Citizens of the Western Balkans have equally low trust in the government and the opposition. In Montenegro, 80 per cent of citizens believe that the government can be changed in elections, in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia that percentage is around 43%, while in Kosovo 56% of voters believe that a change of government is possible in elections. The biggest obstacle to free and fair elections in the countries of the region is the pressure on voters.
- In all surveyed countries, except in Kosovo, the relative majority of respondents believe that the opposition is not well organized. On average, about 48 percent of respondents believe that the opposition is completely disorganized, the report said. The most unfavorable opinion of the opposition is in Serbia, where 83% of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with the organization and activities of opposition parties.
The general political apathy of the citizens in the Balkans is also seen in Macedonia. According to the latest MCIC survey, the results of which were published at the beginning of the year, over 40% of respondents said they would not go to the polls or cancel the ballot (23.8%) or refused to answer who they would vote for ( 17.5 percent). This shows that the undecided are the biggest political force in the country and are far ahead of the leading political parties in the country. The two largest parties, SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE, have almost identical ratings, which for both parties is historically the lowest, the survey showed.
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