Abster-se não é protesto, é entregar o país aos outros
The presidential elections of July 19, 2026 ended with an abstention rate of 58.81%, a figure the writer calls a stain on the country's democracy. The core argument is that refusing to vote is not an act of protest but a way of handing the country over to others. A majority that stays home lets a minority make the choice, and that, in the author's view, is exactly what happened. Rather than fix blame on any single group, the piece says the causes of the low turnout deserve proper examination. That analysis, it argues, belongs to specialists in electoral matters who can assess the figures and the reasons behind them. Abstention on this scale leaves a shadow over the result, since most of the electorate played no part in it. It also limits the mandate of whoever takes office, given that the winning support came from well under half the voting population. Those who skipped the vote, the writer warns, ended up letting others settle the contest for them.
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