Romania has the most primitive voting system in all of Europe. “Romania has the most primitive voting system in all of Europe. There is no other country in Europe where there are unnumbered ballots, where you don't know who printed them, and often who counts them,” said NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Joanna, addressing the Congress of Romanian Students at the Palace of the parliament. “Romania does not want or cannot deeply democratize voting.“
The Deputy Secretary General of NATO called on those present to continuously put pressure on their elected officials. “The problem is that once you elect someone, your duties and responsibilities are not transferred to the shoulders of the person you voted for. Hold them accountable, ask how the money was spent, write petitions,” he said.
Regarding the reluctance of young people to get involved in politics, Joan said that “there is no other profession in the world through which you can make a difference, there is nothing else but politics”. “Neither Bill Gates and his funds, nor the biggest president of an international or national company, no one can profoundly change things like a responsible politician can,”, he said.
This year there will be European parliamentary, local, parliamentary and presidential elections in Romania.
Romanian media claim that Joana has been campaigning for the post of the country's president for a long time. He himself says that he will answer the question of whether he will run after he leaves his NATO post. His term expires in October, and the presidential elections in Romania are scheduled for September 2024.
Source: tass.ru