Mayor Antonio Ledezma's Hunger Strike
Caracas,
July 8, 2009
Mayor
Ledezma is already getting the attention of OAS Secretary General
José Miguel Insulza and of the press. I back the suggestion from
Miranda state Governor Henrique Capriles Radonski, who advises
Ledezma to immediately suspend his hunger strike. Small businesses
located on Orinoco Avenue in Las Mercedes commercial district have
already lost much patronage in the last few days. In the current
economic juncture it is completely out of place to harm the little
business that is still left.
Mr.
Ledezma, citizens voted for you so that you work and preoccupy
yourself about the city's many problems, if you rest on a stretcher
you aren't doing that. This is similar to when the opposition
withdrew from the legislative elections on 2005 and was left without
a space at the National Assembly. If you conclude this hunger strike
alive, you will have to undertake extensive medical treatment in
order to recover your health. These are no longer Ghandi's times when
events occurred slowly and people could afford the luxury of wasting
their time. Please do not waste your time any longer, be creative and
find solutions. If you are unable or do not have the time to find any
solutions, I see no reason for voting for you again in future
elections. You also chose a terrible moment for this strike, because
Honduras will continue grabbing headlines for a long time to come.
Rivero & Cooper, Inc. RROOPSTR
Caracas,
July 10, 2009
Dear
Metropolitan Mayor of Caracas, Mr. Antonio Ledezma:
Thank you
for having considered the request from so many people who are
genuinely worried for your health and for your life. We are now
waiting for your full recovery in order to retake the leadership of
the Mayor office. You have demonstrated much creativity in the past
and many achievements; however, it is necessary to be even more
creative in order to obtain further achievements, despite being
slight. I am asking you, more than ever before, to look for ways to
meet the city's needs despite any new obstacles. Maybe the moment has
arrived for you to concentrate on the needs of the city of Caracas
and therefore I propose you to momentarily leave the political and
ideological struggles as a second priority. Please manage this city,
do the exercise on a daily basis of designing the solution for any
specific problem concerning the citizens who are not involved in
politics, so that by the end of 2010 you will have already achieved
solving 500 specific problems. In order to accomplish that you may
consider delegating the political and jurisdiction struggles on your
legal advisers.
Mayor
Ledezma, we need you today as an efficient manager, not as a
politician. I augur that if you make your energies available to
constantly back upon your management creativity, you will be able to
solve many petty problems in the present, which will imply further
political achievements for you in the medium run.