Politicians in Montenegro, instead of dealing with the real problems of young people, use digital platforms to win their likes, which is clearly visible in the rhetoric before the elections in Podgorica on September 29, said the program director of the Association for Responsible and Sustainable Development (UZOR) Marko Pejović.
"Modern communication channels, which should contribute to better information and political literacy of the younger population, have been systematically abused. Instead of digital platforms and technologies being used to improve democratic participation and to market all information and data about programs, and to encourage discussion about them, the previous campaign is based on the personal discrediting of the opponents, and according to the already established rule, the most serious insults fall between those political subjects who have a rich common past. Therefore, citizens remain deprived of a democratic discussion that would form a clear picture of who and in what way decides their fate and quality of life," said Pejović.
He points out that the political and civil participation of young people on digital platforms was also absent this time, because they are not used by political subjects to connect and communicate with those in whose name they want to exercise power, but to sponsor personal inappropriate rhetoric that does not refer to professional promises.
"Local problems concerning traffic infrastructure, lack of parking, water supply and cleanliness are perfidiously suppressed by topics of 'state importance', while avant-garde but hard-to-realize promises are an unavoidable part of the media folklore of those who lead the electoral lists - but also the president, prime minister and "It is obvious that politics in our country has long been a haven for individuals who use every opportunity to overestimate their importance, firmly representing the party's and not the public's interest, and they use digital platforms almost exclusively for these purposes," said Pejović.
He urged the actors of the upcoming local elections to do everything so that at the end of the campaign, the citizens do not become hostages of private tasteless fights, and to respect each other when confronting their opinions, to inform the citizens of their four-year plans and programs.
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