{"id":447637,"date":"2019-11-03T15:04:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T15:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=447637"},"modified":"2019-11-03T15:36:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T15:36:37","slug":"why-young-people-from-moldova-prefer-not-to-vote-a-case-study-on-local-elections-held-in-chisinau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/why-young-people-from-moldova-prefer-not-to-vote-a-case-study-on-local-elections-held-in-chisinau\/","title":{"rendered":"Why young people from Moldova prefer not to vote? A case study on local elections held in Chi\u0219in\u0103u"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 5<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Today, November 3rd, the second round of local elections in the Republic of Moldova are held. There are still 384 mayors to be elected. However, there are enough people who boycotted the elections by choosing to not vote at all. Especially, it is the case of young people aged 18 to 25. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Why is this happening? Let’s uncover a couple of possible problems through studying the case of local elections held in the Moldovan capital city –\u00a0Chi\u0219in\u0103u.<\/p>\n

Background<\/h4>\n

In 384 localities from Moldova (including Chi\u0219in\u0103u), no candidate had an absolute majority in the first round of local elections (more than 50% of people’s votes). Therefore, top two candidates, according to the elections’ results, must contest the second round.<\/p>\n

For the second round of local elections, just like for the first one, a lower turnout as compared to previous local, parliamentary or presidential elections was recorded. The turnout for the parliamentary elections in February 2019 was 49.24%, those for the presidential elections in 2016 were 49.17% (first round) and 53.52% (second round). The turnout for local elections in 2015 was 47.4%. At the local elections held in October 2019 participated`\u00a041.68<\/strong>% of population, out of which 6.89<\/strong>% were represented by voters aged 18 to 25, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC) data<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

More about the first round of local elections here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The results of local elections in Chi\u0219in\u0103u seem a copy-paste version of the way people voted last year. The same two candidates participated in the local snap elections – Ion Ceban<\/strong> from the Party of Socialists and Andrei N\u0103stase<\/strong> from the political bloc ACUM – obtaining\u00a0almost the same results in the first round. The last year local elections were won by\u00a0Andrei N\u0103stase. However, his mandate was invalidated due to the electoral agitation he made on the day of pre-election silence through a video posted on social media.<\/p>\n

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The electoral opponents Ion Ceban and Andrei N\u0103stase<\/p><\/div>\n

At the beginning of October 2019, the Chi\u0219in\u0103u Court of Appeal (CA)\u00a0overturned<\/a> the decision of the Chi\u0219in\u0103u Court, which annulled the mandate of Andrei N\u0103stase, and issued a new decision confirming the results of the local elections of 2018 and validating the mayor mandate. But it was already too late, as Andrei\u00a0N\u0103stase and his counter-candidate Ion Ceban already had been involved in a new election campaign.<\/p>\n

Reasons not to vote<\/h4>\n

Out of 1.1 million voters who showed up to the polls, just over 80 thousand<\/strong> people aged 18 to 25 (6.89%) and 271 thousand<\/strong> people aged 26 to 40 (23.16%) voted, whereas 8.50% of voters were young people aged 18 to 25 voted at the parliamentary elections in February 2019 and 10.07% at the presidential elections in 2016, according to CEC.<\/p>\n

When asked about the reasons they prefer to not vote, some young people use the classic explanation that their vote does not matter, others said<\/a> that they do not understand what the candidates promise in the election campaign or that they simply do not trust anybody. Young people seem to be interested in their social life online rather than offline.<\/p>\n

At the same time, young people don’t follow political news, nor they don’t show any interest in this area. Indifference spreads from elder to younger generations and among peer groups. However, experts say it is not a specific situation for the Republic of Moldova only. Sociologist Petru Negura said<\/a> that adults aged 30 to 40 have a greater awareness of integration into the community.<\/p>\n

“Most of those who do not participate in the elections are convinced that their vote will not influence the final result. But the reality of Moldova shows the opposite. Often, the electoral polls in the country are won with a very small difference of only one vote between the candidates. Thus, the option of a single citizen can decide the fate of the elections,”<\/em><\/span><\/strong> anthropologist Lilia Nenescu said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the fact that electoral candidates are not trustworthy to their electorate, while running for the second time for the same position, tells about some issues regarding their image and the way they manage their election campaign.<\/p>\n

Problems<\/h4>\n

Both candidates running for the mayor of Chi\u0219in\u0103u meet<\/a> most of the electorate’s expectations (men with traditionalist views, religious, married, with kids). They have political backgrounds, as both of them are members of political parties and held different positions at the Government and\/or the Parliament.<\/p>\n

Still, none of them have experience in administrating a city<\/span>. Their current election campaigns mostly conveyed<\/a> populist statements and\u00a0promises without concrete action plans. That could be observed during the debates the candidates had, as they talked less about the real problems of the municipality, bringing mutual accusations, despite the agreement of non-aggression between the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) and the political bloc ACUM.<\/p>\n

Moreover, when it comes to sensitive topics such as the rights of sexual minorities (e.g. organising the annual prides in\u00a0Chi\u0219in\u0103u), one candidate proved to be evasive in declarations –\u00a0“I will respect the Constitution and the laws of the country. The right to association is guaranteed by the Constitution. I will be as fair as possible and will respect the law,”<\/em> N\u0103stase declared – whereas another candidate chose to openly express his discriminatory attitude<\/span> towards the sexual minority groups and declared he wouldn’t authorise such manifestations.<\/p>\n

Tensions increased even more when the candidates accused each other of different misconducts<\/span>.\u00a0Ion Ceban accused Andrei N\u0103stase of striving for the position of Speaker of the Parliament during the PSRM- ACUM negotiations and of lack of knowledge regarding his own sustainable urban mobility plan. Andrei N\u0103stase accused\u00a0Ion Ceban and the PSRM of being “accomplices of the real estate mafia”. <\/em>Ion\u00a0Ceban answered by suing his counter-candidate, demanding a moral injury equivalent to the cost of N\u0103stase’s car – \u20ac41,000, and the series continued.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h4>\n

The described situation regarding the way the election campaign for the local elections in\u00a0Chi\u0219in\u0103u was managed is applicable to other election campaigns as well. On the one hand, there are the same people running for public functions and making the same promises. On the other hand, there are the traditionalist views of the electorate, their indifference or fear to opt for a new and unknown option. That is why the same candidates run for the same function twice in Moldova in such a short period of time (one year and a half) and that is why there is a high probability that such situations would repeat over and over.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the people of the capital city of Moldova (and those of other localities) chooses today the lesser of two evils. Again.<\/p>\n

Photo:\u00a0Art work by Loren Fishman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 5<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>Today, November 3rd, the second round of local elections in the Republic of Moldova are held. There are still 384 mayors to be elected. However, there are enough people who boycotted the elections by choosing to not vote at all. Especially, it is the case of young people aged 18 to 25. Why is this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":447641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,56],"tags":[100,35,27,450],"class_list":["post-447637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-reportaje","tag-elections","tag-important","tag-moldova","tag-vote"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 5<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Today, November 3rd, the second round of local elections in the Republic of Moldova are held. There are still 384 mayors to be elected. However, there are enough people who boycotted the elections by choosing to not vote at all. Especially, it is the case of young people aged 18 to 25. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Why is this happening? Let’s uncover a couple of possible problems through studying the case of local elections held in the Moldovan capital city –\u00a0Chi\u0219in\u0103u.<\/p>\n

Background<\/h4>\n

In 384 localities from Moldova (including Chi\u0219in\u0103u), no candidate had an absolute majority in the first round of local elections (more than 50% of people’s votes). Therefore, top two candidates, according to the elections’ results, must contest the second round.<\/p>\n

For the second round of local elections, just like for the first one, a lower turnout as compared to previous local, parliamentary or presidential elections was recorded. The turnout for the parliamentary elections in February 2019 was 49.24%, those for the presidential elections in 2016 were 49.17% (first round) and 53.52% (second round). The turnout for local elections in 2015 was 47.4%. At the local elections held in October 2019 participated`\u00a041.68<\/strong>% of population, out of which 6.89<\/strong>% were represented by voters aged 18 to 25, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC) data<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

More about the first round of local elections here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The results of local elections in Chi\u0219in\u0103u seem a copy-paste version of the way people voted last year. The same two candidates participated in the local snap elections – Ion Ceban<\/strong> from the Party of Socialists and Andrei N\u0103stase<\/strong> from the political bloc ACUM – obtaining\u00a0almost the same results in the first round. The last year local elections were won by\u00a0Andrei N\u0103stase. However, his mandate was invalidated due to the electoral agitation he made on the day of pre-election silence through a video posted on social media.<\/p>\n

\"\"

The electoral opponents Ion Ceban and Andrei N\u0103stase<\/p><\/div>\n

At the beginning of October 2019, the Chi\u0219in\u0103u Court of Appeal (CA)\u00a0overturned<\/a> the decision of the Chi\u0219in\u0103u Court, which annulled the mandate of Andrei N\u0103stase, and issued a new decision confirming the results of the local elections of 2018 and validating the mayor mandate. But it was already too late, as Andrei\u00a0N\u0103stase and his counter-candidate Ion Ceban already had been involved in a new election campaign.<\/p>\n

Reasons not to vote<\/h4>\n

Out of 1.1 million voters who showed up to the polls, just over 80 thousand<\/strong> people aged 18 to 25 (6.89%) and 271 thousand<\/strong> people aged 26 to 40 (23.16%) voted, whereas 8.50% of voters were young people aged 18 to 25 voted at the parliamentary elections in February 2019 and 10.07% at the presidential elections in 2016, according to CEC.<\/p>\n

When asked about the reasons they prefer to not vote, some young people use the classic explanation that their vote does not matter, others said<\/a> that they do not understand what the candidates promise in the election campaign or that they simply do not trust anybody. Young people seem to be interested in their social life online rather than offline.<\/p>\n

At the same time, young people don’t follow political news, nor they don’t show any interest in this area. Indifference spreads from elder to younger generations and among peer groups. However, experts say it is not a specific situation for the Republic of Moldova only. Sociologist Petru Negura said<\/a> that adults aged 30 to 40 have a greater awareness of integration into the community.<\/p>\n

“Most of those who do not participate in the elections are convinced that their vote will not influence the final result. But the reality of Moldova shows the opposite. Often, the electoral polls in the country are won with a very small difference of only one vote between the candidates. Thus, the option of a single citizen can decide the fate of the elections,”<\/em><\/span><\/strong> anthropologist Lilia Nenescu said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the fact that electoral candidates are not trustworthy to their electorate, while running for the second time for the same position, tells about some issues regarding their image and the way they manage their election campaign.<\/p>\n

Problems<\/h4>\n

Both candidates running for the mayor of Chi\u0219in\u0103u meet<\/a> most of the electorate’s expectations (men with traditionalist views, religious, married, with kids). They have political backgrounds, as both of them are members of political parties and held different positions at the Government and\/or the Parliament.<\/p>\n

Still, none of them have experience in administrating a city<\/span>. Their current election campaigns mostly conveyed<\/a> populist statements and\u00a0promises without concrete action plans. That could be observed during the debates the candidates had, as they talked less about the real problems of the municipality, bringing mutual accusations, despite the agreement of non-aggression between the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) and the political bloc ACUM.<\/p>\n

Moreover, when it comes to sensitive topics such as the rights of sexual minorities (e.g. organising the annual prides in\u00a0Chi\u0219in\u0103u), one candidate proved to be evasive in declarations –\u00a0“I will respect the Constitution and the laws of the country. The right to association is guaranteed by the Constitution. I will be as fair as possible and will respect the law,”<\/em> N\u0103stase declared – whereas another candidate chose to openly express his discriminatory attitude<\/span> towards the sexual minority groups and declared he wouldn’t authorise such manifestations.<\/p>\n

Tensions increased even more when the candidates accused each other of different misconducts<\/span>.\u00a0Ion Ceban accused Andrei N\u0103stase of striving for the position of Speaker of the Parliament during the PSRM- ACUM negotiations and of lack of knowledge regarding his own sustainable urban mobility plan. Andrei N\u0103stase accused\u00a0Ion Ceban and the PSRM of being “accomplices of the real estate mafia”. <\/em>Ion\u00a0Ceban answered by suing his counter-candidate, demanding a moral injury equivalent to the cost of N\u0103stase’s car – \u20ac41,000, and the series continued.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h4>\n

The described situation regarding the way the election campaign for the local elections in\u00a0Chi\u0219in\u0103u was managed is applicable to other election campaigns as well. On the one hand, there are the same people running for public functions and making the same promises. On the other hand, there are the traditionalist views of the electorate, their indifference or fear to opt for a new and unknown option. That is why the same candidates run for the same function twice in Moldova in such a short period of time (one year and a half) and that is why there is a high probability that such situations would repeat over and over.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the people of the capital city of Moldova (and those of other localities) chooses today the lesser of two evils. Again.<\/p>\n

Photo:\u00a0Art work by Loren Fishman<\/p>\n

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