Polish Elections - your opinions

Poland's prime minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, was keeping open the option Tuesday night of holding early elections in the autumn, two years ahead of schedule, after a small political party crucial to the stability of the conservative-nationalist minority coalition government reversed its decision to quit.

alanaThreads: 7 Posts: 30 Joined: Jul 28, 07	Aug 12, 07, 23:33 / #
I would like to know and have opinion of people who live in Poland concerning the election that will be held soon??? not just opinion anything you wanna share ....

helloThreads: 37 Posts: 1,104 Joined: Dec 5, 06	Aug 12, 07, 23:51 / #
Do you mean presidential elections or Polish Sejm/Senat elections?

alanaThreads: 7 Posts: 30 Joined: Jul 28, 07	Aug 13, 07, 00:14 / #
Poland's prime minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, was keeping open the option Tuesday night of holding early elections in the autumn, two years ahead of schedule, after a small political party crucial to the stability of the conservative-nationalist minority coalition government reversed its decision to quit. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/10/news/poland.php i am not from poland so i do nto know exactly... what i only know is that there will be legislative elections in autunm....

turkishfriendThreads: 8 Posts: 49 Joined: Aug 12, 07	Aug 13, 07, 04:02 / #
it is getting worse

Wyspianska	Aug 13, 07, 04:04 / #
Quoting: turkishfriend it is getting worse What ? Maybe u will make more constructive statements. Obvioulsy u dont know anything about polish situation

turkishfriendThreads: 8 Posts: 49 Joined: Aug 12, 07	Aug 13, 07, 04:15 / #
are you aware of yourself?

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,208 Joined: Nov 16, 06	Aug 13, 07, 08:05 / #
Go twins.

Zeze	Aug 13, 07, 08:54 / #
Quoting: Wyspianska the all seem to be freaks you right they are ! great thing about living in Poland there not so many of them like in germany ! Ps I dont drink

alanaThreads: 7 Posts: 30 Joined: Jul 28, 07	Aug 13, 07, 12:08 / #
so guys from poland let us know what is your opinion about it... please reply if u are living actually in poland

slwkkThreads: 3 Posts: 249 Joined: Mar 31, 07	Aug 13, 07, 12:14 / #
God bless elections :D PIS, LIS go away and don't ever come back - my opinion ;-)

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Aug 13, 07, 14:04 / #
Quoting: Grzegorz_ Go twins. Are any of the candidates triplets?

gloiosThreads: 15 Posts: 88 Joined: Jun 12, 07	Aug 13, 07, 14:53 / #
Would anyone be able to post a website or article that gives a brief overview on what is currently going on with the elections? Lepper, etc...

DaisyThreads: 16 Posts: 2,172 Joined: Apr 28, 07	Aug 13, 07, 14:55 / #
Quoting: Wroclaw Those young folk working abroad who could make a difference. i thought you could still vote even if you're abroad

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,402 Joined: Apr 1, 06 [Moderator]	Aug 13, 07, 14:56 / #
Quoting: Daisy i thought you could still vote even if you're abroad I think so too. But will they ?

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,402 Joined: Apr 1, 06 [Moderator]	Aug 13, 07, 14:35 / #
Quoting: alana I would like to know and have opinion of people who live in Poland concerning the election that will be held soon??? not just opinion anything you wanna share .... I seem to spend more time in the school next door voting than my daughter does learning. What bothers me is the number of absentee voters. Those young folk working abroad who could make a difference.

DaisyThreads: 16 Posts: 2,172 Joined: Apr 28, 07	Aug 13, 07, 14:59 / #
Quoting: Wroclaw But will they ? that goes for every election. I work at the polls in the elections here, mostly older people that vote, very few young people, so even if they weren't abroad would it make a difference? If they have a vote and they want to use it they will, will going home make them more inclined to vote?

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,402 Joined: Apr 1, 06 [Moderator]	Aug 13, 07, 15:14 / #
As I have said on another thread. There are more older voters than younger ones. The thing is that all the younger people have to vote to make a difference. If they were here, under the present circumstances, I'm sure they would vote. Another problem with voting is that results can be predicted by region. Some people are so set in their ways and refuse to change. And the church does make a difference, whatever anyone says to the contrary.

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,402 Joined: Apr 1, 06 [Moderator]	Edited by: Wroclaw Aug 30, 07, 15:24 / #
update. SLD were forced to push for an early election after all the shenanigans surrounding today's arrests. The arrests concern members of parliament who were due to attend an inquiry tomorrow.

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Aug 30, 07, 15:26 / #
Quoting: Wroclaw shenanigans No-one I've spoken to will accept any responsibility for the twins. That's probably quite normal. People vote, then pretend they never voted for who they did vote for. But then again, many people don't bother to vote, then complain about the results.

johan123Threads: 1 Posts: 306 Joined: Jun 5, 07	Aug 30, 07, 15:40 / #
Quoting: osiol No-one I've spoken to will accept any responsibility for the twins. What exactly do you mean?

johan123Threads: 1 Posts: 306 Joined: Jun 5, 07	Aug 30, 07, 15:42 / #
It is not difficult to understand their motives!

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Aug 30, 07, 15:46 / #
Quoting: johan123 What exactly do you mean? All the Polish people I have met in the UK (okay, so they're here, not there) say they never voted for them or their party. I remember when I was very small. Nobody admitted to voting for Thatcher. Most people hated her (despite her democratic election). These days, more and more people talk about how good she was. I must admit to knowing very little about Polish politics. Politics generally seem to be a much ignored area of life in conversation.

johan123Threads: 1 Posts: 306 Joined: Jun 5, 07	Edited by: Administrator Aug 30, 07, 15:52 / #
Cooperation was a crime http://www.polishforums.com/revenge_justice_vetting_laws-34_10178_0.ht ml#msg151317

helloThreads: 37 Posts: 1,104 Joined: Dec 5, 06	Aug 30, 07, 16:27 / #
Quoting: osiol say they never voted for them or their party. Funny, now few say they voted for them; if that was the case, how did they win? :)

helloThreads: 37 Posts: 1,104 Joined: Dec 5, 06	Aug 30, 07, 16:29 / #
Quoting: Wroclaw The thing is that all the younger people have to vote to make a difference. I wonder how difficult it is for a Polish person living abroad (in the UK or Germany, for example) to actually vote. I doubt the millions of young Poles working in the EU would come back to Poland to vote. It should be an easy process, but it's probably not.

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,402 Joined: Apr 1, 06 [Moderator]	Aug 30, 07, 16:34 / #
Quoting: hello I wonder how difficult it is for a Polish person living abroad (in the UK or Germany, for example) to actually vote. I don't know the process, but they can vote from the country they are living in. Will they bother ? I don't know.

plk123Threads: 30 Posts: 6,412 Joined: Aug 29, 07	Aug 30, 07, 16:43 / #
Quoting: Daisy i thought you could still vote even if you're abroad you can... last time.. huge turnout in chicago

Sadov	Sep 1, 07, 12:56 / #
In my opinion, the per cent of voting people in our country, is the bigest problem of our democracy. People with radical opinions goes to the pool ... and we have what we have. Normal people are disapointed after those all governments we had, and (what is sad) they stay home ... And the main problem is not Kaczynski or Lepper or even Giertych, but tendency to stay home among succesful (in their life, bussines, carrer) people.

johan123Threads: 1 Posts: 306 Joined: Jun 5, 07	Sep 1, 07, 13:44 / #
The twins are doing an excellent job!

Sadov	Edited by: Sadov Sep 1, 07, 14:00 / #
johan123 i think that it is not their job ... Their voters goes to the pools ...