Although our interests as citizens vary, each one is an artery to the heart that pumps life through the body politic, and each is important to the health of democracy.
BILL MOYERS, The Nation, Jan. 22, 2007
We all know what the voting is, it a decision in favour of something or someone that/whom we like. It is a decision which we have to make based on our own choices and preferences, on our own ambitions. In these not so easy times we have to make more and more decisions in choosing one or another thing, because we have to keep in mind that there is a slight possibility of losing job tomorrow or not be able to pay for rent. Thus we have to make a decision about tomorrow already today.
Latvian politics as many of you might know are not in a very good shape right now, to put it in other words lets see what the head of the Latvian Bank, Ilmārs Rimšēvičs, said- we are standing on the edge of the precipice, but like idiots proceed talking that everything is okay. It would be worth while tightening the purse-strings[1]. Due to all these changes Latvian people are confused and do not want to trust anyone, however, they will have to make a choice especially because this summer there is not one, but two elections ahead of them.
On the 6th of June Latvian citizens will go to vote for representatives in European Parlament and regional governments. The decision they have to make is not an easy one, especially because Latvia has the fastest growing number of unemployment, 15 % already, from Central and Eastern European countries and as well due to the fact that people’s trust in their politicians is extremely low[2]. Many people are angry with the current situation and they do not believe that their vote would change anything, however, it is wrong.
Every single man and woman has two votes to cast this June. They will choose between 11204 candidates in regional elections and 186 candidates for European Parliament. Even if there is such low trust in politicians, Latvian people in these elections should pick up what’s theirs- a right to chose.
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