly, no matter how much they have an official car at their service. But, except for these two exceptions, the rest of us who have ever worked in the public sector, go through one of those revolving doors. Therefore, the matter being so normal, it is striking that now, precisely, it has become fashionable to talk about revolving doors. The cause is called Carmona. Antonio Miguel Carmona Sancipriano, specifically. As, by now, everyone knows, Carmona has been appointed director of an electricity company, like other socialists before him, although at a time when the sector is in a reputation crisis in the eyes of public opinion and Iberdrola in full battle with the Government.
By the way, wouldn't it be better to reflect on the true power of governments over the electricity sector? (*). Well, whether Carmona's revolving door fame is fair or not, it will help us reflect on that work figure. Let's do it and take note: Tax inspectors who move to the private sector to advise large and medium-sized taxpayers to "optimize" their taxes. State lawyers who change Australia Phone Number sides to defend companies in their relations with the public administration. Judges who, following the same steps as the State's lawyers, do the same. And prosecutors. Aviation pilots trained in the army who go on to fly commercial aircraft. Social security doctors who alternate their work with private consultations. Or architects, engineers and technicians of all kinds, public officials, who are hired by private companies to use their technical knowledge, in addition to their agenda. Especially in the energy, industry, commerce or public works sectors. And, that, without counting the journalists who return from their official press offices to the media from which they came. Or to others equally private. Is this reflection a “ and you more ”? Do we have to reflect on all that? Or just about Carmona? And, in general, aren't all the doors that connect both the public and private sectors revolving? Well, if the answer is negative, let's define which ones are yes and which ones are not.
Because, between the case of Carmona and that of the municipal sweeper who goes to the private sector to perform a similar function, communication experts will surely tell us where to draw the line. For example: When Rafael Arias Salgado went, in a matter of hours, from the Ministry of Development to the presidency of Carrefour Spain, did he use a revolving door or simply his same official car? For example: When Baltasar Garzón was in charge of conducting a summary against his former colleagues in government, did he do so by recovering his judiciary position? Or wasn't that a private matter you were resolving? For example, does Juan Carlos de Borbón, who came from Rome and has gone to Abu Dhabi, count as a revolving door? For example, are we waiting, to punish him as he deserves, for Tezanos, when his term in the CIS ends, to return to what he has been doing all his life? Well, we can reflect all we want on revolving doors but what is going to keep revolving is the world as it is. There is a precedent in the case of black cards . What happened served to imprison some people, but not to change a system that continues to work: that of personal credit cards, linked to bank accounts of companies and institutions. Which was the origin of that famous case. So let's wait to see who is the next head that crowns the pillory of our media to talk about revolving doors again.
By the way, wouldn't it be better to reflect on the true power of governments over the electricity sector? (*). Well, whether Carmona's revolving door fame is fair or not, it will help us reflect on that work figure. Let's do it and take note: Tax inspectors who move to the private sector to advise large and medium-sized taxpayers to "optimize" their taxes. State lawyers who change Australia Phone Number sides to defend companies in their relations with the public administration. Judges who, following the same steps as the State's lawyers, do the same. And prosecutors. Aviation pilots trained in the army who go on to fly commercial aircraft. Social security doctors who alternate their work with private consultations. Or architects, engineers and technicians of all kinds, public officials, who are hired by private companies to use their technical knowledge, in addition to their agenda. Especially in the energy, industry, commerce or public works sectors. And, that, without counting the journalists who return from their official press offices to the media from which they came. Or to others equally private. Is this reflection a “ and you more ”? Do we have to reflect on all that? Or just about Carmona? And, in general, aren't all the doors that connect both the public and private sectors revolving? Well, if the answer is negative, let's define which ones are yes and which ones are not.
Because, between the case of Carmona and that of the municipal sweeper who goes to the private sector to perform a similar function, communication experts will surely tell us where to draw the line. For example: When Rafael Arias Salgado went, in a matter of hours, from the Ministry of Development to the presidency of Carrefour Spain, did he use a revolving door or simply his same official car? For example: When Baltasar Garzón was in charge of conducting a summary against his former colleagues in government, did he do so by recovering his judiciary position? Or wasn't that a private matter you were resolving? For example, does Juan Carlos de Borbón, who came from Rome and has gone to Abu Dhabi, count as a revolving door? For example, are we waiting, to punish him as he deserves, for Tezanos, when his term in the CIS ends, to return to what he has been doing all his life? Well, we can reflect all we want on revolving doors but what is going to keep revolving is the world as it is. There is a precedent in the case of black cards . What happened served to imprison some people, but not to change a system that continues to work: that of personal credit cards, linked to bank accounts of companies and institutions. Which was the origin of that famous case. So let's wait to see who is the next head that crowns the pillory of our media to talk about revolving doors again.