Nearly 70 percent of Mostar youth want to vote in the upcoming local election but almost no one believes the election will change anything, Nase Drustvo Network said on Tuesday presenting their research “Opinions, concerns and expectations of Mostar youth.”
“Youths under the age of 30 never voted in Mostar. Elections in this town haven't been held in over 12 years and we are yet to find out the consequences of such political passiveness and undemocratic processes,” head of the Nase Drustvo Network Marin Bago said, adding that they interviewed 630 youths age 16-30 from the area of the South Bosnian city of Mostar.
According to Sensu – Centre for Psychological Support, 70 percent of Mostar youth want to cast their ballot, but they do not believe anything will change.
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“At the same time, 50 percent of them are participants or members of an initiative that represents the rights of youth or are members of some political parties, so the question arises why can't they see a change in the future,” the activists from Nase Drustvo Network said at a press conference in Mostar.
Majda Sehic from the Centre for Psychological Support Sensus said that about half of the surveyed youths want to stay in Bosnia, 25 percent of them want to leave and 25 are insecure and do not know where they see themselves in the future.
The Nase Drustvo Network reiterated that the research was held under the “Right to a city” project, implemented with the support of the US Embassy to Bosnia.
The project aims to provide a space for youth where they will talk freely about all the problems in the City, returning the democratic and dialogical tools into their hands, so they could express their wishes and views, the Network said.
