Poland is holding an election Sunday that many view as its most important one since the 1989 vote that toppled communism. At stake are the health of the nation’s democracy, its legal stance on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion, and the foreign alliances of a country on NATO’s eastern flank that has been a crucial ally to Ukraine.
Political experts say the election will not be fully fair after eight years of governing by a conservative nationalist party that has eroded checks and balances to gain more control over state institutions, including the courts, public media and the electoral process itself.
Opponents of the ruling Law and Justice party fear it could be their last chance to preserve the constitutional system won at great cost through the struggle of many Poles, from former President Lech Walesa to the millions who supported his Solidarity movement.
I’m a little scared it will end up like Hungary too.
Slovakia already lost, there were elections couple of weeks ago. Pro russian and pro “peace” party won, which was stealing money for almost 2 decades. If poland loses too, central europe will be in bad place.
Welp, we’ll see. Wish i could afford to leave if these assholes win again…
Hasn’t Poland been an alt-right, christo-fascist state for a decade now?
That’s exactly the point. The elections could change that. Or improve it at least.
You say a decade but that’s just two election cycles, in the grand scale of things it’s not that long
In the grand scale of things humans have existed for a blip. In the grand scheme of things nothings matters.
I find that quite a useless argument to make.
Then why mention the time period in your original comment?
Because obviously it’s important? You are the one who is thinking in universe scale terms. I’m in the human realm where a decade is probably 1/8 to 1/7 of a human’s life and we can’t fast forward through it.
Exit polls say the opposition has the majority, in short PiS is gone
Ayyyy! Enjoy the celebrations!
Well, I’ve lived through it. We had tried before, and I’ve already voted today. Cut us some slack, PiS polls at around 35%, but due to political fragmentation and the D’Hont system favoring big parties they’ve managed to win two elections. They do not represent the average Pole, definitely not in this day and age.
So far it looks like a whole lot more people attend elections this time comparing to 2019 or even presidental election in 2020. I was surprised how long the queue is to my voting point, so long that it takes an hour or more to vote.
