A Better Country
In Colombia and
worldwide, all adults regardless of their
educational level, their profession,
their place of residence (urban or rural areas) have an opinion in common: the
country is tired of corruption and that this is responsible for all the evils
of the country and the world.
Of these people, a
large majority, come to think that all politicians are equal and that all they
want is to reach public office in order to steal and benefit their family and
friends, without considering the needs of the community. They think that
nothing will change and that it does not matter who is elected by popular vote.
This has been one of the main causes for the majority of the population (over
50%) to abstain from voting, and to be so indifferent and allow the corrupt to
make their own.
1. That people are
politically active, stop being indifferent and become more critical. They are people who propose ideas and solutions, and who are willing
to respect differences and debate.
2. It would be good
for people to become more patriotic, to feel their country not only when an
athlete or national team wins a tournament; it is to have a sense of belonging
to your neighborhood, city, region and above all, country; feel the pain of
homeland every time a compatriot suffers or dies unjustly, due to negligence,
lack of management by omission, in short; and have the need to do something so
that does not happen again.
3. And finally, the
most important thing to stop corruption from happening is that people stop
thinking that politicians are indispensable for the design and implementation
of public policies. People can be organized by neighborhoods, groups, paths,
localities, to design and implement on their own solutions to the problems
their population suffers.
This is not easy, but
it is not impossible, nothing is impossible if people put themselves up there.
Colombia will become a major country only if this issue is addressed by its own
people.
By:
Maria José Durán.
Kathy Simmonds.
Mario Sandoval and
Laura Ferreira,
Step 8.
