[Opinion] OPINION – To vote or not to vote

Assemblage: Pivot. Over the course of the elections, there are fewer and fewer young people participating in the election. This case is often pointed out as a sign of a disengagement from politics. But what is it? Pivot spoke with young people who are reluctant to go to the polling station on 28 April next, are far from disinteresting in politics – quite the contrary. Jeanne* is a professor of philosophy at the Cégep. In recent months, she has n…

OPINION – To vote or not to vote

Not quite such an important question as Hamlet’s question “to be or not to be?” but a very important question that we need to answer by the end of this year. I have voted in every election I have had the opportunity, two in the UK before I came to Fiji and every election in Fiji since then. Voting is a privilege and we should all respect the opportunity to choose those people we want to make the important decisions that affect our livelihoods an…