On 31 March, a unique task was launched – Electoral Citizens' Panel, organized by “Electoral”. More than 20 people from different parts of Poland will comment on the presidential campaign. This is the first specified task in Poland to give voice to citizens and citizens, allowing them to participate actively in the public debate.
Selected people with different life experiences, views and backgrounds will measure candidate and candidate programs, analyse their appearances, indicate the strengths and weaknesses of the campaign. Their comments and insights will be published in Electoral.pl until the end of the election campaign.
– The election run is primarily press conferences, raves and various kinds of speeches of candidates for the office of the president of Poland. It is besides an analysis of specialists – sociologists, political scientists, journalists – that lacks the civic component and we decided to satisfy this lack. Therefore, we have gathered a group of people from all over Poland, who together with us, will comment on what is happening in the presidential campaign – Says Paula Skalnicka, head of local editorial “Gazeta Wyborcza”.
The Electoral Citizens' Panel is an initiative aimed at expanding citizens' engagement in public life. The task shows that democracy does not end with the act of voting itself and besides means active participation in shaping the future of the country.
Photo, source. Agora
