La Ley Seca is upon us.
As part of Guatemala's supposedly benign twist on The Purge, we are all expected to be on the spinach smoothies for the next 42 hours.
And when the virtual sirens sound again on Monday morning, this land may feel like a very different place.
OK, Sandra Torres will have lost again, possibly by as much as 30%, and be crying foul, so in that sense, same old, same old. (One wonders if the hair dye will slither down her cheeks as it did with Giuliani.)
But there will be palpable change in the air. A change that will nevertheless fall short of its full potential until Movimiento Semilla is more than a rickety raft in a sea of sharks.
The potential margin of victory and widespread popular merriment may end up masking the extent of the challenge that will remain.
This movement has demonstrated what a new kind of politics here might look like, but in the longer term there needs to be more than one exponent of it, more that one party committed to basic decency.
There will be significant obstacles ahead, not least in the form of existing constitutional constraints.
Anyway, I've been on the wagon for over a month now, but my bunker is now nicely stocked up for the weekend...and beyond, into the brave new world.
1 comment:
The real worry is that the current government leadership tries to fudge the real results. More of the same is something that is livable but the social unrest that would result in the capital is not.
As to the booze, good planning is needed.
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