Why I *AM* Voting on 5 February
DonMogul
This article is written in response to this article written for the Bristol Herald by Rayf Drayson www.erepublik.com/en/article/why-i-am-not-voting-on-5-february-729708/1/20
This election is the most democratic election that I have ever been privileged to see. It truly is the best election since I joined the UK about 5 months ago now. Everyone has finally been given a voice on who should lead the UK.
For all of those who do not know how this monumental Coalition was formed and how it went about finally selecting Final Destiny to be its presidential candidate, I will tell you.
The non-UKRP party leaders joined together at the conference table discussing their concerns about the UKRP candidate JerryGFL. The chief concern was Jerry's apparent sporadic activity, while they (and this author) appreciates that this is largely due to RL commitments, they believed that the UK needed a leader that would first and foremost be active. The second concern was that they believed that Jerry was not yet ready for the top job. They felt his experience did not really meet the criteria for a position such as Country President.
The problem was that due to the UKRPs massive party size and massive army of 'sheep voters' JerryGFL is almost guaranteed the top job despite sporadic activity and relative inexperience. Each party leader then went to their party members and proposed that we form a Coalition. This was accepted with great enthusiasm amongst the Coalition parties.
Then came the problem of who would be the leader of the Coalition? Who was active enough? Who was the most experienced? And (most importantly) who was the best man (or woman!) for the job?
The Coaltion then posted a poll of candidates in the UK forums where all party members of the Coalition could vote on who they believed was the best possible choice for the United Kingdom. It soon became apparent that some of the candidates were not as popular as the top two which were Final Destiny and BBB. There was one last poll between FD and BBB and Final Destiny won the poll in a tight contest.
Can anyone please tell me what is so undemocratic about this process? The majority of active UK citizens voted in these polls... each person had an equal voice, furthermore, not a single person voiced their outrage in the coalition forums, so clearly this has a lot of inside support.
So, instead of the original 5 candidates we were looking at before, due to this extremely democratic process of events, we now have just two. On the one hand we have JerryGFL's coalition, with his own party UKRP and a new party called Scottish Labour. On the other hand, we have Final Destiny's coalition with his own party, Free-Thinking Party, backed by The Unity Party led by Squiddy, Peoples Communist Party led by Hassan Pesaran and Movement for Democratic Unity led by Big Boy Bully and Oexis - all of which are huge names in the political and military spheres of the eUK. When either candidate is elected via democratic process, it will be because they were chosen by the will of the people. Isn't this what democracy is about?
I am amazed that anyone is calling this election undemocratic. It is the most democratic UK election I have ever seen!
Good luck to BOTH candidates and let the will of the people decide who is the best person for the top job - President of the United Kingdom.
Comments
Well said , Voted 🙂
Well said, voted, you may want to shrink the picture a bit
voted. Don't let your vote for president go to waste, just because there are only two candidates to choose from. It harms democracy even more if you don't vote.
Because if UKRP don't win..it surely MUST be undemocratic...
QUOTE:
"When either candidate is elected via democratic process, it will be because they were chosen by the will of the people. Isn't this what democracy is about?"
voted.
and I support them to with the banner of the right party.
People have been calling it undemocratic?
Now perhaps I have not been lurking in the right places, but I do fail to understand where that idea came from...
Hm. Im of the same opinion as Gale.. But good!
Gale and tom i have sent you a PM with a link to the article that this one was written in response to.
At first i thought the coalition was just formed because
certain people were sick of UKRP being in power,however from what i have read here about your concerns about jerry's qualifications and commitments,i now see that you have the best intentions for the eUK
I will however base my vote on whose manifesto i agree with most,not other peoples concerns about the candidates
DonMogul: Keep in mind that Rayf is no longer a UKRP member, and has no access to our private forum.
I know this Deathtoll.
This article was written in response to his attack on the Coalition.
@ Lee
Good man! I wouldn't have it any other way. As the picture in my article says "Your vote is your voice - be heard"
So, when Jerry wins, will you admit it was democratic, or cry more about the UKRP even after allying every other party in the UK together?
Dish are you paying attention?
"When either candidate is elected [...] it will be because they were chosen by the will of the people. Isn't this what democracy is about?"
I have never - as you put it - cried about the UKRP. In fact over in the last 3 Presidential elcections I voted for the UKRP because I believed that that candidate was the best choice.
IF Jerry wins it will be because the majority of UK want him and chose him as the best man for the top job. I will be the LAST person to complain about another UKRP CP.
IF Final Destiny wins Dish... will YOU admit that this election was democratic, or cry some more about the Coalition despite the very democratic process it has been through?
i try to give my point of view
so... if they think about jerry condition that he will not be active for the next month then they take action to limit the candidates to only one (fd, if you don't count jerry)i think it's quite undemocratic even for the member of the coalition party.
but they who thinks if jerry wins will leave britain without care have good reason. i agree with that also, i mean who does want to elect a president that will not be an active member?
i think, before we started talking about democratic or not, the coalition should do confirmation to jerry, it is not polite to accused people of inability (ofcourse i don't know a thing if you already do that)
and if he does can not be active for the next months the UKRP should remove him from the candidates list so the race is between remaining party( i hope there won't be a problem since all candidates have their manifesto and i hope theres enough time to propose the candidates)
just my2cents though