Great article from Spilner.Governance and political blackmail Glenis E. Feliz November 4, 2022 COLUMNS Politics is one of the purest sciences, and through the use of research methods it seeks to compare the different factors that influence the political and electoral scenarios , and that are developed according to the knowledge shown by the actors through their behavior when deal with the different issues and problems that affect them. While Governance is the way to establish the interrelation to seek the balance between the State, civil society and companies with markets as mechanisms to acquire the necessary economic resources, and it is necessary to take into consideration all productive sectors to be evaluated and valued each one with the different factors that intervene in its realization, and it is proven, mining and agriculture can coexist without problems, and for this reason the technical evaluation of experts is necessary and not the lies of blackmailers. However, the lack of political will of the officials to establish public policies from the different institutions, and that many times the balance is tilted towards the unfair, and it is evidenced by the lack of communication to guide the population on important issues, And the years go by, and the rulers leave aside their responsibility for the decisions that must be made at the moment for fear of the political cost, which could have repercussions against them and affect their data in future elections. This irresponsibility results in projects being delayed, while the different sectors enter into political conflicts, and debates with false arguments, making it difficult for citizens to clearly establish the difference between truth and lies, because in the networks social media and in the media there is a pitched war between those who are in favor of a project and those who are against that same project, and the worst thing is that the lack of governance keeps those who must make the decisions like they're umpires in a baseball game, and I mean governments, they've all done the same thing in recent years. It is evident that there is an insistence from political opponents in disqualifying the feasibility of the Romero mine despite not having the Environmental Impact Studies, EIA, at hand, and they seek to pressure the Government so that it does not approve it, because their arguments are Standing on a foundation of lies. On the other hand, the lack of political will of the Governments to assume their role, and it should be noted that this project would make it possible to make viable the economic resources necessary to improve the quality of life through public policies for the benefit of communities and provinces, and this is how a country develops. And the assessment of Governance is a shame, because it is very far from the conceptual guidelines and by which the different actors of society must be governed to achieve the balance of the State, the functionality of public facilities, the trust and support of the civil society for the necessary social license to achieve the objectives projected for the future without politicking based on blackmail being involved, and that does us all harm. GLTA!