Quote from: Zlantann on July 27, 2023, 08:35:57 PM

Quote from: Victan22 on July 17, 2023, 11:55:18 AM

Ignorantly so many citizens has been neglecting their franchise all in the name of "I'm not interested in politics" in that same act they are also involving in politics but in a negative way, abstaining from voting may emerge a bad govt. And in return when they make policies it includes everyone in the society. Also during allocation we often times discover that some region tend to be neglected in the same manner they have neglected their franchise.

So I ask, in your own opinion do you think politics should be the concern of every citizen.

I beg to differ, mate, it is not the ignorant that abstain from politics but the experienced. When you have experienced an election where your vote is worthless in the process of electing new leaders. When you have experienced an electioneering process that promotes violence and the destruction of lives and properties. When you have experienced intimidation and threat because you fail to support a candidate. If you have experienced an electoral process that is influenced by tribal and religious sentiment. If you have seen an election process that is ruled by vote buying and the highest bidder gets the highest vote. If you have experienced an election where the results have been written before the election date. If you have encountered some or all of these events, you might conclude that it is better to stay indoors during elections than to risk your life and waste your time in an election that has been arranged to suit an anointed candidate.

As obvious as the selection rather than election is, the thing that citizens fail to take into consideration is the fact that without citizens there's no state. The citizens have the power and it is enlightenment and education that can open our eyes to understand that the essence of voting right is to our benefit. The leader that is in power only knows those within his household hence the policies that would follow such a government.

Politics is everyone's business unless in such cases where malpractice is witnessed, then it becomes wise to just play spectator and do more active work from the grassroot rather than poke holes in any policies a selected leader makes. Where focus goes, energy flows!