The Czech general elections

• Good bye Lenin (24.05.2006) - 24-05-2006 14:00:23 - Only logged activists can post a comment, please sign in or register here

  Is it correct to use films to prejudice the voters during an election campaign? In ODS´s opinion yes. The opposition party abuses the film "Good bye Lenin" to pretend that socialism equals communism and is therefore a threat to everyone. "What a pitty" that they face now a problem. The director, Wolfgang Becker, reacted and proclaimed that the ODS did not understand the message of his film.
  
  In general political parties try to involve emotions in their campaigns. Some believe in the power of fear. They choose a topic and then they make a threat out of it. The ODS tried to frighten the voters during the election campaign in 2002 stating that the European Union represented a great threat. In the meantime everyone could see that this is very simply not true. Therefore it was necessary to create another fear - the danger of “communism's revival”.
  
  The most important thing about these whole incriminating-games is that voters don’t become tired by the behaviour of democratic parties. The slander, the creating of fears and the negative style of campaigning could discourage voters. I believe that campaigns should rather highlight positive aspects. They should emphasize on successes and good ideas, to explain the programmes rationally etc.
  
  Our opponents the ODS are however doing everything to frustrate the voters.

   

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