Meeting in the capital
Ernestina Godoy Ramos, the attorney general, sat down with more than 20 private sector leaders. The stated objective: strengthen “legal certainty” and outline a comprehensive strategy against extortion.
Sounds good, right? It always sounds good when authorities promise coordination. The question is how permanent this dialogue mechanism that they agreed to establish will be.
“…agreed on the need to establish permanent coordination mechanisms between authorities and businessmen…”
The plan on the table
Godoy Ramos proposed a three-legged strategy: crime prevention, attention to its causes and institutional strengthening. It also offered a direct channel to the Security Cabinet for businessmen to bring their complaints.
The curious thing is the timing. A plan that will soon be presented to the Senate, just when security pressures increase. Promises of mediation and education as tools against violence complete the official discourse.
But here’s the scalpel: in a country with a short memory, how many times have we heard this same “joint collaboration” script? The real test is not in the meetings, but in what happens after the lights and microphones go down.
