In addition to a clear and effective method of selecting local leaders from a wide scope of social organisations, primaries would have another advantage: they would mobilise local communities to be friendly in competition and cooperation. This is not a utopian task – he writes on his own blog sociologist and publicist Jakub Bierzyński
Until now, calls to the large opposition coalition have been a pure publicist projection. Contrary to the press reports, there was no specified coalition, there was no coalition, and if nothing changes in this respect, it will not be – says Bierzyński.
In his opinion, the Polish opposition political scene is divided into 2 basic segments: political parties, whose representatives are present or in the past in parliament and parties or movements, whose binders are not organizational structures, but ideas and missions. The first cannot communicate due to the fact that they compete for a akin electorate and their activists' careers are at stake. The thought or program differences between the parties go to the background.
Ambitions of the organization apparatus fighting for position in the organization Sociologist compares to the phenomenon known in psychology: with the sinking of the life raft, there is simply a conflict of survivors by all centimeter. Nobody wants to drown, and space is getting smaller. Therefore, talks about coalitions will be branded for the benefit of the public – explains Bierzyński. He gives an example of negotiations on the presidency of Warsaw.
According to Jakub Bierzyński, extra-parliamentary movements tend to fall into utmost ideological demands. They cannot communicate due to ideological doctrine.
Meanwhile, the PiS is tampering with election ordination. Election districts for local elections will be constructed in specified a way that the candidates of the Law and Justice organization have the maximum chance. In order to be realistically opposed to the Law and Justice, extra-parliamentary movements, local hybrid coalitions must be included in the agreement, especially since 44 percent of Poles do not support Law and Justice or opposition.
The only reasonable way out of this situation – according to Jakub Bierzyński – seems to be the primaries, which will let to choice local leaders from all anti-Pish local environments. Those who have a chance to win against a PiS representative.
It's not a utopian project. Thus the opposition in Italy was consolidated in 2006, writes Jakub Bierzyński. Read Here..
