Polish magistrates have embarked on a tower of the Constitution. Objective: Promote law and democracy in a country where power has taken control of judicial institutions.
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On this Sunday morning in July, the sun is shy on the central square of Olesno. This small town of 10,000 inhabitants, in the south of Poland, slowly comes out of its torpor on this stopover day of the Tour de Konstytucja (Tour de la Constitution). Robert Hojda, who crisscrosses Poland driving his brand new minibus since June, unfolds seats and flags while his right arm, Danuta Przywara, former of the Solidarity Movement, buffers constitutions arranged on a table.
Badauds are starting to point their nose, perhaps attracted by this unusual feverishness 270 km from the capital. Initiated in June 2021 by Robert Hojda, an entrepreneur involved in civil society, the Tour de Konstytucja, a nod to the Tour de France, aims to promote the Polish constitution and the rights of citizens. At the four corners of Poland, in collaboration with organizers in each locality, residents are invited to debate with magistrates, writers or human rights defenders. In a country governed since 2015 by the National Co-owners of the USE, where the rule of law has continued to be undermined, these meetings attract experienced citizens, and those who are sometimes less. p>
Thirty people are already gathered in a semicircle around the Marian column overlooking the “Rynek” (market) of Olesno when Kacper Piwowar, 19-year-old co-organizer, said the stage open. The public religiously listens to the preambles of the Polish Constitution and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (EU), disseminated by baffles. Raie on the side, opaque and microphone sunglasses in hand, Robert Hojda – an entrepreneur involved in civil society to the point of founding in 2019 – comments: “Contrary to what some want us to believe, the EU n ‘ is not our enemy. She does not try to appropriate anything. “
” The EU is not our enemy “
This Warsovian, who has been demonstrating since 2015 against the abuse of Pisses since 2015 and has created a foundation which serves as a platform for small pro-democracy movements, refers to the judgment of the Constitutional Court of October 2021, which had affirmed the primacy Polish law on European law. “Politicians have divided us into all possible areas when we are the citizens who are at the origin of their power!”, Declares Robert Hojda before engaging in the debate of the day. This relates to article 30 of the Polish constitution devoted to dignity, source “of freedoms and rights of man and citizen”, as stipulated by the fundamental text.
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