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survival: major and gratest opponents to anypublic administration. And that is not afaction. Not mercenaries. Not traitors. It’sthe Fatherland.But though the opinion and the pressure ofcitizens are the major performers, this is notenough. Part of this Fatherland whichbelongs to all, part of this nation which is allof us, are the rest of the “legs” of thenational “table”: the government, thepolitical opposition and the rest of the civilsociety organized in informal groups; socialor cultural associations; religious institutionsand others. These three protagonistscomplete the cast of this performance whichis: change. These actors are a part of theFatherland too.Then we would have to stop and make surethat some of the premises for change areclear, accepted and consistently assumed.We suggest six of them:No pacific change is done without the formergovernment. We have to rely on it and itmust give up what corresponds in order toreceive respect and prevent socialexacerbations. Time is not unlimited and itis a factor for credibility.No government gives up, not even whatcorresponds, without the pressure of theopposition and the civil society and theopposition of the citizenship in the directionestablished by necessity. Facing the newsigns of time, what new answers andinitiatives are offered by the opposition andthe civil society?No opposition force can exercise an effectivepressure if the primary needs of the peopleare not taken into account before its partyprograms. To listen to the vox populi, tohelp its awareness and to act as its catalyst.And also, adjust the programs to suchsoveriegn vox populi.Every government gives up insofar as thecivic pressure grows. They are directlyproporcional. Nobody should expect a newstep if he does not make an effort todemand it, but in a pacific way. Becauseviolence paralizes us and aborts any reform.We don’t understand pressure as blackmailbut as demanding and responsibleparticipation of citizens and a sign of civicmaturity and political normality. A countrywithout pressure is a country without bloodpressure. Not to give up to legitimatepressure exerted by the ones who aresupposed to give pulse to the social body canbe a sign of “rigor mortis”, a sign of fatalrigidity. To give up to sane pressure based onthe natural Right is a sign of the vitality of asystem, not a sign of weakness.Every change and transition is a process ofstages. If we want it to be pacific, it has to begradual. And if it is gradual we must believein the small steps and not discredit thembefore their effectiveness and veracity arevalidated. We all are to validate them byacting consistently, as if they were true, untilthe contrary is shown. This is the only way forus to obtain moral authority. To buck, tomake steps forward and steps backwards andsome of them to the sides, is inherent toevery pacific transition. No transformationhas been done straightly. That is a mythwhich we must unfold in order to heal ourdiscouragement.The role of the international community: Nopeople can live isolated from the presentworld, global and supportive, interdependentand neighbouring. Sovereignty should not beabandoned because it is essential to citizensand peoples, but this sovereignty is notstrengthened by stubbornness and anoutdated oppresive nationalism. All exiles inHistory have shown that living together withother nationalities and cultures does notweaken but strengthens identity andsovereignty. Every open and respectfulrequests from the international communityare good. To collate with lucidity andresponsiblity, our ways of political, economicand social coexistence according to thestandards of the present world is the bestway of being really sovereign andstrengthening the identity as a people. Hewho gets stubborn and thinks that the rest ofthe world is wrong cannot acknowledge hisidentity because he does not have means tocompare, or mirrors to recognize himself orencouragement to grow as a people. Beingstubborn is like being blind: nothing new orbetter is given to light.Ediciones ConvivenciaPinar del Río. 20128