Gabriel-Paul decided that non-vote is meaningless and a non-choice for the upcoming November Romanian elections. He adds that he will not compromise on that until he will see a politician being upfront on his agenda.

He is onto something, but I guess he is a bit idealistic. It is true that history shows us that leaders taking risks and making bluntly what-you-see-is-what-you-get statements and actually making them happen made disruptive changes in societies. It is not happening that often though, actually history also shows us that most politicians/leaders say what the electorate would like to hear not what they will actually do. And that is a fact.

There are two things here. Extremistst are always upfront with their agenda. They will say simply and outloud what they stand for even though for some people it may sound absurd. But this is not the change we would aspire to, is it? The other thing is: are we (Romanians) ready for a disruptive change towards "normality"? Do we have what it takes? Are we in the state of mind of adjusting or facing the shock of doing things right (i.e. the way they're done in "functional marketing economies", or "civilised countries")? Do we ultimately need it? I certainly doubt that. Remember that normality for me may not be similar for the average John and it is exactly this mentality that cannot be changed overnight. 

The Romanian context is a bit special whereas people either get discouraged to get involved and step aside (hence validating the system indirectly since they live through it) or decide to quit and leave the country. Unless of course they are not enrolled already in the system, and make a certain degree of compromises. It is true that there's not too much choice nowadays on the Romanian political arena but IMO a lesser evil is a better choice than the same one, and that is why I think I will give my vote in November. Involvement is necessary for making the change happen, even though it will only be incremental and not disruptive as some of us would like. And voting is the least one can do. Even though marginally the change pace will (may) be somewhat similar considering the three dominating tendencies Gabriel is mentioning.