Carlos Slim asks to respect the division of powers in Mexico

Businessman Carlos Slim called for “maintaining the division of powers” to ensure that countries improve their developments to ensure that countries “have an increasing development.” This call occurred during his participation in the XXVI Plenary Meeting of the Círculo de Montevideo Foundation, held in Santiago.During the event, the Mexican tycoon warned about the danger posed to democracy by the presidents who “want to be re-elected indefinitely”, and exemplified with the case of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the ended Hugo Chávez.In addition, he pointed out that another threat is the elimination of the division of powers. He reflected on the importance of both the Legislative and the Executive and the Police as “fundamental” institutions of democracy and freedom. Read more: Fernández Noroña calls Vicente Fox a “hollow head” for criticism of AMLOCarlos Slim said during the meeting that “maintaining the division of powers” in democracies allows for “increasing” development. However, he considered that at present the political leadership of change after the pandemic fails, so he wants events such as tuesday’s to contribute to highlighting “the importance of “technology and the digital age”, as well as making changes intelligently. Such statements given by the telecommunications tycoon were given during the debate entitled “New and old enemies of democracy”, which was attended by the former presidents of Uruguay, Chile and Spain.During his participation, Slim recalled the contemporary history that covers from the Industrial Revolution of 250 years ago and highlighted the existence of countries with agricultural societies where power is concentrated in a single person. Read more: PAN demands the National Guard to stop “walking around” and give resultsInclusively, the Mexican businessman declared that “communism is typical of an agricultural society.” He explained that proof of his assertion is the fact that he “could not enter” states such as England, “because they were already industrial countries”; while it had a better acceptance in countries such as Russia and China.



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