Gerald Blyde // Thus is that he governs himself

In a corridor of the government palace, Monday anyone, three ministers patiently hope to that the President leaves his office to communicate some new features to him and to receive instructions. They take to two hours paying shoot. One inquires to them that the head is occupied solving the Bolivian crisis by telephone; that they must hope. Finally the door of the office is abre and leaves the awaited President. “What had? ”, it says to them. Minister of Interior and Justicia goes ahead: “President, this plan of security is not working either; the weekend 50 violent deaths in the capital took place only here. I create we must reframe this subject; perhaps it is necessary to decentralize and to support to the municipalities in his preventive work”. The President walking by the corridor, pauses and he says to him: ”you these crazy person, boy! he does not interest that to me. You do not help anybody, you do not coordinate with anybody; that problem it you must solve, who stop that I named you. In addition, most important he is than they want to me to kill. To that he is to which you would be due to dedicate; he discovers who are, with tests. I need that you protect to me ". And the minister answers: “yes, President”. Low the head and tightens in its hands the carpetita with the report of crimes of the weekend.

The minister of the House also approaches the President. He says to him that he needs to meet with him, whom he requires to show the plan to him of construction of emergencia houses, but that require its approval and the grant of the resources. He says to him that from all parts of the country they come demanding houses and every day they protest in front of the institute that assigns the houses, but that are no houses that to assign.

The President remains seeing fixedly him and he answers to him: “but, good, small, so that I have to you”. The minister responds: “but, President, I cannot approve the plan and the resources; that is function hers because in his law you did not delegate it and that competition was reserved”. The President responds: “good, I send to you to call when she has time to see that. Now I am leaving to an act in which I am going to return to chain to means by two or three hours. Today I am inspired. Only I spoke hour and a half yesterday because I was not inspired”, and it is ***reflxed mng.

The three ministers celebrate the grace to him and one indicates: “thus it is that it is governed, President”. They advance all by the corridor and, or in the end, the third minister - doubting if it asked to him or not finally one dares: “President, you issued the order of which all the hospitals happened to the central government, we already fulfilled, but it is required that it reviews these budgets that I brought to him and the request of additional credit to the Assembly is approved, to do against the increase of pays of the personnel and the urgent purchase of all the consumptions and medecines to him that are needed”.

The President explodes: “what happened, he is worth? Until when that personnel he is going to continue requesting increase, then? He is that they are not socialist? That they go away p'the reed. I will speak with Fidel pa' that sends more doctors to me of the island. That yes they are good and they are not peseteros. Why they want more money? In any case, I right now do not have time. I am leaving for the Teresa Carreño to a socialist encounter, and will have chain. When finishing I leave to the support act of my candidates, who I cannot chain because they will begin to say pitiyanquis competing that abuse, and soon I am going them to me to take to put the first stone of the first communal building. But as that yes it is an act of State, I will return to chain to means and there I am useful to do the propaganda to them in chain, then…

“But, President, these subjects that we presented/displayed to him are urgent, we needed that you decide; we cannot, the governors and mayors cannot, all the competitions you have you. If we acted fast we can avoid that so many crimes happen, to begin to construct houses and to avoid medical unemployment of personnel of the hospitals”.

The President already entering his light truck and surrounded by all his personal guards, answers to them: “he is that is more important that what I said to them that I am going to do today? To see how you do, because tonight I leave international tour by Russia, Belarus, Cuba, Bolivia, Argentina, Nicaragua and Paraguay. I must take care of the requirements world-wide. Those subjects are very important to have that they reject by us in the world when the gringos come to invade to us”.

The door of the light truck is closed. They remain unemployed there, with its folders in the hand, watching how the presidential caravan leaves palace course to the first chain. They watch one to another one and they exclaim: “what great is! Thus, thus, thus it is that it is governed”. No says a single word against the President is not going to be they are recording that them. They take leave and they retire. (The described scene is fictitious. Any similarity with the reality is pure coincidence).

gblyde@cantv.net