Do politicians have the right to differ? Do politicians of the United Right, politicians of the Law and Justice, have the right to differ? Do they have the right to their own opinion, to satisfy their own ambitions? Do the politicians of the United Right have the right to divide into smaller groups that better reflect their own political vision? After all, the organization is not a sacramental union, divorce is possible.
It would seem that the answer to the questions raised is obvious, yes, they have the right. But yet my answer will be different, they have no right, they have no right. Why? individual will, due to the fact that Poland is about Poland. No, the answer will be little pathetic. They have no right, due to the fact that they have deprived themselves of that right. They deprived themselves due to the fact that for 8 years of government, erstwhile they had a majority in the Sejm, erstwhile they had their President, they hadn't changed electoral ordination in those 8 years. If they haven't changed, now they gotta play by the rules. And these rules, D'Hondt's method, not so much a reward for unity as they severely punish division. They didn't change those rules and now they've decided to share! Still, they decided to share! Is God willing to punish us voters, and take distant the politicians of the Right?
The PiS politicians are announcing that now they're gonna show us how to jump in the pool. Only these 8 years of government have they forgotten to pour water into this pool. But they inactive jump. For 8 years, they agreed that the election was governed by rules of football. And now, without changing the rules, they play handball. erstwhile individual shouts “burned”, they say that there is no burnt 1 in handball. erstwhile individual shouts “hand”, they say that it is simply a handball and not a football, that the ball is thrown with a hand alternatively than kicking with a leg. The rules of football proceed to apply, but they decided to play handball.
Why is this happening? Or should we ask another question, why have the politicians of the United Right not changed electoral rules for 8 years? They didn't even change to a proportional arrangement with the Hare-Nieyer method, called the mathematical proportion method? Then they could divide into even a fewer groups, due to the fact that each of these groups would receive a number of mandates proportional to the voter's support. There would be quite a few tiny groups in the Sejm, but then coalitions would be formed after elections alternatively than before. Coalitions between groups, each representing a real group of voters. Today, erstwhile the D'Hondt method is inactive in force, any of the voters' votes are thrown into the basket, and their support is redirected to the strongest group, frequently those represented by the opposing program, and for which these voters would never vote in life.
With a certain balance of strength that occurs in Polish society, election ordination with the D'Hondt method is more like a draw than a real election. Yeah, it's the United Right, the PiS won that draw in 2015. He won and won the majority in the Sejm, receiving only 5,711,687. It was a happy fate, or, as any will, a gift from Providence. And the United Right this Dar, this happy destiny has taken advantage. These 8 years of government, it was the best period of postwar history. Poland was developing dynamically, paradoxically it became a fact known slogan of Edward Gierek: Poland grew stronger and people lived better. And the voters appreciated that. After 8 years of PiS rule, they gained far greater support. In 2023, 7,640,854 voters voted for the Law and Justice Service, or more than 1/3, 34% more than in 2015. What? And the same D'Hondt method that brought the Right to power in 2015, now, after 8 years, with much higher support, swept the PiS regulation off the surface. destiny stopped favoring? Providence turned? Or did the devil mess up?
Gentlemen right-wing camp politicians, all of you butterboys, scouts, loyalists / religious, and as you are called, various commentators. You've done a lot for Poland, but you haven't done 1 thing, you haven't changed electoral rules. And you had the opportunity. A simple majority of parliament and the president's signature are adequate to change the order. This simple majority and the president's signature were adequate for the then ruling Citizens' Platform to change the election order to the legislature in 2011. The single-mandate electoral ordination to the legislature was introduced under the Act of 5 January 2011. Tusk has changed his ordination and disciplines his politicians into unity. You didn't change the rules, and alternatively of uniting, you share. You're jumping into a pool you didn't fill with water. You think it's fortunate that blind destiny will always be on your side. You're trying to take credit for a future lottery win. It's not a mistake, it's crazy.
If you care about Poland, or possibly otherwise, little high-pitched, if you care about your careers, if you're reasoning about ... ... if you think about it, take a step back immediately. Go to the 2027 parliamentary elections united. Win this election and change the election order. Change election ordination and introduce a strategy of referendum democracy in Poland. And then you can share, then you can argue about crucial things and even eat parsley. Then.
Mr Bogdan
P.S. I remind politicians and voters how D'Hondt's method works:
Case 1 – “AB” group gets 10 million votes
Case 2 – Group A gets 5 million votes and Group B gets 5 million votes
Will the 2 ‘A’ and ‘B’ groupings with the same support as the ‘AB’ group receive in full the same mandate as the ‘AB’ group? No, they get a fewer or even a twelve little tickets.
If the ‘AB’ group can number on about 300 mandates it can share. However, if he can actually number on about 232 – 235 seats, then those lost by dividing several, respective mandates mean the failure of power. That's how D'Hondt's method works.
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