Ecuadorian´s political ignorance

As we all (or most of all know) there is a consulta popular coming  on may 7th. This period of campaing before any election is a period that, in my country, I find really sad. I beleive that a high percentage of people are treated as political momentary tools. "things were created to be used, people were created to be loved; the reason why the world is in chaos is that things are being loved and people are being used". This quote applies perfectly but, the thing that is being love is abstract, is POWER. There is a very short line between convincing and using people, and it basicly differs in people´s ignorance about politics. In Ecuador there are a lot of, specially countryside people, that know nothing about politics in the country, however, they also have the obligation of voting. So, they are more likely to be used, because they don´t really know what candidates for example are offering or, in this case, how will a "yes" or "no" winning in the consulta would influence their lifes. A lot of times what happens is that they decide for things thay won´t really have any impact in their lifes but, as they have the obligation to vote, politicians "use" them to just make them vote for what they want to vote. I myself have met people that vote  just for the act of doing it, and for what they have been told to. So, to conclude this, I think that to reduce this problem elections should not be obligatory in this country because the results are not acutally "the will of the people" but the will of some who know what their are voting for and how good has a politician used and taken advantage of the ignorance of the rest. 

Sara Lucía Aulestia