Ladies and gentlemen, Dear Friends of “Polish Thought”,
I can't be with you in Poznań today, but delight accept my heartfelt greetings and a fewer words about the book I am handing over to this meeting. Book ‘The Nation decides directly’ is an effort to answer a question that has been coming back in the Polish public debate for years: how to reconstruct real influence on the state between the elections. Not in theory, not in declarations, but in concrete, feasible legal mechanisms. This is not an academic or public publication. It is simply a systemic design, written in simple, transparent and implementable language. It contains government that allows citizens: • to control power continuously, • to correct its errors, • and, if necessary, to make their own decisions. At the centre of this proposal is the rule that sovereignty is not an electoral ritual, but the people's regular right to decide public matters. The state becomes stronger erstwhile citizens have the tools to co-create them, not only to observe them. The book was based on the belief that Polish democracy needs not cosmetics, but mechanisms that reconstruct the balance between power and society. Simple, understandable and manipulative mechanisms.
I'm giving these copies to the editors. “Polish Thoughts” and those who have been caring for a serious state debate for years. I hope that this book will be a reason for further discussion — calm, substantive, and free from organization emotions. Talk about how to reconstruct citizens' assurance in the state and how to make the state a tool again and not a distant structure. Thank you for having me symbolically present today. I want you a fruitful discussion and I hope that there will be an chance to meet in person.
With respect,
Marian Waskielevich