Nationally, he worries that a drop in support, in addition to increased abstention from voting, will pull the party under 5 percent.
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The " abstencionistas " were reluctant to negotiate anything with the government; they supported abstention from voting to channel popular discontent against the government and bring about a non-violent revolution.
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A summer 2016 upgrade to the electronic voting system allowed a change to standing orders such that TDs may have an abstention from voting formally recorded; for other purposes this is treated the same as not voting.