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13-9-94
I thank you for the opportunity invited.
I believe T.V
is the mechanism that can re-create the Greek Forum atmosphere for debate &
public participation in public decision
making.
It is imperative that the
population is given identification papers & regions must be divided as in an
army, where you have groups
of not more than 1000, people, physically near each
other, who can communicate with constitutional regional representatives
reverting
to municipal blocks. This works for chain connection.
There
should be a parliamentary communication centre for every 10000 people in each
vicinity, serving to feed correspondence &
information & participation
up & down - also including technological help from the agriculture, forestry
cum csir level to
the population & identifying group financial projects for
participation & development for their own sector- development of
kibbutz
like community projects. These can be voluntary centres if not enough funds are
available.
Each member of parliament &/or Constitutional Assembly
must provide an address - fax, phone & mail with secretaries for receipt
of
correspondence & suggestions so that direct person to person - not only
group to group communication can take place. In telephone
book registration of
population needs to occur immediately as possible to enable the referendum
potential to be exercised as swiftly
as possible - this would be a solution to
impasses created eg. civil servant dilemma of employed guarantees.
Anglo
Alpha, believe, from the newspapers, have a patent for solar power eg. TV &
household use device. I understand that it
is possible by recording energy
usage of electricity demand (as opposed to solar) to record channel popularity -
perhaps people could
signify the acceptance or non-acceptance of principles by
switching on & off electric lights &/or TV sets to ideas proposed
&
debated on TV. I believe all Constitutional participants &/or
parliamentarians &/or spokesmen for the populations
should identify their
stance so that people of like view could choose to identify & communicate
with them & the proponent
most closely resembling their own view.
I
believe weekly-by weekly or even daily programmes of parliamentary debate must
be shown to the public on a channel devoted only to public
affairs. I mean actual parliamentary debate so that the people can actually
see what & whom they are voting & represented by &
for! I believe
criticism & awareness will make for far better parliamentary behaviour &
legislation.
TV channels should be in different languages and language
instruction of all groups should be an important part of all programmes
on TV,
to encourage people to understand each other.
The Constitutional Assembly
should each month set before the public the topic area that they anticipate to
be working on in the forthcoming
month so that public participation can be
prepared.
It must be borne in mind that we are a society in which the
mega monopoly has only one powerful potential counterpart & that is
labour.
Labour has to be increasingly sophisticated in education to deal with the ultra
convoluted strategies invented to procure
dominance. TV is the one media
available to educate the entire populace rapidly & effectively, particularly
solar TV.
As in & at UNO all activities should be simultaneously
translated into each channel for public participation.
Do not be afraid
of press and radio critics, we're all human & the ANC is doing a marvellous
job & you have all my admiration
& support in the creation of our new
society.
Sincerely
Diane Lidchi
Debate all topics
constantly on TV with phone /ins from the public & addresses for written
responses.
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