Szymon Hołownia, the leader of Poland 2050, proposes to grant voting rights to 16-year-olds. The former TVN star argues that the fact that young people are ‘defending’ the climate and demanding that Przemysław Czarnek be fired from the post of education minister shows that they are often more aware than voters.
Voting rights for 16 year olds?
During a meeting with his supporters in Wrocław, Hołownia announced that he wanted to grant the right to vote to 16-year-olds. To get a good start, in local governments.
We are not going to blindly promise everything to everyone, because then you (young people) will have to repay this loan
Holownia said.
In an interview with “Wyborcza”, Hołownia said that it does not even require a constitutional amendment to allow 16-year-olds to vote in local government elections.
Today’s 16-year-olds organize movements to defend the school against Minister Czarnek’s ideas, organize a climate strike, they are more mature than many of today’s 40 or 70-year-olds
Hołownia protested. He also emphasized this in a post he posted on social media.
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Internet users comment
Internet users commented on Szymon Hołownia’s ideas. Twitter users rated it as populism. They also pointed out that since according to the head of Poland 2050 16-year-olds could vote, there is nothing to prevent younger children from voting.
Has anyone come up with the idea of voting across species yet?
A 16 year old can’t buy cigarettes or beer, can’t drive a car, work in DeliciousPL, get married, register SIM cards, get tattoos, go to the tanning bed, but according to @szymon_holownia he can decide on Poland. Yes, that makes sense.
If that isn’t populism, I don’t know what is.
Fortunately, my children and adults have the same attitude to walking and choices as I do. But I have a question; do we move full legal capacity to 16 or just to vote?
Simon, but the constitution…
Teenagers are already so engrossed that they don’t cry for any reason. I recommend @szymon_holownia electorate of kindergartens and nurseries.
The period of adolescence and identity formation in developed countries is getting longer. Currently, a large proportion of so-called young adults are still immature, which should suggest that the voting age is being raised rather than lowered. Populism,…
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Source: wPolityce