The 'chollometer' and the ministries

We are Friday.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
23 November 2023 Thursday 03:23
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The 'chollometer' and the ministries

We are Friday

In this it happens a bit like with teachers: there are many who point them out for their supposed privileged conditions, fixed hours, long vacations... but we would like to see them dealing with, let's say, a pack of preschoolers, schoolchildren and teenagers. Well, the same thing happens with ministries. All government premieres come with their share of “and what is this ministry for?” And this legislature, the icing on the cake goes to the Childhood and Youth, especially the second, divine treasure and never better said.

Or so a good number of Twitter users seem to believe, while others, like @Pitores1, lament that “ministry for youth, yes; but ministry for the elderly, no. We older people are also vulnerable people.” The same tweeter responds: “Is it because we are less catechizable?”

We do not go into the functions and/or objectives of the new ministry, we are not here for the future and we will see, but it is true that there is a demand for more attention for the elderly, like @susanapastbe: “A youth ministry is being created in one of the oldest countries in Europe. More than 9 million people are over 65 years old, wouldn't it have been better to help our elders than to create a youth ministry? Of course, if each age group has to have its ministry, they will need a stadium for the council of dittoes.

Also curious, or not, that most of the criticism (yes, there is more than congratulations, normal, remember that this is X), falls on the policies. In fact, on Wednesday night the hashtag

It is also clear who is going to take the brunt of the upcoming Twitter opposition. Heading the ranking, Sira Rego in Childhood and others, Mónica García in Health and Ana Redondo in Equality. We have already talked about the first portfolio, the networks are affected by the second, among other aspects, due to its limited content due to the transfers to the autonomies. And the third, because no matter where you put the accent, feminism, queer... the sticks will rain down on you. And then they will say, as with teachers, that they have many vacations.