From the initiative ‘The People Decide’ they told Jandroković not to be afraid of citizens

The goal of the civic referendum “The People Decide” is to change the current political system – to prevent political trading and corruption of political parties, and to strengthen voters’ decision-making about Croatia, the organizers of the signature collection for the referendum stated on Monday, responding to the assessment of the President of the Croatian Parliament, Gordan Jandroković, that the main intention of this initiative is to weaken the political system.

Jandroković stated on Monday that the main intention of the Initiative for a referendum to change the electoral law is to weaken the political system, and asserted that instead, political parties and education should be strengthened and democratized.

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Marija Burazer, a member of the organizing committee of the Civic Initiative “The People Decide”, responded to him via a statement, saying – “there is no reason to be afraid of us citizens”.

“We know how to read. And to distinguish between party loyalists and capable and honest politicians. We want those capable and honest to represent our, not your interests in the next convocation of the Parliament,” Burazer stated in response to the President of the Parliament.

She emphasizes that the goal of the referendum is to change the political system we currently have – to prevent political trading and corruption of political parties, and to strengthen voters’ decision-making about Croatia.

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“If HDZ or SDP cared about democracy and truly representing the good of all of us, the citizens, – they would have already implemented the changes to the electoral system that exist in most EU countries: that voters decide who enters the Parliament, not party leaders, that more citizens participate in elections – which is enabled by postal and electronic voting, that HDZ and SDP cannot introduce parties into the Parliament through pre-election coalitions that have the support of citizens of 1 percent and cannot pass the electoral threshold themselves; that electoral units follow the geographical boundaries of counties and that every voter’s vote in Croatia is equally valuable,” Burazer adds.

She also states that if HDZ and SDP wanted a fair electoral system, they would ensure the protection of national minorities as other EU countries do, “preventing the trading of minority mandates to form an HDZ or SDP majority.”