After many controversies and consultations, the decision has been made. The elections to elect representatives at the national and departmental levels will be held in mid-June.
Questions have resurfaced about the actual holding of the ballots scheduled for June 13 and 20 to elect regional and departmental councilors. Already postponed by three months, they hinge on the report about the state of the epidemic.
Should we allow the fear of abstention to paralyze our democratic life, or, on the contrary, should we make the health challenge a spur for our collective mobilization?
A withdrawal would seem doubly worrying, both for what it would reveal of our inability to act and for what it might reflect of our insufficient attachment to our democratic life.
Between now and June, we must act to vote, because in a democracy, we must vote to act.
