Comments on: US trade pact with Peru http://shorno.net/2006/04/16/us-trade-pact-with-peru/ Journal : Critique & Commentary: On the Human Condition Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:47:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: sonia http://shorno.net/2006/04/16/us-trade-pact-with-peru/comment-page-1/#comment-6194 sonia Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:20:10 +0000 http://shorno.net/2006/04/16/us-trade-pact-with-peru/#comment-6194 Good questions Inka. If everyone's kept in the dark, how can they be expected to know if its good for them or not! And the fact that these deals are designed, signed and sealed in secrecy without much 'disclosure' by certain people proves what <em>they</em> think about democracy. Very little - they obviously don't care. The thing that greatly annoys me is how they then still manage to preach about what they clearly don't practise! Good questions Inka. If everyone’s kept in the dark, how can they be expected to know if its good for them or not! And the fact that these deals are designed, signed and sealed in secrecy without much ‘disclosure’ by certain people proves what they think about democracy. Very little - they obviously don’t care. The thing that greatly annoys me is how they then still manage to preach about what they clearly don’t practise!

]]> By: Inka-Wolfy http://shorno.net/2006/04/16/us-trade-pact-with-peru/comment-page-1/#comment-5787 Inka-Wolfy Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:43:10 +0000 http://shorno.net/2006/04/16/us-trade-pact-with-peru/#comment-5787 Hola Sonja, yes, it is sneaky. Toledo considers this deal to be a big part of his presidential "legacy", if you can call it that way and he thinks because his administration has negotiated it over the last couple of years, it should be ratified while still in office. The thing is, nobody in Peru, including myself, knows one thing about its contents and short- and longtime effects and consequences. The government and the media have done diddly squat to communicate it to the public in a pro and con fashion. And that is the reason why Toledo is fighting a referendum cuz it would certainly be declined by the people. Its like blindly trusting a doctor's prescribed medicine, whether its cough syrup or cyanide.... How can you vote for something you don't know nor understand? It could mean the economic death sentence for 'Jose Fulano' and 'Juan del Pueblo', who's to say? peruvian greetings Inka Hola Sonja,
yes, it is sneaky. Toledo considers this deal to be a big part of his presidential “legacy”, if you can call it that way and he thinks because his administration has negotiated it over the last couple of years, it should be ratified while still in office.
The thing is, nobody in Peru, including myself, knows one thing about its contents and short- and longtime effects and consequences. The government and the media have done diddly squat to communicate it to the public in a pro and con fashion. And that is the reason why Toledo is fighting a referendum cuz it would certainly be declined by the people. Its like blindly trusting a doctor’s prescribed medicine, whether its cough syrup or cyanide….
How can you vote for something you don’t know nor understand? It could mean the economic death sentence for ‘Jose Fulano’ and ‘Juan del Pueblo’, who’s to say?

peruvian greetings
Inka

]]> By: Ceridwen Devi http://shorno.net/2006/04/16/us-trade-pact-with-peru/comment-page-1/#comment-5772 Ceridwen Devi Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:31:11 +0000 http://shorno.net/2006/04/16/us-trade-pact-with-peru/#comment-5772 Sounds very sneaky to me. Sounds very sneaky to me.

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