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Poland stopped to be a democratic country

anonymous Polish citizen | 22.09.2007 09:38 | Social Struggles | World

Fake elections are being prepared. Independent observers are not allowed to supervise them.

There is no democracy because:

1. After taking the power from the communists in 1989, the post-solidarity political organisations "kicked-off" the ladder for other, newer parties. They introduced governmental susbsidies - millions of zlotiys for those parties that got over 3 % hurdle in the elections, and all smaller parties got 0 zlotys. So the budget for elections of let us say, ruling party, was 10 th ousand times the budget of some newly established party

2. Only 4-5 parties - all of them conservative or postcommunist, appear regularly in media, all other parties do not appear nearly at all in the media. The media sometimes say they lack voters, but how can the voters know about thir presence if the media keep them out of their knowledge?

3. If You stand for elections, there is no such thing as free electoral address. You have to somehow manage to get Your message to the voters Yourself. A proper typical campaign in one consituency costs 100 000 PLN, only very rich can afford it. Normal person cannot stand for the elections, her message wont go across to the voters. Normally a party registred for elections has a low to 10 minutes of public radio and public local TV time . That is all.

You want to stand for elections in Poland, then just forget it. No chances whatsoever, You want even manage to get to every voter, even if such cost is 0,10 PLN per person then it costs 100 000 PLN in one constituency.

Besides, there will be no international observers for these elections right now. They were not allowed:

 http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/news/world/20070921-poland-vote-watchdog-osce-reject.html

I know only two people who will vote for the rulling Catholic party out of a thousand of my friends and mates. I do not see around me such a backing as it is presented in the media. I asked once people using the ski-lift in Zakopane, if they were voting for PiS. No one confirmed, and I asked dozens of people.

Please send observers to Poland. I do not believe the government, who uses blackmail to gain control over media and causes independent journalists to be kicked off. We are now Russia-like "democracy" and not a proper democratic country.

Cheers,

anonymous Polish citizen

anonymous Polish citizen

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