Donald Tusk heard 2 questions during a gathering with young people at Campus Polska Future: about the application of erstwhile minister Maciej Berk to the Constitutional Court and about his own ego and mediocre ratings in the polls. The Prime Minister asked for a minute to gather his thoughts. The work of power for human resources and political results is at stake for citizens.
Questions about the Constitutional Court and political ego
According to Interia, Donald Tusk answered the questions of young people during Campus Poland's Future. Participants raised 2 uncomfortable themes for the head of government. The first afraid the application of erstwhile Minister Maciej Berk as a justice of the Constitutional Court. The second referred to the Prime Minister's negative ratings in the polls and the way he presents his own policies.
Tusk didn't answer right away. He asked for a moment, explaining that he had heard 2 hard questions and must gather his thoughts. It's not political guilt to hesitate. In democracy, however, it is much more crucial to see whether, on second thought, there is simply a concrete consequence relating to the meritum, alternatively than another efficient communication formula.
Young people don't just want a political spectacle
The question of 1 of the participants who wanted to know if the Prime Minister's ego would become the origin of his demise was the strongest. It was personal, but it grew out of a public problem: the government policy must besides presume work for its own governance kind and for the social assessment of its decisions. The PM's office is not a scene built around 1 person.
This is peculiarly crucial during an event addressed to young people. Political race for their support must not be reduced to effective speeches and common mobilisation of organization environments. Young Poles have the right to ask about the state, work and limits of individual policy. They besides have the right to anticipate an answer without a condescending tone.
Nomination that requires clear justification
The question about Berk concerns a systemic matter, which is more serious than the current image of the Prime Minister. Maciej Berk's application to the Constitutional Court should be justified by the competence, experience and imagination of the function of the constitutional court. Citizens have the right to know why this candidacy is to service the state.
For Poland the credibility of the institutions is at stake. If the filling of the most crucial positions is seen only as an extension of the governing base, the trust in the state will weaken regardless of which organization actually has the majority. The standard should be simple: the interests of the Republic before the interests of the political environment.
The Prime Minister is accountable to the public
Donald Tusk likes to introduce himself as an experienced and pressure-resistant politician. All the more reason he should face questions about his own decisions without covering himself with the format of the gathering itself. His another speech at Campus has shown that the Prime Minister is happy to formulate sharp assessments of opponents. Citizens can so anticipate the same firmness erstwhile questions are about themselves.
A minute of reflection is reasonable if it leads to a fair answer. However, it cannot replace responsibility. The authority that wants to teach opposition and organise Polish debate according to its own rules must first clearly explain its own nominations, mistakes and failure of trust. This is the democratic control of the government, not the carefully directed applause.
Source: Interia Events
Source: Interia Events
