Citizens' sovereignty does not end on election day
Today, Poland's democracy is faced with a fundamental question: is it a citizen or a power apparatus? If a citizen is to be a sovereign, he must have the tools to control power between elections as well. Without this, the state loses balance and citizens lose dignity.
- Poland as a State that moves distant from the citizen
In the Polish political tradition the sovereignty of the nation was a primary value. She legitimized the power, she was the foundation of statehood.
Today, we are increasingly faced with the opposite: the state acts above citizens, not thanks to them.
Acts passed in haste, regulations changing the lives of millions of people, administrative decisions made without control — all this creates the impression that a citizen is simply a petent, not a host.
- Emotions that attest to a systemic crisis
It does not take much analysis to see that tension is increasing in society. This voltage has 5 sources:
Hurt
When decisions are made without the participation of those concerned.
Injustice
When the law serves business groups, not the common good.
Strength
When a citizen sees that there is no tool to halt a incorrect decision.
Ignore
When power treats elections like a blank check.
Freedom of Power
When a state apparatus runs beyond social control.
These are not political emotions. These are systemic emotions.
- Sovereignty Needs Control
In the classical political thought, sovereignty is not about power being able to do anything. Sovereignty is that power is subject to sovereign control.
In Poland, this control is illusory.
Between the Elections:
- the citizen cannot halt the incorrect bill,
- cannot force her to improve,
- does not affect Regulations,
- does not affect concessions and natural resources,
- does not affect administrative decisions.
That means the sovereignty of citizens is suspended for 4 years.
- The mechanics of control between elections is not a revolution — it is simply a return to the rules
A serious State must have correction mechanisms. A power that is uncontrollable will degrade — no substance who does it.
Mechanism of control between elections:
- strengthens the state,
- stabilizes the system,
- protect citizens,
- restricts the will of power,
- restores the balance between the ruling and the ruled.
This is not a political project. It's a systemic design.
- Poland needs a fresh agreement between authority and the citizen
If we want a strong, efficient and respectful nation, we must rebuild the rule that power is serviceNot a privilege.
The mechanics of control between elections is simply a tool that restores this principle.
Not to destabilize the state. To strengthen them.
Although there is an office of president in the Polish strategy to uphold the Constitution and the rights of citizens, in practice it is not a mechanics of social control. The president does not act at the request of citizens, he has no work to respond to their opposition, and his decisions are part of a political game, not a tool of civilian supervision.
This means that even if the president has formal competence, citizens have no influence on whether and erstwhile they will be used. That is why a mechanics is needed, which acts not at the discretion of the authorities, but at the request of citizens.
The sovereignty of citizens cannot be an electoral ritual. It must be a real right to influence power erstwhile power moves distant from society.
If we want Poland to be a serious state, we must give citizens a tool that will let them to be sovereign not only on election day, but all day.
Marian Waskielevich