Monday, June 1, 2009

Holidays during the european elections

I read in newspapers that the participatory process has been halted until after the European elections of June 7 to avoid mixing apples and pears. It seems that participating in the decision on the reform of the Diagonal Avenue and, simultaneity, European campaign could be inopportune, at least according to the spanish electoral law.

Agree that we are pioneering a process (the Diagonal, not European) and recommended to go with common sense and do not care can be given away before, but the subconscious makes me cry: wrong!

Wrong, because the next stage of the Diagonal Avenue participatory process, once the information is generally the views of citizens. According to the electoral law in the campaign period, candidates can only talk?

Wrong, because it loses an opportunity to inform, with practice, that the possibility of speaking personally about an issue, has nothing to do with an election campaign.

Wrong, because precautions could include sharing the bulletins announced participation, which at this point, with the lack of detail regarding the reform of the Diagonal, could basically be blank to allow citizens to write, so little message policy should contain.

Wrong, because the coincidence of an election campaign with a dynamic process of participation could help the citizen to appreciate the differences between the platforms of choice and social help to define what is most comfortable.

Wrong, because if what I see so far is on the web " "i.de.a. Diagonal", a how many electoral messages are there?

And worse, because if people can speak freely on the dangers campaign messages must be "institutional" in the participatory process ... And this means that institutions can not control the content of their messages?

Well, while we wait to June 8.

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