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1 | Jordan: To Vote, Or Not To Vote? | Jordania: Hifidy sa tsy hifidy? |
2 | The Jordanian Twitter community debated the merits of voting or abstaining in the parliamentary elections to be held November 9, 2010. | Miady hevitra amin'izay mahamety ny hifidianana na tsy hifidianana mpikambana parlemantera hotontosaina ny 9 novambra 2010 ity ny fiarahamonin'ny Twitter Jordaniana. |
3 | The government-run campaign, Sm3naSotak (Let Us Hear Your Voice) is running a series of tweets, such as this one: | Mandefa andian-tsioka an-tserasera tahaka ity manaraka ity ny mpanao fanentanana miaraka amin'ny governemanta, Sm3naSotak (Avelao ho henonay ny feonao) : |
4 | Why Vote? To break the stereotype! | Nahoana no hifidy? hanala ilay fijery mahazatra! |
5 | “Young people are lazy, they don't care, they won't vote.” | “kamo ny tanora, tsy miraharaha ka tsy hifidy.” |
6 | Let's prove them wrong! | Andao porofoina fa diso izany #JO #JoElections |
7 | #JO #JoElections This campaign, though, has created considerable backlash from Twitter users such as Tarawneh and Hamzeh, who wrote respectively: | Niteraka [valiny henjakenjana] teo amin'ny mampiasa Twitter tahaka an'i Tarawneh sy Hamzeh, izany fanentanana izany ka nanoratan'izy ireomifandimby tahaka izao: |
8 | @sm3nasotak telling us 2 vote 2 avoid being labelled with generalizations isn't a great strategy. dont mock our inteligence plz #JoElections | @sm3nasotak paika tsy mety loatra ny manao safobemantsina miteny aminay hifidy mba tsy ho [vosoketa]. Aza ambaniana kosa ny fahaizanay azafady #JoElections |
9 | @sm3nasotak Voting in #JoElections is an endorsement of a system that doesn't give people equal representation. | @sm3nasotak fanekena ilay rafitra tsy mampitovy isan-tsolontena ara-drariny ho an'ny vahoaka ny mifidy amin'ny #JoElections. |
10 | Why should I endorse it? | Nahoana aho no hizaka izany? |
11 | #JO | #JO |
12 | Hamzeh then issued a series of tweets illustrating the disproportionate voter representation: | Avy eo moa dia nasehon'i Hamzeh ny andian-tsioka manaporofo ny fitongilanan'ny fizarana ny ny isan-tsolotena: |
13 | An MP from Amman represents on avg 93k ppl while an MP from Karak represents on avg only 27k! & they dare ask why I won't vote? | Misolotena olona tokony ho 93000 eo ho eo ny depiote avy any Amman raha olona 27000 kosa no isoloan'ny depiote avy any Karak tena dia nahoana ry zareo no mahasahy manontany ahy hoe nahoana no tsy hifidy? |
14 | #JOElections | #JOElections |
15 | Mohammed Yousef writes: | Manoratra i Mohammed Yousef : |
16 | I won't cheat myself, I won't cheat Jordan: I'm boycotting #JoElections | Tsy hamita-tena aho ary tsy hamitaka an'i Jordania: manao ankivy ny fifidianana aho #JoElections |
17 | MJalaljel tweeted: | MJalaljel ni-tweet: |
18 | Most of the smart/educated/thoughtful ppI I know (including me) r not voting… | Tsy hifidy ny ankamaroan'ny olona misaina sy manampahaizana (tahaka ahy)… |
19 | But later he linked to a site giving biographical information on each parliamentary candidate: | Saingy taorian'izay izy dia nankao amin'ny vohikala iray manome ny mombamomba ireo kandidà hirotsaka ho parlemanter tsirairay: |
20 | #jo But for those who're voting in the next #JoElections, you HAVE TO check this before making your decision:http://www.ftf-jordan.org | Saingy ho an'ireo hifidy amin'ny fifidianana manaraka, HAMARINO aloha ity mialoha ny hanapahan-kevitra: http://www.ftf-jordan.org |
21 | A few Twitter users, in contrast, have been active in supporting the election and urging others to vote. | Misy mpampiasa Twitter vitsivitsy kosa, mifanohitra amin'izany, fa mazoto tokoa amin'ny fanohanana ny fifidianana sady mandrisika ny hafa hifidy. |
22 | Yasser Burgan tweeted: | Nisioka i Yasser Burgan: |
23 | Will be flying to #Jordan tomorrow to go exercise my constitutional right & duty: to #Vote in the #JoElections | Hisidina ho any Jordania rahampitso hampihatra ny zoko sy ny adidiko araka ny lalampanorenana: Hifidy |
24 | Several also retweeted the result of a local survey, conducted by Jordanian tweeter and blogger Aymen al-Saket. | Maro ihany koa ny namaly sioka [RT] ny fitsapana natao tany an-toerana, notarihan'ilay mpamaham-bolongana sy mpisioka an-tserasera Jordaniana Aymen al-Saket. |
25 | The survey was circulated amongst tweeters active under the #jo hashtag. | Nivezivezy tamin'ny mpisioka an-tserasera tamin'ny alalan'ny fampiasana tenifototra #jo ny valin'izany fitsapana [sondage] izany. |
26 | Al-Saket did not describe how many responses he received, but logged at least 35 responses, which he cites as 40% of active #jo tweeters. | Tsy nampahafantarin'i Al-Saket ny isan'ny valiny azony, fa nahazo valiny farafahakeliny 35 izy, izay nanambarany fa 40% no tena mazoto amin'ny fisiahana an-tserasera ny fifidianana #jo. |
27 | Amongst the results are that 19.8% of respondents say they will not vote, as compared to 80. 2% who say they will. | Asehon'ny valin'izany ary fa ny 19,8% tamin'ny namaly no nilaza tsy hifidy ampitahaina amin'ny 80,2% nilaza ny hifidy. |
28 | Al-Saket himself says he will vote because, | Niteny i Al-Saket fa hifidy izy satria, |
29 | 1. It is a Constitutional Right. 2. There is a need to initiate the change, to start it, not make it. | 1. Zo araka ny lalampanorenana izany 2. Misy ny filana hanombohana ny fiovana, manomboka azy fa tsy manatontosa azy. |
30 | 3. If I don't vote, Parliament Members will be chosen on my behalf. | 3. Raha tsy hifidy aho dia hiteny amin'ny anarako [ihany] ny mpikambana ao amin'ny Parlemanta. |