The "abolish pork" demand is radical because it calls even the ordinary Juan and Juana (i.e the passive recipient of dole-outs) to give up immediate gains for longer-term positive systemic changes (i.e to shift away from dole-out oriented and clientele based development to genuine local development). Radical because it asks even the most well-meaning and honest of politicians and parties to give up a system of public spending that may have proven beneficial to them and their constituencies but is actually inherently flawed and corrupting—especially when viewed against the backdrop of endemic corruption, patronage-based politics and continuing mass poverty in the country. Everyone has to contribute.