Political parties are fundamental institutions of the democratic system, but political action through networks has called their role into question. Bernardo Saravia Frías: Without parties we are condemned to a weak democratic system marked by the short term and peremptory ideas.
He says political parties, in the heads of their presidents, can play a fundamental role, marking a line. The parties have a constitutional mission and must rise to the occasion, giving density to a currently mediocre political agenda, he says. They are the past, but above all they are the future.