Silence as Strategy

       In a few weeks Chile is going to face new elections, both presidential and parliamentary. This year Michelle Bachelet wants to be elected for second time, and I have to say that she is probably one of the main topics in people’s conversations about politics. The numbers says that she is one of the strongest candidates, but I do think that without a doubt the mixed feelings that she causes are more interesting than her candidacy for itself. One of the main reasons of the rejection that she causes is what happened in her previous mandate. That fatidic episode where many people lost their houses and even more died; yes, how to forget the earthquake of 2010? That catastrophe in great measure caused the division between people who approves Bachelete’s candidacy and those who don’t. Regardless the perceptions, it is clear that her decisions at that time caused a big impact in what happened after the earthquake. So, despite all what I have said before, most of the people are still with her. Having said that, this is what surprise me the most:  the fact that people are going to vote for someone that these days doesn’t have a voice,  they are about to vote for someone who doesn’t want to give answers. Honestly, it is really sad.