Díaz Ferrán like symptom

I don't know if when read this article Gerardo Díaz Ferrán will have resigned as President of the CEOE. If it has not done so, it should do so. It should have done in the first moment, when it jumped to light the serious problem of one of its companies, Air Comet. The images that appeared in all the media of these unfortunate customers who lost service, held at airports without knowing how to return to their homes, and their unfortunate statements blaming them for having trusted in an insolvent company, hisbound at the end, override you as head of the main business organization Spanish.

The CEOE is, or should be, a representative organization. And its President should be, and appear to be, a flawless businessman, an exemplary entrepreneur that might feel identified the Spanish businessmen, mostly, by some, small and medium businesses which I am proud to tell me. I, personally, I do not feel represented by Gerardo Díaz Ferrán and believe that he should resign. And apparently isn't mine a singular opinion. 85% Of entrepreneurs and executives of more than 1,000 who have responded to the survey raised by Interempresas.net in your web page is shared. An outcome that supports few interpretations.

But, beyond the personal decision of don Gerardo, what truly blush is uncritical defence and the 21 Vice-Presidents of the CEOE unconditional support to continue in Office. The worst image of corporatism, the attachment to power and the more outdated employer coleguismo. Find me it embarrassing that the most representative of employers is someone whose company may not return a credit of EUR 26.5 million being he same Member of its Board of Directors to Caja Madrid. It is logical and laudable that an unfortunate businessman will personally support and solidarity of his colleagues. Personally. But at institutional level should you have suggested his resignation or, failing that, have you ceased in Office. An organization should negotiate with the unions and the Government, in a very critical context such as this, can not be a weak President, with a curriculum vitae clouded and a very bad public image. And much less a President who has lost credibility and representativeness among most of Spanish businessmen.

With a broader perspective, we must reflect on the role of business organisations and trade unions. His little transparency, his poor roots, its limited representativeness, endogamous operation, his paralysis, his attachment to the Chair (former President of the CEOE was 23 years in Office). In this case Díaz Ferrán is only a symptom. The symptom of a more serious disease.