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Political image more important than platform?

15.12.2009 10:21
Polish political parties spend most of their money on self-promotion and creating a credible image instead of on the platform and programme.

Parties spend on average 100 million zloty (24 million euro) on PR and marketing, which is most of their budget, says Eryk Mistewicz, a political consultant. Mistewicz adds that parties’ expenditures are hardly ever monitored.

Civic Platform, the biggest party in the Polish parliament, spent almost 2 million zloty (480,000 euro) on self-promotion, commercials, training and media relations between January and September 2009. The Democratic Left Alliance paid 250,000 zloty (60,400 euro) for training and experts and 78,000 zloty (19,000 euro) for PR. The Law and Justice, the main opposition party, spent just over one million zloty on PR, while the coalition Polish Peasant’s Party did not want to reveal their numbers, writes the daily Rzeczpospolita.

Election campaigns are the most money-consuming. Civic Platform, Law and Justice and Polish Peasant’s Party spent 10 million zloty (2.4 million euro) each on campaign to the European Parliament, while the Democratic Left Alliance and another left-wing party - the Labour Union - spent 7 million zloty (1.7 million euro) on the euro-campaign. (mg/mmj)

Source: Rzeczpospolita

Comments
  • Alex 15.12.2009 13:32 Yes, that's what came out of classic democracy. And it's the same story in both old and new democracies. Only "new democracies: seem to be more cynical in their abuses. Alex
  • Staszek 15.12.2009 14:08 Karl, British democracy is in much bigger danger that Polish democracy, last time I checked we don't have a unelected baffoon like Gordon Brown running our country. Fix your country first before you tell Poland what to do. Staszek
  • Tomek 15.12.2009 14:09 Alex, maybe we can try Russian democracy? After all if Civic platform can start rigging elections like the party does in Russia, it would be less money spent on the PR campaign. Tomek
  • Alex 15.12.2009 14:20 Tomek, no - Russian politicians spend tons of money on elections campaigns. There's no need for major election rigging as the vast majority of Russians are supportive of the current status quo. The political systems in Poland and Russia are more or less the same. Alex
  • Tomek 15.12.2009 14:25 Alex, thats funny because Russian elections where a sham, and vote rigging has been found. I have not seen that in Poland. In addition, in Poland we don't have a one party system. In case you haven't realized years ago Law and Justice was in Power now its Civic Platform. Also years ago the President was from SLD now its from Law and Justice. Does that really look like the Russian system to you? Your a smart kid, you don't have to so sink low that you feel you need to make such gnorant comments, leave that for Karl and others. Tomek
  • Staszek 15.12.2009 14:29 You forgot to mention Tomek, that no politicians where jailed before the election. Staszek
  • Karl Naylor 15.12.2009 14:30 Staszek,

    It's possible to criticise British democracy and Polish democracy at the same time. The reduction of politics to PR and choreography is similar. Therefore your "point" is illogical and redundant.     Karl Naylor
  • Staszek 15.12.2009 14:33 Karl, my point is, spend more time fixing your own country which is a much bigger mess, before you tell Poland what to do. You don't exactly inspire confidence seeing as you let your own country turn into the **** it turned into. Staszek
  • Alex 15.12.2009 15:02 Staszek is right. No politicians were jailed in either Russia or Poland before the elections. But that did happen in Belarus. Alex
  • Karl Naylor 15.12.2009 15:17 Ok, Staszek got it. I live in Poland but because I'm British I can't have an opinion on Poland.

    By that logic all Polish citizens ought to have no say on what happens to them In Britain. zero labour rights and can be packed off home now the recession has kicked in.

    If Poles do not like the UK they can go home etc etc. Considering there are far more Poles in the UK then British in Poland, your stance is not only contradictory but very hypocritical.

    In fact, the labour laws should be changed to restrict Polish workers in the UK. They should fight for labour rights in Poland, build there own country instead of pathetically migrating because they can't be bothered to make their own nation work.

    That is the logic of your position.

    Karl Naylor
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