Aya daga cikin labaran da suka fi ba ni farin ciki a lokacin, lokacin da na shiga bincike kan wannan halayyar, kuma marubuci mai ban mamaki, shi ne takarar shugaban ƙasa.
Bayanin kula da na karanta game da shi, mai suna Macedonio Fernandez ne kamar yadda m a da ra'ayin, kuma nakalto da wadannan magana ce da marubucin (Ina Quote kamar yadda na tuna): "Idan mutum yana son sanya kiosk, kasancewar akwai maza da yawa da suke da kantin sayar da kaya, ba zai yi masa kyau ba. Yanzu, idan mutum yana takara a matsayin dan takarar shugaban kasa, tunda babu ‘yan takarar da yawa da suke takara, da alama zai yi rawar gani.".
Wani abu wanda har zuwa yau na tuna da matsayin mafi kyawun dariya, kodayake ya fi dacewa da marubuci. Gaskiyar ita ce, lokacin da na fara bincike don ƙarin koyo game da batun, sai na ci karo da labarin da Carlos Garcia, mai taken Shugaban Macedonia?.
A ciki, mai binciken ya nuna abubuwa da maganganu daban-daban daga marubuta, don fayyace rudanin da ya kunno kai game da zargin neman takarar a tsawon tarihi. Kuma ita ce, tsakanin 1920/23 da 1926/28, Macedonio Fernández ya iya ko bai iya tsayawa takara ba. Tsakanin waɗannan kwanakin biyu bai tabbata ba ko marubucin ya yi ko bai yi ba. Gaskiyar ita ce, García, a cikin bincikensa, ya nuna cewa babu wani takara, sai dai wani tasiri kan dalilin da aka haifar. Wato, Macedonio ya fara kamfen na yaudara don isa ga mutane, ta hanyar rarraba piecesan takardu da sunansa, misali. Babu wani lokaci da ya bayyana a matsayin dan takara, ko neman kuri’a a madadinsa.
Idan har an tabbatar, ta hannun danginsa, cewa a '20, Macedonio Fernández ya yi marmarin samun wani matsayi a gidan shugaban, amma ba na mai ba shugaban shawara ne na sirri ba. Amma, har zuwa bayanan da aka yi, babu wani tabbataccen gabatarwa.
Wannan labarin har yanzu yana ɗaya daga cikin fitattun hanyoyin fita da Macedonio ya gabatar da kansa, tsakanin abokan sa, da kuma cikin jama'a kanta, mai karɓar yaudarar sa.
Na gaba, rubutun da Borges ya yi wanda na yi imani yana bayyana yawancin abin da aka gabatar a nan.
Hanyar shahararren sha'awar [MF], ba samuwarta ba. Ya yi shekara ɗaya ko biyu yana wasa tare da babbar manufar kasancewar Shugaban Jamhuriyar. […] Abu mafi mahimmanci (ya maimaita) shine yada sunan. […] Macedonio ya zaɓi amfani da sunan farko mai ban sha'awa; 'Yar'uwata da wasu kawayenta sun rubuta sunan Macedonio a kan takardu ko a kan katuna, waɗanda suka manta da hankali a wuraren shaye-shaye, a kan titunan titi, a kan tituna, a farfajiyar gidaje, da kuma gidajen sinima. […] Daga waɗannan ƙagaggun abubuwan hangen nesa, waɗanda ba za a yi hanzarin aiwatar da su ba, saboda dole ne mu ci gaba da taka tsantsan, aikin wani babban labarin almara mai ban tsoro, wanda aka kafa a Buenos Aires, wanda duk muka fara rubutawa . […] Wasan kwaikwayo mai taken Mutumin da Zai Zama Shugaban Kasa; Abubuwan da ke cikin tatsuniyoyin abokan Macedonio ne kuma a shafi na ƙarshe mai karatu zai karɓi wahayin cewa Macedonio Fernández, mai gabatar da labarin, da 'yan uwan Dabove da Jorge Luis Borges, wanda aka kashe a ƙarshen babi na tara, da Carlos Pérez Ruiz, wanda ke da wannan kasada ta musamman tare da bakan gizo, da sauransu. Anyi jayayya biyu a cikin aikin: daya, bayyane, matakan ban sha'awa da Macedonio ya dauka don zama shugaban Jamhuriyar; wani, asirce, makircin da wata kungiyar masu kudi da kuma watakila mahaukata suka kulla, don cimma buri daya. Sun yanke shawarar lalata da kuma raunana juriya na mutane ta hanyar jerin abubuwan kirkirar hankali a hankali. Na farko (wanda labarin ya ba da shawara) shi ne na tasoshin sukari na atomatik, wanda, a zahiri, ya hana kofi ɗanɗano. Wannan na biye da wasu: biyun alkalami, tare da alkalami a kowane ƙarshen, yana barazanar fashin idanu; matakan tsayi wadanda babu matakai biyu a cikinsu tsayi iri daya; abin da aka ba da shawarar reza-tsefe sosai, wanda yake yanke yatsunmu; kayan aikin da aka yi su da sabbin kayan adawa guda biyu, ta yadda manyan abubuwa suna da haske sosai kuma karami masu nauyin gaske, don kaucewa tsammaninmu; yawaitar sakin layi a cikin litattafan bincike; waƙar ba da izini da zanen Dadaist ko zanen Kuba. A babi na farko, an sadaukar da kusan duka ga ruɗani da tsoron wani saurayi ɗan ƙasa game da koyarwar cewa babu Ni, saboda haka bai wanzu ba, akwai na'urar guda ɗaya kawai, kwano mai sikari na atomatik. A na biyun akwai guda biyu, amma ta gefe da ta wucewa; manufarmu ita ce gabatar da su cikin karuwar rabo. Mun kuma so cewa kamar yadda hujjoji suka zama mahaukata, salon ya zama mahaukaci; don babin farko mun zaɓi yanayin magana na Pío Baroja; na ƙarshe zai yi daidai da mafi yawan shafukan baroque na Quevedo. A karshe gwamnatin ta ruguje; Macedonio da Fernández Latour sun shiga cikin Casa Rosada, amma babu abin da ke nufin komai a wannan duniyar ta rikicewa. A cikin wannan littafin da ba a kammala ba akwai yiwuwar a sami wani tunani na Mutumin da ya kasance ranar Alhamis.
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