The Cartista narrative, and Peña’s “Pinocchio” persona, is collapsing under doctors’ demands

Doctors are now going to formally submit their resignations, and the numbers are approaching those announced in recent days. The development is further weakening what this commentary describes as the Cartista narrative surrounding the health workers’ demands.

Even Bachi said yesterday that the resignation of a single intensive-care specialist from a public hospital would already be serious. Yet Cartista loyalists are turning to percentages and mathematics to discredit what the article calls a legitimate struggle by public-sector health workers. The “dirty campaign” aimed at some doctors, it argues, cannot conceal the reality of public hospitals or the suffering of the most vulnerable citizens.

The column also takes aim at President Santiago Peña, whom it calls “Pinocchio.” It says he again showed his dictatorial streak when he claimed that several critics hide behind microphones and ink, and urged them to enter the political arena. The commentary reverses that accusation, saying the people hiding are the “digital hitmen” around him, who cowardly attack journalists, politicians and citizens who question the poor performance of a Cartista government that promised, “we are going to be better off.”

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The writer says Peña has no idea how democracy works and believes citizens are merely voters, residents or taxpayers, while politicians alone count as citizens. It adds that he should look for a principality because the damage he is causing Paraguay is “gigantic.” The column also calls for the public release of a 25-page report held by the Central Bank of Paraguay, which it says reportedly contains revealing data, and says the “savior of the homeland” and his colleagues are trying to hold back the approaching storm.

Finally, the article warns IPS president Isaías Fretes that the computer system of the Labor-Management Directorate has failed. As a result, no payments could be made through the social security institution as of yesterday. The commentary says the people responsible for the REI system are happy because they do not have to work, while taxpayers worry that IPS may impose late-payment fines. It calls for an explanation of the failure and a timetable for restoring service, noting that several first-floor public-service employees have little patience.

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