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1 | Poland: Facebook Initiative Puts Pressure on Politicians | Polonina: Hetsika Facebook Manindry Ny Mpanao Politika |
2 | “One cannot ignore tens of thousands of votes” | “Tsy misy afaka manao tsinontsinona vatom-pifidianana efa ho aman'aliny” |
3 | For the past two months, a Facebook initiative called “Appeal to parliamentarians” [pl], with more than 60,000 fans, has been crowdsourcing ideas to improve Polish legislation. | Nandritra ireo roa volana lasa, nisy hetsika iray tao amin'ny Facebook nantsoina hoe “Appeal to parliamentarians” [pl], na “Antso ho an'ireo Parlemantera”, izay nanana mpanjohy maherin'ny 60.000, nanangona vaovao avy eny ifotony mba hanatsaràna ny tontolon'ny lalàna Polone. |
4 | Ahead of the upcoming October 9, 2011, parliamentary elections, the organizers presented ideas to political parties and promised to endorse those who would support the most popular of the netizens' proposals. | Aty alohan'ny 9 Oktobra 2011, fifidianana izay ho parlemantera, nanolo-kevitra an'ireo antoko politika ireo mpikarakara ary nanome toky fa hanampy ireo izay manohana ny hevitra lanin'ny betsaka amin'ireo mpiondana aterineto. |
5 | The initiative arose from a campaign that the same group of people had started in order to change one of the most restrictive drug laws in the European Union; this has a proper videospot [pl], a celebrity as the campaign face and in the end over 60,000 Facebook fans who do not agree with the perspective of going to jail for three years for smoking one joint. | Ilay hetsika dia teraka avy aminà fanentanana natombok'io vondron'olona io ihany mba hanovàna ny lalàna iray tena mamepetra ny resaka zava-mahadomelina ao anatin'ny Vondrona Eraopeana; Izy ity dia manana videospot [pl] iray, endrika fantatry ny maro iray ho entina maneho ilay fanentanana ary farany dia ireo 60.000 mpankafy azy tsy manaiky ny fieritreretana hoe fandefasana any am-ponja mandritra ny telo taona no sazy ho an'ny fifohana tahony iray monja. |
6 | Eventually, the Polish Parliament adopted the new drug law [pl] and the Facebook initiative celebrated this as its victory, although many netizens described the amendment as irrelevant. | Angamba ny Parlemanta Polone nandàny lalàna vaovao momba ny zava-mahadomelina [pl] ary ilay hetsika tao amin'ny Facebook dia nankalaza izany ho toy ny fandresena, na dia maro tamin'ireo mpiondana aterineto aza no nanao hoe tsy misy resaka izany fanovàna izany. |
7 | More than 63,000 netizens gathered on Facebook to express their ideas on how to improve the Polish legislation. | Maherin'ny 63.000 ireo mpiondana aterineto mivondrona ao amin'ny Facebook mba haneho ny hevitr'izy ireo ny amin'izay tokony hanatsaràna ny lafiny lalàna Polone. |
8 | Image courtesy of the "Appeal to Parliamentarians" organizers. | Sary nampindramin'ny mpikarakara ny "Appeal to Parliamentarians" |
9 | On the group's Facebook wall, one the the followers, Alex Raczynski, criticized the achievement but noted the relevance of the change as such on May 26: | Eo amin'ny rindrin'ilay vondrona ao amin'ny Facebook, iray amin'ireo mpanjohy azy, Alex Raczynski, no nanakiana ilay zava-bita, saingy nanamarika ny nilàna ny fanovàna tamin'ny 26 May: |
10 | Born in pain, incomplete, lousy, not changing much. | Teraka tanaty hirifiry, sembana, tsy alehany, tsy hanova zavatra firy. |
11 | But anyway the content of the articles doesn't really matter here. | Saingy izany eo ihany, fa tsy ny votoatin'ireo lahatsoratra no tena foto-dresaka eto. |
12 | What is important is the fact that old parliamentarian geezers bended under the pressure of society. | Ny tena zava-dehibe dia ny hoe ireo goaikantitra ao amin'ny parlemantera dia nilefitra nanoloana ny tsindrim-piarahamonina. |
13 | Bravo my dears. | Arahabaina ry malalako isany. |
14 | Very slowly but consequently we head towards a civil society. | Milàmina saingy am-pitokiana no izorantsika mankany amin'ny fiarahamonina sivily |
15 | Encouraged by the success of the campaign, the organizers decided to widen their horizons and transform the campaign into a tool for young people to put pressure on politicians. | Rehefa nahazo hery avy amin'ny fahombiazan'ilay fanentanana, nanapa-kevitra ireo mpikarakara fa hanitatra ny faritra iasàny ary namadika ilay fanentanana ho lasa fitaovana iray ho an'ireo tanora mba ho entina manindry ireo mpanao politika. |
16 | Especially in the context of the upcoming parliamentary election. | Indrindra indrindra fa ao anatin'ny vanim-potoana akaikin'ny fifidiana izay ho parlemantera. |
17 | They wrote on their Facebook wall: | Hoy ry zareo nanoratra tao amin'ny pejy Facebook-ny: |
18 | Just think: which party would ignore at least tens of thousands of potential votes? | Mba eritrereto: antoko politika izao no hanao tsinontsinona vatom-pifidianana iray alina raha kely indrindra? |
19 | Let's invite friends, let's get media attention and let's put pressure on the politicias. | Ndeha isika hanasa ny namantsika, ‘ndao sarihana ny sain'ireo mpampahalala vaovao ary ‘ndeha hoterentsika ireo mpanao politika. |
20 | Maybe they will finally start to listen to us? | Angamba amin'ny farany mba hanomboka hihaino antsika ihany izy ireo? |
21 | “To the blackboard!” | “Eny amin'ny solaitrabe!” |
22 | A new campaign and videospot, posted on Sep. 15 by Apelujemy on Vimeo, encouraged Polish netizens to post their ideas in the Facebook group: | Fanentanana iray vaovao sy videospot, nakarin'i Apelujemy tamin'ny 15 Sep. tao amin'ny Vimeo, no nandrisika ireo Polone mpiondana aterineto handefa ny hevitr'izy ireo ao amin'ilay vondrona Facebook |
23 | In the press release, the organizers stress their political neutrality and describe the action as the voice of young people who feel ignored or betrayed by political parties. | Ao anatin'ny taratasy ho an'ny mpanao gazety, ireo mpikarakara dia nanindry ny tsy fiandaniany ara-politika ary namaritra ilay hetsika ho toy ny feon'ireo tanora izay mahatsiaro ho tsy noraharahaina sy nofitahan'ireo antoko politika. |
24 | Michal Juda, one of the organizers, says [pl]: | Michal Juda, iray amin'ireo mpikarakara, dia miteny hoe [pl]: |
25 | The election is approaching and we don't have anybody to vote for. | Manantona ny fotoam-pifidianana àry dia tsy mbola mahita izay olona hofidiana ihany isika. |
26 | We are reading the parties' agendas and we can't find anything that really interests us. | Mamaky ny fandaharan'asan'ireo antoko politika isika ary tsy mahita na inona na inona tena mba mahaliana antsika. |
27 | That's why we have created this initiative, “To the blackboard!”. | Izany no antony nananganantsika ity hetsika fandraisana andraikitra ity, “Eny amin'ny solaitrabe!”. |
28 | With the help of Facebook, we want to engage young people and create our own list of postulates. | Miaraka amin'ny fanampian'ny Facebook, te-hampandray andraikitra ny tanora izahay ka hanangana ny lisitray ahitàna ireo tokony ho mpirotsaka. |
29 | Then we'll show them to the politicians [running in the upcoming election] and ask for their positions on each one of them. | Ary dia hasehonay an-dry zareo mpanao poilitika ireny avy eo [izay hihazakazaka amin'ny fifidianana ho avy] ary hanontany azy ireo ny toerana raisiny manolona azy ireny tsirairay avy. |
30 | The new project elicited different responses among the fans of the group. | Nitarika fanehoan-kevitra samihafa io tetikasa vaovao io teny anivon'ireo mpankafy ilay vondrona. |
31 | On July 15, Pan Kapica encouraged [pl] the organizers to continue with the citizen initiative: | Ny 15 Jolay, i Pan Kapica dia nandrisika [pl] ireo mpikarakara mba hanohy ilay fandraisana andraikitra avy amin'ny olom-pirenena: |
32 | I will support every, even the smallest change of the Polish “anti-drug” law. | Hanohana aho, eny fa dia izay bitika indrindra aza amin'ny fanovàna ny lalàna Polone momba ny “ady amin'ny zavamahadomelina”. |
33 | Appeal to the parliamentarians has become a very strong, concrete citizen initiative - and Poland needs this. | Mihamafy sy miharihary ny hataka ataon'ny olom-pirenena amin'ireo Parlemantera - ary ilain'i Polonina izany. |
34 | If we have achieved something like this, why not go further? | Raha mahatontosa zavatra toy ity isika, nahoana no tsy hiroso lalindalina kokoa? |
35 | Damazy Podsiadło stressed the importance [pl] of the initiative but was sceptical about its actual impact: | Damazy Podsiadło dia nanitrikitrika ny lanjan'ny [pl] hetsika saingy tsy dia matoky loatra ny amin'ny ho fiantraikany marina: |
36 | The idea is good, it's good to remind our deputies that they are representatives chosen by citizens in order to act in the people's best interest. | Tsara ilay hevitra, tsara ny ampahatsiahivana an'ireo solombavam-bahoakantsika fa izy ireo dia mpisolo tena nofinidin'ny vahoaka mba hiasa ho an'ny tombontsoam-bahoaka. |
37 | The mandate to govern comes from us (theoretically, but, more importantly, also legally), so we have the right to do such actions and we should organize them. | Ny fe-potoana fitantanana dia avy aty amintsika (ara-poto-kevitra, saingy, indrindra indrindra, araka ny lalàna koa), noho izany dia manana zo isika hanao hetsika toy izao ary tsy maintsy arindrantsika izany. |
38 | I personally think that the parliamentarians are so cynical by now that they forgot it. | Izaho manokana dia mihevitra fa amin'izao fotoana ireo parlemantera dia tsy miraharaha mihitsy ka adinon-dry zareo io. |
39 | So - it's good that we have such initiatives but I still have doubts if we are really going to manage to achieve anything in the long term with their help only. | Noho izany - tsara ny fananantsika hetsika toy izao saingy mbola misy kosa ny mampiahiahy ahy raha toa ka ho vitantsika marina ny hahatontosa zavatra ao anaty fotoana maharitra raha ry zareo fotsiny no antenaina sy andrasana. |
40 | Kamil Fikou expressed [pl] the same concern in a more pointed way on the group's Facebook wall on August 8: | Amin'ny fomba somary mivantambantana, i Kamil Fikou dia namoaka [pl] ahiahy mitovy amin'izany ihany tao amin'ny rindrin'ilay vondrona ao amin'ny Facebook, tamin'ny 8 Aogositra. |
41 | Cool that this initiative is taking place, but the truth is that the government doesn't give a shit about it. | Milay ny fisian'ity hetsika ity ka, saingy ny marina dia tsy mihetsi-bolomaso kely akory amin'io ny governemanta |
42 | Iza Forys supported [pl] the initiative on July 17: | Ny 17 Jolay, i Iza Forys dia nanohana [pl] ilay fandraisana andraikitra: |
43 | I'm for many changes in the Polish law because this country is impossible to live in. | Manohana ny fanovàna betsaka atao amin'ny lalàna Polone aho satria efa mila tsy ho azo iainana ity firenena ity. |
44 | And it's enough to take a short look at other countries to see a diametric difference (and to be perfectly clear, I'm not talking only about the marijuana case). | Ary topimaso kely monja amin'ireo firenena any ivelany dia ampy hahitàna ny tsy fitoviana manao atsimo sy avaratra (ary mba hazava tsara izay tian-ko lazaina, tsy ny marijuana irery ihany no resahako). |
45 | Everyday probably each one of us faces lots of absurdities and we all just shut our eyes to it, one has to function somehow in these conditions. | Mety misedra olana isanandro ny tsirairay amintsika ary minia mikimpy isika manoloana izany, ary dia ao anatin'ny fepetra toy izany no tsy maintsy iasàn'ny tsirairay. |
46 | But the question is - do we really have to or is it just because we are lazy? | Saingy ny fanontaniana dia hoe - tsy maintsy ho izay ve sa izany no mitranga dia noho isika malai-mihetsika? |
47 | I will support every initiative that unifies people and tries to change something. | Hotohanako daholo izay fandraisana andraikitra ho fampiraisana ny vahoaka ary miezaka ny hanova zavatra. |
48 | El Ogurro doesn't believe [pl] in the power of Internet activism and pleads for real actions: | El Ogurro dia tsy mino [pl] ny herin'ny hafanam-po ety anivon'ny aterineto ka mitaky hetsika tena mivaingana: |
49 | Or maybe it's time to realize that the world isn't changing on Facebook but on the streets with a Molotov in the hand. | Na angamba efa fotoana izao hahatsapàna fa tsy eo anivon'ny Facebook akory no ovàna izao tontolo izao fa eny an-dalambe miaraka amin'ny Molotov eny an-tànana. |
50 | And Sebastian Chmura complained about slacktivism: | Ary i Sebastian Chmura nitaraina mikasika ny hafanam-po motraka: |
51 | It's easy to click on “like” - but then nobody wants to go to vote | Morabe ny mipotsitra ny hoe “tiko” - saingy avy eo tsy misy olona te-handeha hifidy akory |
52 | Despite scepticism, once the Facebook “blackboard” opened, thousands of people have answered questions and posted ideas about changes in the Polish legislation. | Na eo aza ny tsy fananana toky, vantany vao nisokatra ny “solaitraben'ny” Facebook, an'aliny ireo olona namaly ny fanontaniana ary nandefa ny hevitr'izy ireo mikasika ny fanovàna ny lalàna Polone. |
53 | The postulates touched upon such topics as employment, family politics and relations with church, and caused many discussions. | Nokitihan'ireo natolotra ny lohahevitra toy ny fanànana asa, ny politika momba ny fianakaviana ary ny fifandraisana amin'ny fiangonana, ary niteraka fifanakalozan-dresaka maro. |
54 | One of the biggest concerns of the young people remained the drug law - thousands of netizens postulated decriminalisation of marijuana. | Iray amin'ireo olana goavan'ny tanora ny resaka lalàna momba ny zava-mahadomelina - an'aliny ireo mpiondana aterineto no nitaky ny tsy handraisana ny marijuana ho toy ny heloka bevava foana. |
55 | The action has received some media coverage [pl], but - more importantly - also some actual reactions from politicians who answered netizens' questions in short video recordings [pl], available on YouTube (here, here, here and here). | Nahazo ny fandrakofan'ny media sasantsasany [pl] ilay hetsika, saingy koa - ny tena mavesa-danja - fanehoan-kevitra marina avy amin'ireo mpanao politika izay namaly ny fanontaninan'ireo mpiondana aterineto tamin'ny alalan'ny lahatsary fohy [pl], azo jerena ao amin'ny YouTube (eto, eto, eto ary eto). |
56 | The peak of the campaign was the debate [pl] at the University of Warsaw with representatives of most political parties. | Ny fotoana nafàna tamin'ilay fanentanana dia ny adihevitra [pl] tao amin'ny Anjerimanontolon'i Warsaw (Varsovie) niarahana tamin'ireo solontena avy aminà antoko politika maro. |
57 | Among these major parties the only party missing was the national-conservative party Law and Justice, led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski. | Tamin'ireo antoko politika lehibe, ny hany antoko politika tsy tàzana dia ny antoko Law and Justice (Lalàna sy Fitsarana/Rariny), tarihan'i Jaroslaw Kaczynski. |
58 | On Sunday, October 9, the Polish election day, young netizens can decide who has passed the test and answered the “blackboard” questions correctly - and who has failed their expectations. | Ny Alahady 9 Oktobra, androm-pifidianana ho an-dry zareo Polone, ireo tanora mpiondana aterineto dia afaka manapa-kevitra hoe iza no tafita tamin'ny fitsapàna sy namaly tsy nandiso ny fanontaniana teny amin'ny “solaitrabe” - ary iza no tsy nahatontosa ny nandrasan-dry zareo. |
59 | Is this online debate a beginning of a new quality in the political culture in Poland? | Ity fifanakalozan-dresaka tanaty aterineto ity ve dia fanombohan'ny kalitao vaovao eo amin'ny kolontsaina ara-politika Polone? |
60 | Alex Raczynski is optimistic in his September 20 post: | i Alex Raczynski dia manantena ao amin'ny lahatsoratra navoakany tamin'ny 30 Septambra: |
61 | I'm full of hope for a genuine bottom-up citizen debate about real things. | Feno fanantenana aho amin'ny fifanakalozan-dresaka matotra sy lalina ataon'ireo olom-pirenena mikasika zavatra tena izy. |
62 | Just look at what we've achieved starting with the drugs politics. […] | Jereo fotsiny izay efa tontosantsika nanomboka tamin'ny politika momba ny zava-mahadomelina. […] |