LETTER OF SUPPORT OF PROFESSOR MIGUEL CANCIO

17/04/16 The economist and university professor Miguel Cancio, sends us a letter of support to the Association of Meigas that we reproduce: "SECTARISMO POLITICO FIESTERO" "The Correo Gallego has gathered, Saturday 16-04-16, in Letters to the Director , The letter of Nacho Louro "Mareas e as meigas", where its author gives account of the political sectarianism of the national communist candidate Marea Atlántica led by the mayor Xulio Ferreiro, against the great celebration of the Bonfires of San Juan de La Coruña, declared of This great recognition, its validity and continuous improvement for 47 years, this great success Corunna, Galician and Spanish has been possible because an excellent group of Corunna, the Commission Promoting the Festival of the Hogueras, The Association of Meigas de San Juan, thanks to its great dedication, many efforts and works, have made possible this miracle of not only maintaining this traditional festival of the Bonfires of San Juan in La Coruña, but to improve it until obtaining the recognition of International Tourist Interest that only have the Spanish parties of higher level like San Fermín, Fallas, Holy Week of Seville and others (Ferrol, Vivero, etc.), Carnival of Cadiz and Tenerife, Fiesta Of the Vintage of Jerez, etc. The undersigned, for years, has the honor and pleasure of participating in the Grand Jury, made up of professionals from all over Galicia, who choose the Meiga Mayor of the Festival of Bonfires after the presentation, his candidacy and merits , By an important group of girls, very prepared and that for them, the Senior Meigas as for the children's Meigas, supposes a very good, positive, exemplary experience. I have been actively participating for many years in different university, scientific-technical, professional, business, cultural, artistic, festive, social, religious, media programs. Galicians, Spaniards and other nations. In this sense, I must say, in defense of the truth, that the Festivities of the Bonfires of San Juan de La Coruna, for their great level, rigor, competence, creativity, eagerness to excel, exquisite care of all their acts, protocols, Etc., I think of the best programs, best parties I've seen and participated. In addition, its very extensive program, which lasts throughout the year and includes acts of all kinds, cultural, artistic, musical, humanitarian-solidarity, religious, horse rides and parades, dances, Homage to the Galician and Spanish Flag , In addition to the great day of San Juan with hundreds of thousands of people celebrating the Rite of the Bonfire, etc …; Its program, organization and development are excellent and an example. For all this, I think, absolutely out of place, in the 21st century, a representative, alternating and pluralist democracy, with security and guarantees; It seems to me that the fundamentalism, the political and partisan sectarianism of the mayor of La Coruña, Xulio Ferreiro and his candidacy Marea Atlántica, seems totally unacceptable, intolerable and completely unjust. Which, as we have been verifying and suffering, in the case of this and other candidacies of Tides and similar, is inscribed, in addition to a very serious incompetence in the management of even the most elemental; Is part of the worst fanaticism, fundamentalism, extremism, demagoguery, populism, nationalism, neo-nationalism, national socialism, national communism, etc., which, as is happening in neocommunist regimes, castrochavistas, Iranian Islamic fundamentalists, etc., seeks to de-legitimize, discredit, To destabilize, to marginalize, to isolate, to censure, to annul, to prohibit, to persecute, to liquidate, to lynch everything that does not respond to their tastes and impositions, to their main adversaries and critics, to those who turn into the worst enemies, scapegoats and against Which is worth all the worst. Fdo. Miguel Cancio, Economist and sociologist. "Thank you, my friend.