ten years ago I was about to
to go blind and deaf was mayor
I was about to go blind and deaf
Politically speaking
like almost all the mayors when they are
chosen
I also put a lot of enthusiasm and sometimes
the agenda does not have hours almost all the
mayors when they are elected they decide
devote a lot of hours to listen to
all the world
The problem is that apart from
hours
I listened to one and another and to another and another
more and then go out and what
It happened to me that what they told me in
the street the neighbors because I did not have
nothing to do with what I already in the
City Hall and a day to the good of
Carol Carol is my secretary
it was City Hall
I asked him hey carroll but it’s here
no one is normal to talk about the
normal things that all the
world the street and the answer was yes
mayor have a lot but the
we filter we tell them you sent a written
I spoke with the technician and we accompanied him
thousands over here is the exit
all this happened at the same time that I thought
I was listening
I was about to go blind and deaf
in the first months of mayor in
that moment we could react
I at least I tried and I received
is that it is essential that regardless of
listen to the big shots and those of
the important associations and those
they come with a very big brand
besides that sometimes it is also
important to listen to those who
they simply represent themselves and
that’s where you learn a lot and you
learn
also to discern and I’ll tell you a
thing you do not have to listen to only the one
be right poor politicians who
they surround only people who are right
and that make them see only what they
they want to see and listen to you only what
theirs want them to listen poor
they are deaf and blind they have to
listen to everyone also who
after criticizing and you know that you’re not going to
convince and you know who does not have
nothing to see a priori with you and also
you know it and they but all of them and you
you are also making an effort for
listen listen to everyone without exclusion
It is my opinion the first of the
paradigms of that that carries this title
to move from the new policy to the
good policy that I think is the one
citizens demand to hear the
second of the keys surely when
you talk about politics when you talk about
a forum like this is communication
If you think that I’m going to teach a lesson
of communication here you are wrong
we did because he would be an integral cretin
here are professionals this from the
communication
there are a lot of people who know they know
There are many people who can give lessons
I did not regret I admit it
I’m just going to give a poor opinion of the
politicians who leave the chair empty
there are many there are many politicians who
they think you have to go to the media but
only to those who are his rope and that
you have to go to the forums but only those that
They are of a great dimension and you have to
be on the sites whenever the
pilot of the camera turned on and they are left
the empty chair of those other means
that are not so related to those forums that
they are not so big
where the camera is not or
there is simply no journalist who
collect collect the opinion will never leave
the empty chair
chaves because I too my opinion
because the one who leaves the chair empty can
committing the risk that they speak for him and
when they speak for you
that yes that the policy is a rule of
gold when they speak for you they never say what
what would you say
rather it is the opposite so
listen therefore communicate if you speak
of good politics and nowadays this is
a fundamental key there is a word
magical the word participation
I believe that citizens no longer want
politicians who only guess
of course they want and politicians that
be quick and effective that also not
you ask that only every time there is a
most important opinion of many
citizens who demand in addition to
right to be a part of being in the garlic
get inside to be able to get involved
participate and I remember good still in
that time the percentage of people who
had on the internet us in Spain was like
10% and like me to the young councilor
then long before being mayor then
they had given me the wallet it was called
new technologies and I remember that the
Town hall portal
honestly it was a disaster and not what
I say what technical experts say
then it occurred to us it was so long ago
time that can not be called or tested
pilot but we happened to give him the
opportunity although they were few at all
those who had the tool
Internet to comment on different
new web pages or digital facades
of the town hall and choose between
different options chose the one that did not
I liked it and they chose the one that
technicians did not like it but it does not matter
than a web page that was later changed
long after it was the page
of all we had achieved that
those who had the tool
Internet were not citizens who
observed and opined were new
prescribers had participated assumed
as if the project so the
participation has that magic that
turns citizens into
prescribers
if someone participates in the project that
your project and that serves for a
sad web page from that time or
for a big project or for a reform
in the city et cetera poor of those
who think that participation is only
an administrative procedure that the law
it obliges in some cases and in some
poor political procedures that
they think that there is a question to say
additional that has to do with this the
good policy and now it seems that I
invited right is the word
consensus
that’s so clear politicians who do not know
agreeing are useless
besides now they are useless or said
in another way and politicians who think
that success in your career is I’m going to
try to get to accomplish the hundred
percent of my program
if all politicians did and
I thought that would approve nothing
would approve anything because it is impossible to do
something the consensual sign with another that
have a different opinion
the line has a different opinion or
in other words there are two options or
get off the car you leave some hairs
in the gatera and you start to negotiate with
another and consensual option an option 2
someone do it for you and keep
against you
that’s why I think the word consensus does not
it’s a word way is more important
that never very important to explain it and
explain it well agree simply
make possible the poor projects of
the politicians who do not want that no
know or have no practice in this
of consensus and there is a question
additional because in this of the policy
I do not know if many people ask me what
I do many times on youtube that you contribute
or the policy that you provide because
you follow in this I have a small
answer the time to say that
leave it because this has to be left as
everything is the moment when it stops being
appetizing and to make it palatable in
politics is sometimes hard sometimes it is
very hard and sometimes it is unpleasant
need to have small moments of
satisfaction human to human
human is very important and sometimes they are
little things that make it worthy of
It’s a shame to be there and I claim it and what
claimed because sometimes it is human not
it’s on the news or is it on the
covers of the media is sometimes human
are things as simple as coming back
at the beginning how we put some hours
on the agenda so he could come
people to tell what they thought
always when you represent only yourself
same
with very diverse people I remember
a lady calls my attention because
what he did when he arrived was open bags
take out broken glasses broken by the
half had got a blur in one
work of the town hall on a street
the poor lady I remember that
remember also that she was very affected
I suppose that also with a pension
limited is thinking if I fixed the
either glasses or carry two families
what I was looking for in the mayor that is a
figure that is there always as a
reference is a solution I did not do
nothing that someone in the
window had fallen on a construction site
we explain what administratively is
a liability file
patrimonial that today or of word then
something like if you have fallen into a
work there is insurance and that they cover it
the gazes will pay agreement that that lady
did not wait a few days later in the
Town Hall door with no
ethics that had made a love of sra
Well, that day I went home and slept
well because it ‘s a little experience
human is good for something this the good
is that same day
a few hours before the agenda of
town hall we had a meeting
with the technicians to discuss one of the
great star projects of the new
infrastructures of the city leave
ahead it was a hugely debate
several years a new station
buses but I slept well for that
Mrs. human to human without
human politicians or without humanity in the
politics
this is not worth it, so I
he said before he started with that confession
that ten years ago I was on the verge of
remain deaf and blind and ended up with
another confession you leave me ten more years
late and after experiences like
these and many others that surely not
fit in a telex arrived at the
conclusion that it’s worth it
strive every day a little to
that can be heard and seen in the
policy at least a little bit more
thank you very much
[Applause]
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