{"id":446597,"date":"2019-02-05T14:06:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T14:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=446597"},"modified":"2019-02-07T13:25:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T13:25:58","slug":"moldovan-citizens-prepared-coming-elections-facts-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/moldovan-citizens-prepared-coming-elections-facts-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Are the Moldovan citizens prepared for the coming elections? Facts & figures. The expert’s opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 5<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The fact that the electoral system was changed to a mixed one for the coming elections on February 24th<\/sup> in the Republic of Moldova was already mentioned too many times in the media. The February election is a widely discussed subject internally and internationally. However, it seems that the common Moldovan citizens don\u2019t know too many things about the new electoral system and the way it works. Is it because of the people\u2019s indifference or maybe because of the limited efforts of the public institutions to clarify this subject? The following presented facts and figures might explain it better.<\/p>\n

The public opinion reports<\/h3>\n

Some TV channels and online news portals from Moldova published materials proving that electors have no idea what the mixed electoral system means, how many ballots they will receive during the voting procedure, what exactly they will elect, what the referendum that will be held on the same day with the elections is about, etc.<\/p>\n

Agora.md<\/strong><\/a> has posted recently a vox pop\u00a0that demonstrates that the Moldovan voters are rather uncertain about the process of elections under the new mixt system. People know that there is a new system, however when it comes to explaining it, they shake their heads saying that they have something more important to do or that they will be guided before entering the voting booth.<\/p>\n

Some people are even not informed regarding the date of the election and whether the parliamentary or the presidential election is held, according to a similar public opinion report broadcasted by the TV8 channel<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another vox pop realised by Moldova.org<\/strong><\/a> showed that the majority of the questioned people are not aware that a referendum is organised on the same day as the election. Only few persons could name the questions included in the referendum, as well as its scope.<\/p>\n

When asked by Ziarul de Gard\u0103<\/strong><\/a> (ZdG)<\/strong>about the difference between two electoral candidates that run for the uninominal constituency nr. 33 and have similar names \u2013 Andrei N\u0103stase and Andrei Nastas, the inhabitants of the region seemed confused and puzzled. Some of them didn\u2019t know they will find these names on the ballot, others were mixing them up, being quite sure that Andrei Nastas is the leader of the Platform Party Dignity and Truth (PPDT), not Andrei N\u0103stase. In the same time, all of them agreed that such a \u2018coincidence\u2019 would create a lot of disorientation during the elections, especially for the elderly people. According to the CEC official website<\/a>, Andrei Nastas is an independent candidate, whose name was placed right after the N\u0103stase\u2019s name on the ballot.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we talk about the N\u0103stase-Nastas case, on the one hand, we have a politician that is quite present on political arena (N\u0103stase) and, on the other hand, a person who is still unknown (Nastas). This is why, we could assume that some electoral distortion is used by certain electoral contestants,”<\/em> explained the Promo-LEX expert, Igor Buc\u0103taru, for ZdG.<\/p>\n

The electoral surveys<\/h3>\n

One more hint towards the unfamiliarity with the electoral candidates and the electoral process is the result of several surveys conducted before the election. Thus, according to a survey<\/a> conducted by the iData company, the most trusted politician for whom the highest number of voters (11%) said would vote in the uninominal constituency is Igor Dodon, even though he doesn\u2019t participate in the elections. Furthermore, when asked for whom they would vote in the uninominal constituencies, 63.1% of the respondents have indicated a candidate that doesn\u2019t even run for the respective constituency.<\/p>\n

The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) declared that it is imperative to inform the citizens about the new electoral system. As for every election, CEC launched several informational videos<\/a>, aiming to inform the citizens regarding the mixed electoral system and to motivate them to go to voting. Besides, all the necessary information was posted on their official website<\/a>. However, as these elections bring a set of novelties, the taken measures seem to be insufficient.<\/p>\n

The Moldovan citizens express an indifferent and ignorant attitude towards the elections, as they are not really interested in educating themselves regarding the voting process and the candidates that will run on their uninominal constituency. Hence, 70.2 % of the respondents declared they will surely participate in the elections, according to the iData survey and 55.4% declared the same, according to the survey<\/a> conducted by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers.<\/p>\n

The expert’s opinion<\/h3>\n[aesop_character img=”http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/dionis-cenusa.jpg” name=”Dionis Cenu\u0219\u0103” caption=”political and economic expert” align=”left” force_circle=”off”]\n\n

“The new electoral system serves the ruling party in first place. Therefore, it wasn\u2019t meant to satisfy people’s real need of fairer political system. As a result, the responsible institutions do not have the capacity to ensure a well-informed right to vote for Moldovan citizens.<\/em><\/p>\n

Indeed, the electoral responsible institution started to communicate to the public, but a larger engagement with the citizens that need to understand the mixed voting system is required. This takes time, human and financial resources. Moreover, there are a lot of doubts regarding the legitimacy of the new electoral system. Hence, the communication to the social segments that reject the mixed voting would face an additional obstacle.<\/em><\/p>\n

There is very little time to radically change the situation about the level of information and education regarding the new electoral system. Obviously, it does not mean that misinformed people will not vote. It means that their vote, most probably, would be easier to manipulate by the political parties that invented the electoral change.<\/em><\/p>\n

Civil society, media and the extra-parliamentary opposition can try to diminish the negative consequences, but they cannot repair the created situation. However, their efforts should be targeted to the mixed electoral system explanation, as there is the real risk to weaken even more the parliament through the coming elections. The online communication is crucial for urban population, especially for youth, but the politicians should also try to reach the maximum possible number of rural populations by the day of elections.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The conclusions about the media activity<\/h3>\n

This is the reason why; the media plays a crucial role in instructing the citizens about elections. Moreover, its neutral position towards the political parties is essential, otherwise it risks being transformed into a manipulation tool of masses.<\/p>\n

In this regard, the first Report<\/a> of Mass Media Monitorization during the election period of 2019 was issued by The Center for Independent Journalism (CIJ) and the Association of Independent Press (AIP). The report displays the conclusion regarding the activity and neutrality level when approaching the electoral topics of 12 TV channels and 16 online news portals from the Republic of Moldova, during the period of January 9th<\/sup> \u2013 24th<\/sup>, 2019. According to the report\u2019s conclusion, only 3 TV channels out of 12, were displaying a large spectrum of news regarding all politicians and political parties, in most cases, the tone of reflecting political protagonists on these channels being neutral. An important thing to be highlighted is that 4 private TV channels with national coverage advanced merely positive news about the Democratic Party of Moldova and such politicians as Vlad Plahotniuc and Pavel Filip and mostly negative news about the ACUM electoral bloc. Taking into consideration that the majority of the Moldovan population indicated the TV as their main source of information, according to the survey conducted recently by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers, and that the TV channels in question (Prime TV, Canal 2, Canal 3 and Publika TV) have national coverage and are quite popular, their activity can be interpreted as manipulation.<\/p>\n

Among the online news portals that display information in a merely neutral manner are Agora.md, Diez.md, Moldova.org, ZdG.md, Unimedia.info and Newsmaker.md, as the CIJ&AIP report states.<\/p>\n

The full information concerning the parliamentary elections in Moldova, as for example, the electoral law, critics, information on political parties, national and uninominal constituencies, the electoral campaign expenses reported by the running political parties, survey results and monitorization reports can be found by any interested person on the website alegeri.md<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo source: realitatea.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 5<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>The fact that the electoral system was changed to a mixed one for the coming elections on February 24th in the Republic of Moldova was already mentioned too many times in the media. The February election is a widely discussed subject internally and internationally. However, it seems that the common Moldovan citizens don\u2019t know too […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":446598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3,4,56],"tags":[208,100,35,27],"class_list":["post-446597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","category-politics","category-society","category-reportaje","tag-dionis-cenusa","tag-elections","tag-important","tag-moldova"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 5<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The fact that the electoral system was changed to a mixed one for the coming elections on February 24th<\/sup> in the Republic of Moldova was already mentioned too many times in the media. The February election is a widely discussed subject internally and internationally. However, it seems that the common Moldovan citizens don\u2019t know too many things about the new electoral system and the way it works. Is it because of the people\u2019s indifference or maybe because of the limited efforts of the public institutions to clarify this subject? The following presented facts and figures might explain it better.<\/p>\n

The public opinion reports<\/h3>\n

Some TV channels and online news portals from Moldova published materials proving that electors have no idea what the mixed electoral system means, how many ballots they will receive during the voting procedure, what exactly they will elect, what the referendum that will be held on the same day with the elections is about, etc.<\/p>\n

Agora.md<\/strong><\/a> has posted recently a vox pop\u00a0that demonstrates that the Moldovan voters are rather uncertain about the process of elections under the new mixt system. People know that there is a new system, however when it comes to explaining it, they shake their heads saying that they have something more important to do or that they will be guided before entering the voting booth.<\/p>\n

Some people are even not informed regarding the date of the election and whether the parliamentary or the presidential election is held, according to a similar public opinion report broadcasted by the TV8 channel<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another vox pop realised by Moldova.org<\/strong><\/a> showed that the majority of the questioned people are not aware that a referendum is organised on the same day as the election. Only few persons could name the questions included in the referendum, as well as its scope.<\/p>\n

When asked by Ziarul de Gard\u0103<\/strong><\/a> (ZdG)<\/strong>about the difference between two electoral candidates that run for the uninominal constituency nr. 33 and have similar names \u2013 Andrei N\u0103stase and Andrei Nastas, the inhabitants of the region seemed confused and puzzled. Some of them didn\u2019t know they will find these names on the ballot, others were mixing them up, being quite sure that Andrei Nastas is the leader of the Platform Party Dignity and Truth (PPDT), not Andrei N\u0103stase. In the same time, all of them agreed that such a \u2018coincidence\u2019 would create a lot of disorientation during the elections, especially for the elderly people. According to the CEC official website<\/a>, Andrei Nastas is an independent candidate, whose name was placed right after the N\u0103stase\u2019s name on the ballot.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we talk about the N\u0103stase-Nastas case, on the one hand, we have a politician that is quite present on political arena (N\u0103stase) and, on the other hand, a person who is still unknown (Nastas). This is why, we could assume that some electoral distortion is used by certain electoral contestants,”<\/em> explained the Promo-LEX expert, Igor Buc\u0103taru, for ZdG.<\/p>\n

The electoral surveys<\/h3>\n

One more hint towards the unfamiliarity with the electoral candidates and the electoral process is the result of several surveys conducted before the election. Thus, according to a survey<\/a> conducted by the iData company, the most trusted politician for whom the highest number of voters (11%) said would vote in the uninominal constituency is Igor Dodon, even though he doesn\u2019t participate in the elections. Furthermore, when asked for whom they would vote in the uninominal constituencies, 63.1% of the respondents have indicated a candidate that doesn\u2019t even run for the respective constituency.<\/p>\n

The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) declared that it is imperative to inform the citizens about the new electoral system. As for every election, CEC launched several informational videos<\/a>, aiming to inform the citizens regarding the mixed electoral system and to motivate them to go to voting. Besides, all the necessary information was posted on their official website<\/a>. However, as these elections bring a set of novelties, the taken measures seem to be insufficient.<\/p>\n

The Moldovan citizens express an indifferent and ignorant attitude towards the elections, as they are not really interested in educating themselves regarding the voting process and the candidates that will run on their uninominal constituency. Hence, 70.2 % of the respondents declared they will surely participate in the elections, according to the iData survey and 55.4% declared the same, according to the survey<\/a> conducted by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers.<\/p>\n

The expert’s opinion<\/h3>\n[aesop_character img=”http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/dionis-cenusa.jpg” name=”Dionis Cenu\u0219\u0103” caption=”political and economic expert” align=”left” force_circle=”off”]\n\n

“The new electoral system serves the ruling party in first place. Therefore, it wasn\u2019t meant to satisfy people’s real need of fairer political system. As a result, the responsible institutions do not have the capacity to ensure a well-informed right to vote for Moldovan citizens.<\/em><\/p>\n

Indeed, the electoral responsible institution started to communicate to the public, but a larger engagement with the citizens that need to understand the mixed voting system is required. This takes time, human and financial resources. Moreover, there are a lot of doubts regarding the legitimacy of the new electoral system. Hence, the communication to the social segments that reject the mixed voting would face an additional obstacle.<\/em><\/p>\n

There is very little time to radically change the situation about the level of information and education regarding the new electoral system. Obviously, it does not mean that misinformed people will not vote. It means that their vote, most probably, would be easier to manipulate by the political parties that invented the electoral change.<\/em><\/p>\n

Civil society, media and the extra-parliamentary opposition can try to diminish the negative consequences, but they cannot repair the created situation. However, their efforts should be targeted to the mixed electoral system explanation, as there is the real risk to weaken even more the parliament through the coming elections. The online communication is crucial for urban population, especially for youth, but the politicians should also try to reach the maximum possible number of rural populations by the day of elections.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The conclusions about the media activity<\/h3>\n

This is the reason why; the media plays a crucial role in instructing the citizens about elections. Moreover, its neutral position towards the political parties is essential, otherwise it risks being transformed into a manipulation tool of masses.<\/p>\n

In this regard, the first Report<\/a> of Mass Media Monitorization during the election period of 2019 was issued by The Center for Independent Journalism (CIJ) and the Association of Independent Press (AIP). The report displays the conclusion regarding the activity and neutrality level when approaching the electoral topics of 12 TV channels and 16 online news portals from the Republic of Moldova, during the period of January 9th<\/sup> \u2013 24th<\/sup>, 2019. According to the report\u2019s conclusion, only 3 TV channels out of 12, were displaying a large spectrum of news regarding all politicians and political parties, in most cases, the tone of reflecting political protagonists on these channels being neutral. An important thing to be highlighted is that 4 private TV channels with national coverage advanced merely positive news about the Democratic Party of Moldova and such politicians as Vlad Plahotniuc and Pavel Filip and mostly negative news about the ACUM electoral bloc. Taking into consideration that the majority of the Moldovan population indicated the TV as their main source of information, according to the survey conducted recently by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers, and that the TV channels in question (Prime TV, Canal 2, Canal 3 and Publika TV) have national coverage and are quite popular, their activity can be interpreted as manipulation.<\/p>\n

Among the online news portals that display information in a merely neutral manner are Agora.md, Diez.md, Moldova.org, ZdG.md, Unimedia.info and Newsmaker.md, as the CIJ&AIP report states.<\/p>\n

The full information concerning the parliamentary elections in Moldova, as for example, the electoral law, critics, information on political parties, national and uninominal constituencies, the electoral campaign expenses reported by the running political parties, survey results and monitorization reports can be found by any interested person on the website alegeri.md<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo source: realitatea.net<\/p>\n

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