The past days we had the elections of the next President of AIESEC International and in an exercise of democracy the MCP's of each country elected the person who will lead the next generation to reach the 2015 goals and we should be proud of it, yay! :)
But this is not why I am writing this. I am writing this because something caught my attention that is concerning to the people of AIESEC Mexico.
Between the candidates there was a Mexican candidate that was the MCP of Mexico Last year, he and his team lead us to a successful growth
in the entity, like +/- 70% Growth, and is one of the most remarkable members that AIESEC Mexico has ever seen in years.
He was also the one that changed the mindset of my LC, AIESEC in ITAM, and also he has given his best years in pro of the people of the organization to make a change in the mindset of
all of us to have a better country. Personally he did it for me, I remember his speeches during conferences and a lot of the things he said are the ones that I have been using and I'm using to support my personal and professional carrier, this phrase...
But well coming back to the election process, he was between the candidates, after the selection process he was not elected. The network decided that he was not the one they wanted to be President of AIESEC International. But also in the result we could see that Mexico didn't vote for him...
For me it's hard to understand how Mexico didn't vote for him knowing what he represented for us and it was the moment to give a clear message.
There can be a lot of reasons behind that he was not the strongest candidate, that it was not the best in the selection process and the others where better but that is part of the election process but there is a fact that is there and I believe that we had to vote for a country because a generation is being represented not vote because is the best for one or two.
It is a great responsibility being there and that should not be taken lightly at the moment of show a preference.
At the end the candidate that Mexico decided to vote wasn't chosen, the vote we gave was not useful because the result was clear for the winner but we also gave a message...
- Mexico didn't vote for his P.A.I candidate in years
- Mexico vote based in personal reasons and based on an interest of a position in the next A.I. team and not if it was the best for the organization.
Maybe I am wrong, my ideas are 20th century ones and I am always open to discussion, but I feel as a Mexican, as an AIESEC Member and personally I was really excited we had a PAI candidate.
Is like going to the FIFA World cup and see your country playing but support the other team because he has a better futbol and it is completely valid but at the end there is something there that is not fitting at all.
To conclude, I perceive that AIESEC in Mexico is making decisions based in other values and is not thinking in the people that are representing to make decisions.
I wish this can be fixed to give the next generations this feeling that I had when I joined the organization nearly five years ago and I really wish to see another Mexican saying "Do it for the Children..."
Luis O
