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36 Year Old President Gabriel Borich

Amit Singhal

by अमित सिंघल
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I believe that the most unconceived address at the annual general debate of this year was Chile’s 36-year-old President Gabriel Borich. Before being elected president Borich was the President of the Chile University Student Union in 2011-12. Previously he was the president of law school students union.

In October 2019, the then government increased the fare of public transport in the capital of Chile. A huge mass movement agitated against the increase that spread across the nation. Government imposed an emergency to deal with this. Borich was a leading leader of the mass movement who calmed the mass movement by making an agreement with the chairman of political parties represented in the Parliament.

Borich is a big leftist. He contested on platforms of free education, student loans forgiveness, free healthcare, major minerals and mines under government control, reducing private sector rolls, old pension etc. Borich became president of Chile after winning by heavy votes in December 2021 elections.

But problems in Chile increased in nine months. Inflation and unemployment increased; GDP is shrinking. Public outrage is on the rise. That too, when mineral exploitation contributes heavily to Chile’s economy. The public rejected the new constitution they proposed by them by huge votes in a referendum.

So I was curious what Borich would say in his first address to the UN General Assembly?

Borich did not disappoint.

Borich said that as a young person who was protesting on the street earlier, I can tell you that representing unrest is much easier than providing solutions. (“As a young person who was on the street protesting not very long ago, I can tell you that representing unrest is a lot easier than producing solutions. “)
He further said that those of us who devote ourselves to the evil act of politics seem to be because of the successes we get as spokespersons of mass dissatisfaction seem to have the real ability to become the builders of a better future which is an illusion There are. (… Easily confuse our successes as spokespersons for citizen annoyance with our real capacity to be builders of better future. )

Borich says the outcome of referendum has taught us to be more humble. I now believe that the nation we dream of is not in a particular recipe book (culinary), but in a dish we can make with the greatest contribution of all. I tell you with all humility: When the public speaks, the government can never give up. In a democracy, the popular word is sovereign and a guide to all governments.

Now you look in the context of India. Kejriwal, Yogendra Yadav, Lalu’s son, Bhupesh Baghel, Rahul, Pawar, Mamta etc can only become spokespersons of public dissatisfaction. When you got the responsibility to run the government yourself, then only chaos, communal violence, expenditure, scams, mismanagement is seen more than government income. Will talk about petrol-diesel inflation, but will not reduce tax in our state themselves. They will run a public movement regarding government jobs, but they themselves are not able to provide jobs in their own states. Can’t even handle my party.

On the other hand there are “hardcore” Modi supporters who think PM Modi is appeasement; not controlling anarchist-communal elements immediately; not imposing Article 356 in Bengal; everyone’s support, everyone’s faith, everyone’s effort It is.

I have one answer to all such “fanatic” supporters: “Representing unrest is much easier than providing solutions”.

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