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title = "Mario Congiusta, candidate for the Regional Council of Calabria."
author = "Danilo M."
type = "life"
date = "2010-03-05T09:17:55+00:00"
excerpt = "I would like to bring to your attention the candidacy of Mario Congiusta for the upcoming elections to the Regional Council of Calabria."
categories = [ "Blogging"]
tags = ["calabria", "candidato", "congiusta", "consiglio", "elezioni", "incensurato", "libertà di stampa", "mario", "regionale"]
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I want to bring to your attention a very important event for me. Although I don't take much interest in politics, I look around and realize that the situation in Calabria and in Italy is rapidly deteriorating, heading towards an abyss with no bottom.

Corruption has always existed, but lately, our politics seems to be increasingly heading towards a totalitarian idea, towards a future that I don't even want to imagine. Those in power try to concentrate more and more power on themselves; there are no longer any factions; all political parties secretly collaborate, exchanging favors to obtain others, and all of this kills democracy, all of this silences the voice that the people have regarding state issues.

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As I said, I don't deal with politics, but I feel that there is a need for greater clarity around us, there is a need for transparency. I want to be able to say that the people who hold any public office, or who aspire to hold it, are honest people, people who aspire to that position **to express their ideas**, not to earn more. I want to participate in public competitions without having to worry about the fact that there will be dishonest people who will achieve better results than me because they are "supported" by this or that powerful person. :vangry:

I realize that these may seem like utopian considerations, but if we don't aim for a higher, more noble goal, we are only doing a favor to those who are already in power; **if we continue to play by their rules, we will never win**.

For this reason, I want to bring to your attention the **candidacy of Mario Congiusta** for the upcoming elections for the Calabrian Regional Council.

Calabria, and all of Italy, needs people like Mario at this moment.

We need to start with people like Mario Congiusta because the honesty and transparency of political positions should not be an added value; honesty must be the norm. The added values of a politician are their ideas, and politicians should be compared based on those ideas.

As I said, I don't deal with politics, but I am a staunch advocate for honesty, from the small things to the most important ones, and I hope one day to be able to live in a democratic state that is democratic not only in words but also ensures its citizens a peaceful coexistence, without subterfuge...

You will call it utopia, I call it **hope**.