Posted on 03/23/21
| News Source: i24
"My dear ones, for the last time, and from the heart of the president to yours – please, go and vote," he said
Israel's President Reuven Rivlin cast his final ballot Tuesday as the country's 10th head of state in the 24th Knesset (Israel Parliament) elections.
Immediately after casting his ballot, the president called on all Israeli citizens to go and vote, saying, “This time, too, I ask you to go and vote. I am voting today for the last time as president, but above all, I do so as a concerned citizen. Very concerned.”
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Rivlin maintained that despite the attendant difficulties in the country - in particular the waning coronavirus crisis - voting in elections for the Knesset was the "pinnacle of our democracy."
"Four elections in two years erode public trust in the democratic process, but only you can influence. There is no other way," he added.
“My dear ones, for the last time, and from the heart of the president to yours – please, go and vote. For our children and grandchildren, for all of us,” said the president at the end of his remarks.