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What do you think of this? Who shall I vote for? Or should i draw a straw to decide? |
Travel Info I left Belgium 25 years ago, i was still a minor. I went to live in Holland and now further afield. One of the reasons i left was the 'Kiesplicht'. (Voting is not a right, it's a duty in Belgium. They can make it so because they haven't ratified all of the Human Rights Act! I think it is section 8, if my memory serves me right) Now they (the Belgian government) are telling me i have to vote in their federal elections coming up in the next few months!?! I voted in the UK elections as a European national. Can the Belgians really make me vote for their federal elections? Or have i got a case for a human rights lawyer? And finally, who shall i vote for? Cause for now it seems i won't be getting out of it. And yes, if your argument is good enough i might just for your party. :-) Travel Tips Please vote for anyone except Vlaams Belang Put a pin in the paper or whatever, please use your vote to stop these people. Under the former guise Vlaams Blok they were convicted of incitement to hate and discrimination in 2002 and dispanded or rebranded, depending on how you look upon it. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who is known to be a liberal political critic of Islam in the Netherlands, and to whom Vlaams Belang on different occasions referred to defend its points of view on Islam, called the party "a racist, anti-Semitic, extremist party that is unkind to women and that should be outlawed." i understand that it is a pain to vote and i'm sure i'd be perplexed as to why i must if i had been away for so long but use it against vlaams belang and the far right. Please Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vlaams_bela... Other Travel Tips It really don't sound fair, but they just might be able to make you vote, unless if you or your family have renounced Belgium as your nation and gained citizenship in Holland, but maybe to them, your still a national. Definatly something to look into Anyone as long as they're not lefties..get my drift? If voting is a DUty then DO IT... It is a belgian law and u have to obey it no matter what.. And i do not understand..why all the complications?? if u really do not care ..just go..make yr vote Unvalid..and good Bye..why should u look 4 problems where there aren't any.. make it easier..my oppinion If you living in outside of Belgium you can vote or to choose not voting (Its happen to me when I was in Vancouver in 2003) If you are living to Belgium and you have nationality Belgian you have to vote !!! Maybe this year I will white vote to do, cause politics sucks !! They never promise et do always their side and not about people , especially in my province Luxembourg :( Well...I'm Belgian...I know about the "duty" to vote here. Believe me, most of us don't like it. I do know from previous elections that people -if they don't go voting- do NOT get fined for not coming. People who have to sit there to help people out with their papers...they do get fined and sometimes have to come to court. I don't understand that our government want people to vote if they don't live here any more, these people aren't even aware of our system and don't know who to vote for. I wouldn't worry if I were you. If you're not interested in going...DON'T GO. But if you go...be sure not to vote VLD, they haven't done too well these last few years. Are you still able to speak & write our language after all these years? good luck! |
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