A citizen has a sacred duty to take part in a referendum, and if he doesn’t go to such a referendum, don’t let him run through the streets shouting: “We want more democracy,” said Kukiz’15 leader Paweł Kukiz to PAP.
On Friday, Law and Justice published the first in a series of spots about the referendum, which could be held together with the parliamentary elections on October 15.
The president of PiS on the role of the referendum
For us, the vote of ordinary Poles is decisive. The voice of ordinary foreign politicians, including German ones, is meaningless, so we want to address the state directly in a referendum on important issues
– says Jarosław Kaczyński, Deputy Prime Minister and President of PiS, on the spot.
The first question is: do you support the sale of state-owned enterprises? – informed the president of PiS.
The Germans want to embed Tusk in Poland to sell the joint property. His background speaks directly about it
– underlined.
Kukiz a supporter of the referendum
In an interview with PAP, Kukiz, who is a strong supporter of the idea of a referendum, emphasizes that they are important – especially when it comes to important issues such as: migration policy or issues related to strategic companies for the state.
As he added, “a referendum is the only time when a person can freely express his will.” According to Kukiz, “A huge drawback of our system is the inability to hold a referendum directly by citizens, without additional consent from politicians.”
It should be – since the nation is constitutionally sovereign – that if citizens collect a million signatures, such a referendum will be called automatically, without the currently necessary authorization of the Sejm.
noted the politician.
This was the old postulate of “Solidarity”, which has been forgotten today, this was PiS’s proposal in 2013, when PO was in power, and this was PO’s request in 2019, when PiS was in power used to be. Political parties come up with such a proposal if they have no influence on its implementation, and when they are in power, they immediately forget about this proposal. The system in a pill
– added.
He admitted that the questions in referenda need to be precise, and the first, which concerns companies, could be:
Are you in favor of leaving state property in Polish hands?
Kukiz also referred to the critical voices about the referendum.
Attacks on the fact that the referendum should take place during the elections are in my view unjustified, because if we want the referendum to be considered valid at all, then – according to the rules in force – 50% of those entitled to vote must go to the polls, and this is impossible to achieve in any situation other than elections
– underlined.
Situation as of 2015
He also recalled the 2015 referendum on the introduction of single-member constituencies in elections to the Sejm and the method of funding political parties from the state budget, called for by then-President Bronisław Komorowski, where the turnout was 7.8 percent .
Regardless of which political option organizes the referendum, what the questions are and how these questions are answered, a citizen has a sacred duty to take part in this referendum, and if he does not go to such a referendum, do not let him run around in the streets and don’t let him shout: “we want more democracy”
emphasizes the politician.
As reported by Polskie Radio 24, the information from the PiS president regarding the first referendum question kicks off the campaign of the United Right camp. In the coming days (Saturday, Sunday and Monday) videos with further referendum questions will appear.
In June, Deputy Prime Minister Kaczyński declared that the issue of relocation of migrants in the EU should be put to a referendum. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki confirmed the intention to hold the referendum together with the parliamentary elections in the autumn.
A two-day session of the Sejm will take place on August 16 and 17; according to the schedule, it will consider a motion to order a nationwide referendum.
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Source: wPolityce