Political analysts continue to share insights into why most people did not exercise their right to vote in the municipal elections.
JC Malone writes in Listin Diario that citizen indifference prevailed into the municipal election. He writes that most Dominicans do not feel represented by the more than 30 parties recognized by the Central Electoral Board (JCE).
Diario Libre reports that Jesus Bueno, former director of the Political Sciences School of the state university (UASD) also attributes the low voter turnout to people not being satisfied by the offer of candidates by the political parties.
Lawyer Ramon Antonio Veras writes in El Nuevo Diario: “People give signs. They let their feelings be seen; They show their indignation at something disgusting. Not going to vote, without being prevented by any force, is saying that the healthy Dominican people are disgusted with politicking.”
Writing in El Caribe, Hector Marte Perez says that the leading role the presidential candidates played in the municipal campaigns resulted in a turnoff for voters who may have decided to wait for the May presidential election to go to vote. He remarks that, likewise, people may have been convinced of the outcome and so figured why bother to vote.
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21 February 2024