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“The mother of democracy in a digital age”Birgitta Jónsdóttir

10/30/2017

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Iceland has the oldest democracy on the planet and is ready to take giant steps to work on the new constitution. Renowned Harvard Constitutional Law Professor and recent presidential candidate, Larence Lessig, moved his family to Iceland this year to support the Icelandic process of crowd-sourcing a new constitution. Lessig calls Birgitta “The mother of democracy in a digital age”, and declares, “everything we need to know about democracy is happening here in Iceland.” Birgitta wants be power of Robin Hood and give back the power to people. She is ready for changes and change has started with her. We will find out if this tiny country, Iceland, would be a great example about digital democracy to rest of the world.

When Birgitta first entered electoral politics, she declared she wouldn’t run for more than two terms. But after the Icelandic government collapsed last year over the Panama Papers Scandal, she ran for a third time to secure herself a full term. But she won’t break her promise twice.

“She made the promise and she has to keep it,” Bogi Ágústsson, a political expert and journalist at the Icelandic broadcaster RUV, told HuffPost. “But she has not quit politics, definitely not.”

Jónsdóttir, who became a published poet at 22, said she plans to return to writing. She wants to release herself and feel free again after all fighting she has been doing for issues on government transparency and digital rights.

​What would be the next move?
What role will Birgitta play now?

"The Mouse that Roared" is headed in a new direction which is exciting and satisfying and may yet to be revealed.
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    Election 2016 Results 

    Invalid/blank votes 5,574
    Total 195,204
    Registered voters 246,515
    ​Turnout 79.19%

    Independence Party (54,990) 29.00% 21 seats
    Left-Green Movement (30,166) 15.91% 10 seats
    Pirate Party (27,449) 14.48% 10 seats
    Progressive Party (21,791) 11.49% 8 seats
    Reform (19,870) 10.48% 7 seats
    Bright Future (13,578) 7.16% 4 seats
    Social Democratic Alliance (10,893) 5.74% 3 seats
    People’s Party (6,707) 3.54 % No seats
    Dawn (3,275) 1.7% No seats
    People’s Front of Iceland (575) 0.30% No seats
    Icelandic National Front (303) 0.16% No seats
    Humanist Party (33) 0.02% No seats

    In brief | Pirate Party
    What: A pro-free speech, anti-authoritarian political party in Iceland
    Formed: 2012

    Founders: A group of anarchists, hackers and internet-freedom activists

    Leader: The party eschews formal leaders but Birgitta Jonsdottir is the most senior of three Pirate lawmakers in Iceland’s parliament

    Pirate policies
    • direct democracy
    • a new national constitution
    • public vetoes over new laws
    • greater scrutiny of the workings of government
    • strict safeguards for individuals’ online and offline privacy
    • public ownership of the country’s natural resources

    “I would like everybody in Iceland to find the pirate within, because the pirate within really represents change and a collective vision for the future.”
    - Birgitta Jonsdottir, Pirate Party lawmaker

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