We are already in the day after the elections to choose the new members of the House of Representatives. The result confirmed a trend within society: voters backed some traditional parties, rejected others, and also gave new formations the votes they needed to enter parliament.
Obviously, the results can be read in many different ways. They always can. What matters now is that, the day after, everyone turns their attention to what comes next and does not remain trapped in campaign mode. That is not good for society. It is not good for the country.
It is clear that, once again, a large section of our fellow citizens chose not to go to the polls, not to take part in democracy’s defining moment. Abstention stood at 33.09%. And this phenomenon, as we know, did not appear today. It is long-standing and recurring. What does abstention mean? Indifference? Protest? The result is what counts. Through abstention, a small group of citizens — not the majority — decides for the many. That is not right, and it does not express democracy. We expected that, with so many party formations contesting the elections — 19 in all — abstention would be lower. There were 752 candidates! That number, too, should have boosted participation.
So, now that we are in the day after, it is obvious that once the parties have assessed the results, they must all focus together on the country’s real problems.
The campaign, then, is over — unless attention has already turned to the 2028 presidential election. If that is the case, it will be disastrous for those whose minds and energy are fixed on that contest. But it will also be disastrous for the country.
The MPs who have been elected are taking on a heavy burden. That is because, as we have already pointed out, the challenges are many and the problems urgently need solutions. It is obvious that their task will not be easy. It never was in the past either.
The members of the new parliament will be judged by their actions. By the initiatives they take and the work they produce. We will wait, and we will judge them along the way. Citizens are right, and fully justified, to set the bar high. That is how it should always be. For society and for the country.
