Translation of the French article by Jacques Rouchaud
More than twenty. More than twenty declared candidates for the presidential election, and up to 34 according to some counts. More than twenty faces, more than twenty slogans, and yet a single song: « Vote for me, I will change everything. » But look where they come from.
They have already had power. Gabriel Attal and Édouard Philippe have been Prime Ministers. Bruno Retailleau has been Minister of the Interior. François Hollande, President of the Republic, is thinking of coming back. They had the keys, the ministries, the budgets. What did they do with them? The debt has climbed, public services have collapsed, young people skip meals, pensioners count their euros. The last balanced state budget dates back to 1974. None of them restored it.
They have already failed at the ballot box. Jean-Luc Mélenchon is on his fourth attempt. Marine Le Pen was a candidate in 2012, 2017 and 2022, and the Paris Court of Appeal sentenced her to three years in prison, including one year to be served under electronic monitoring, in the parliamentary assistants case. Fabien Roussel is back after a first unsuccessful attempt in 2022. Nathalie Arthaud is running for the fourth time since 2012, after 0.56% in 2022. Beaten yesterday, they come back today in the same freshly ironed suit.
The great theatre of rallies
Look at them. Édouard Philippe filled the Adidas Arena in Paris for his first big rally. Raphaël Glucksmann held a big gathering at the Docks d’Aubervilliers that looked like a presidential rally. Gabriel Attal promised a « show of strength » in Lyon. Bruno Retailleau swore, at his first big rally, to go « all the way ». Marine Le Pen launched her campaign in the Sarthe despite her conviction. François Ruffin even turned his rally into a « job interview » with the public.
Everywhere the same setting: the music rising, the flags handed out at the entrance, the faces carefully chosen in the front row for the camera, the punchline prepared for the 8 p.m. news. Then the lights go out, the coaches leave, and the French citizen goes home with the same bills. They do not talk to you, they stage you. They do not listen to you, they bait you.
« Change the Constitution »? Yes, to keep the same power
Some promise you to touch the Constitution. Mélenchon wants a Constituent Assembly for a Sixth Republic. Marine Le Pen wants to enshrine national preference in it. Bruno Retailleau wants a deep constitutional reform submitted to a referendum.
But look closely: each one changes a few words, and none changes the logic. Always a president elected from above, always parties, always career politicians who move from one mandate to the next. The Constitution changes its varnish, power stays in the same hands. They say the same thing with other words, just to make you vote.
The new candidate: demosciocracy, the Serbian way
A few days ago, Serbia showed that another path exists. Without a party, without a leader, without media support, the Student List won the legislative elections, with about 140 seats out of 250, and put an end to fourteen years of rule. How? Assemblies in every faculty, then more than a hundred neighbourhood assemblies throughout the country. The people organised themselves, and they won.
This is exactly what demosciocracy proposes. Its candidate is not a man: it is two Chambers.
- The Chamber of the People: ordinary citizens, designated in each territory. The student, the factory worker, the pensioner, the unemployed.
- The Chamber of Corporations: trades and activities. The farmer, the craftsman, the nurse, the business owner, the teacher.
Together, 720 French people aged 14 to 100, who keep their job and their salary, sit for two years and then leave, without privilege or career. They rely on 352 territories and 7,040 districts: power starts from the bottom, not from the Élysée. And nothing is imposed: everything is decided by referendum.
This model is not reserved for France: demosciocracy adapts to each country, to its population and its geography, with the same principles.
It’s your turn
More than twenty candidates ask for your vote. Demosciocracy asks for your place. High school students, university students, workers, pensioners, farmers, craftsmen: let us together form the Chamber of the People and the Chamber of Corporations. What Serbian youth has done, France can do.
I have no party. I do not work for any candidate. I work for those who are forgotten between two elections.
To join the two Chambers: jacques.rouchaud@me.com
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