I Hope There Will Be No Suicidal Actions.
- Cymański on PiS
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09/28/2018
07:20
From 9:00, leaders of Civic Coalition - Grzegorz Schetyna, Katarzyna Lubnauer, and Barbara Nowacka - along with Mayor Jacek Karnowski, will walk around Bohaterów Monte Cassino Street in Sopot.
At 9:00, the Senate will resume its session - this will be the last day of the sitting. At 10:00, a press conference will be held by PiS candidate for the Mayor of Warsaw, Patryk Jaki. His campaign team, in turn, will be running the #CzaskowskiWatch campaign today. Meanwhile, Jacek Wojciechowicz will visit Ursynów as part of the "18 Districts in 18 Days" campaign - a briefing will take place at 12:00.
At 13:00, President Andrzej Duda will meet with representatives of the National Olympic Committees of the Three Seas Countries. Two hours later, the Presidential Couple will participate in a presentation announcing the Polish Economic Exhibition.
At 18:00, a PiS election rally will take place in Poznań with the participation of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
07:32
Dworczyk:
Court Partially Granted PO's Lawsuit; The Main Demand Was Rejected
„It is worth emphasizing that this is only a partial acceptance of PO's lawsuit. The main demand of PO was rejected by the court. This most significant demand was the prohibition of using the phrase that PO did not build roads and bridges. That was rejected. The court focused on one issue, that the Prime Minister, when speaking about the PO government and comparing it to the actions of the current government, used the present tense, saying that PO spent a little over 5 billion, and we spend nearly 6 billion within a year. Here, the court ruled that the use of the present tense was controversial, and that the Prime Minister should have used the future tense, as this historical program of local road construction is still in the launch phase” - Minister Michał Dworczyk said on Jedynka radio.
07:36
Dworczyk:
The Difference Between PO and PiS is that While the Civic Platform Focuses on a Negative Campaign, We Focus on Substantive Work
“The difference between PO and PiS is that while the Civic Platform focuses on a negative campaign, on hanging billboards intended to slander PiS, on meetings of Mr. Schetyna with Chancellor Merkel, where I don't really know what he says, but judging by his statements, Schetyna says nothing good about Poland, on PO filing lawsuits. We focus on substantive work, presenting our program to Poles” - stated Minister Michał Dworczyk in a program on Polish Radio I.
07:57
Bielan:
The group holding power in the Polish judiciary is holding on very tightly
– Ms. Gersdorf had the opportunity to extend her tenure at the Supreme Court; she primarily had to submit an application to the president. She did not submit this application and thus excluded herself from working at the Supreme Court – said Adam Bielan in the program "24 Questions" on Polskie Radio 24.
– It is evident that this group holding power in the Polish judiciary is holding on very tightly, and there will certainly be resistance. We were aware that this reform, so necessary, so awaited by Poles, the need for this reform certainly gave us victory in the parliamentary elections, will be a very difficult reform to implement – Bielan added.
08:06
Bielan:
Hundreds of Millions of Euros Could Be Returned to Brussels If Sejmik Changes Don't Occur
- In many voivodeships, we have a large amount of funds at risk. Minister Kwieciński presented detailed information; these are hundreds of millions of euros that we might have to return to Brussels if changes are not made in these regional assemblies and more competent individuals do not take their seats – Adam Bielan said in "24 Questions" on Polskie Radio 24.
- In many voivodeships, Mazovia is a classic example, we have a Marshal who has been in power here for 16 or 17 years. He has created an incredible network, there is no other way to call it. It's the dependence of many local politicians on each other, on their decisions concerning the allocation of funds, the staffing of entire families of PSL activists in various important positions related to the distribution of funds and the overall functioning of the voivodeship self-government – Bielan added.
08:13
Soloch:
The Issue of Błaszczak's Resignation Currently Exists Only in the Media
"At this moment, such a topic [of Błaszczak's resignation] exists in the media. We treat such information seriously if it comes from the person concerned or from the government. And there is no such information from the government or from Mr. Błaszczak, with whom the President's cooperation is very good," said the head of the National Security Bureau (BBN), Paweł Soloch, on Radio Zet.
"The President knows nothing about a change in the position of the head of the Ministry of National Defence," he added.
08:20
Soloch:
Too Early to Answer Whether PAD Will Run for Re-election
"It is too early to answer this question [about Andrzej Duda's re-election]. Let's wait for the President to speak on the matter. For now, he is focused on current tasks" - said the head of the National Security Bureau, Paweł Soloch, on Radio Zet.
08:40
08:41
- I asked the President what it was about, the President explained that it was indeed a private conversation and therefore I would not want to comment on it, because we are talking about a private conversation. However, the surprise that occurred in our country is absolutely astonishing. I see absolutely nothing wrong with it. The current President meets with a former Prime Minister of the Polish government at a UN session. Prime Minister Tusk sat next to the President, a completely natural reaction, a greeting, an exchange of pleasantries - said Błażej Spychalski in an interview with Marcin Fijołek on "Poranek" Siódma9.
08:45
Czarzasty:
I will try to persuade Biedroń to run together in the European Parliament elections
- Let Morawiecki not resign for this reason [process], because he has other reasons to resign, and let Ms. Zdanowska continue her candidacy. She received a 20,000 fine, let her pay it – stated Włodzimierz Czarzasty in an interview with Piotr Witwicki on Polsat News' "Polityczne Graffiti".
- After October 21st, the situation will crystallize significantly. Anyone who is arrogant and understandable will be stupid, and I will not be stupid. I will want to persuade Robert [Biedroń] to run together in the European Parliament elections, but if he chooses a different path, I will keep my fingers crossed for him. Civic Platform's ratings are falling after Barbara Nowacka's departure, and our ratings have not fallen after the formation of Mr. Biedroń's party – he added.
08:49
Spychalski:
When it comes to Chairwoman Wassermann, the President is indeed rooting for her
- The President, by his very nature, does not get involved in local government campaigns. Of course, he follows the campaign events; it's impossible not to notice what's happening. Although I must say, from my perspective, that the campaign in Warsaw is very intense, while in the rest of the country, it is definitely less so. The President, of course, cheers for some people, that's no secret; I've been asked about it a few times. I won't hide that the President pays very close attention to his city, to Krakow. It's not that the President officially, formally supports anyone. However, when it comes to Chairwoman Małgorzata Wassermann, the MP, the President is indeed rooting for her – said Błażej Spychalski in an interview with Marcin Fijołek on Siódma9's "Poranek" (Morning show).
09:09
Jaki:
#CzaskowskiWatch Campaign Launched
https://twitter.com/patrykjaki/status/1045563201860055040?s=12
https://twitter.com/piotrguzial/status/1045560034602749952?s=12
09:44
Pawłowicz:
What the Supreme Administrative Court has now decided is of no consequence for the procedure of appointing candidates for judges designated by the National Council of the Judiciary, as determined by the President.
The provided links are to Twitter posts, not an article. Therefore, I cannot translate a body of text as requested. However, based on the title provided, I can offer a translation of that title alone, assuming the content of the tweets would elaborate on this statement.
10:22
- We want to present the 'Warsaw for Women' program. We know that Warsaw is strong because of the skills, creativity, and hard work of its women. We intend to implement a special program specifically for women. If I become the mayor of the capital city of Warsaw, I want to make commitments aimed precisely at the women of Warsaw. These will be solutions addressing, I hope, the most important problems that women face - said Patryk Jaki at a press conference.
The program includes free psychological support and doula services, equipping playgrounds with special areas for changing and feeding children, the establishment of preschool and daycare facilities in office areas, assistance for single mothers' homes, preventive health screenings for young women, and free courses in starting a business and English language skills.
10:42
- No one said this campaign would be easy. It was indeed a blow to us, and a blow to her [Barbara Nowacka's] closest collaborators, whom she simply abandoned. I would understand it if she had done this after the local government elections, but when she does it now, when she herself is not running in the elections, she has candidates from her own association who are running not only in Warsaw but also in Poznań, and she is now running against them, that is simply a betrayal. From a purely human perspective, this situation is difficult to accept. I am sorry, but she didn't betray me, only her collaborators who are running from committees other than Civic Platform. She has put them in a very difficult situation - stated Jan Śpiewak in an interview with Jacek Prusinowski on Radio Plus.
10:48
Śpiewak:
Trzaskowski faces a dilemma: he's a candidate of continuity, but these elections are about change. He's aware of this, which is why he's distancing himself from HGW
- He is clearly ashamed of the President [Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Rafał Trzaskowski]. This form of retouching, still a weak one, is reminiscent of what was done in the Soviet Union, where politicians who fell out of favor or were sent to the gulag were cut out. Frankly, Rafał Trzaskowski has a problem because he is a candidate of continuity, yet these elections are about change. We want Warsaw to be managed in a clearer, more transparent way, facing the citizen, with respect for the residents, not as it has been so far, with arrogance, detachment from residents, and various opaque arrangements. Trzaskowski is, I think, aware of this, and that's why he is distancing himself from the President - stated Jan Śpiewak in an interview with Jacek Prusinowski on Radio Plus.
10:56
- No, I have already stated very clearly that I will not support either of the two candidates. For me, it's a choice between plague and cholera, and my voters have their own minds. They will make the decision they deem right – stated Jan Śpiewak in a conversation with Jacek Prusinowski on Radio Plus. He added that everything indicates he will cast an invalid vote in the second round.
10:59
On October 4th, this coming Thursday, at 12:00 PM, the parliamentary Committee on Regulations, MP Affairs, and Immunities is scheduled to review the formal correctness of MP Małgorzata Zwiercan's statement from April 13, 2018, regarding consent to be prosecuted, in connection with the request from the District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw dated August 10, 2017, for parliamentary consent to prosecute the MP.
The committee also plans to review the formal correctness of MP Sławomir Neumann's statement from May 15, 2018, regarding consent to be prosecuted, in connection with the request from the District Prosecutor's Office in Jelenia Góra dated March 30, 2018, for parliamentary consent to prosecute the MP.
11:34
Guział:
Trzaskowski Broke His Promise to Krakow Residents
12:25
„I have named this program "Krakow Security 2.0". The first issue concerns monitoring. We all know that Krakow lacks an efficient monitoring system, one that would be configured to cover the entire city divided into sectors and have online reception and a single center for real-time analysis. Krakow has several hundred cameras, but they are not fully integrated with each other, they are in random locations, and this leads to incidents in Krakow, such as the sad disappearance of Piotr Kijanka” - said Małgorzata Wassermann, the United Right's candidate for the mayor of Krakow, at a press conference.
„We would like all schools to have cameras, and those that already have them to be connected to this system. This is related to the safety of our children, future generations. This is a very important issue. The second point is the matter of the ninth police station in Krakow. We have eight police stations. For many years, nothing has changed in this regard; the city has grown. We have a demographic boom, many tourists, hence two proposals. If I become mayor, I will transfer land for the construction of a new police station, and I hope the ministry will consider this in its map of police stations” - she added.
„Currently, the PiS government prioritizes issues related to the security of our small homelands, estates, districts, and cities. PiS is implementing a plan to modernize uniformed services” - said Minister Paweł Szefernaker - „*In situations where local government cooperates with the government, where there is a willingness, for example, to transfer real estate for the construction of new posts and police stations, cooperation will be facilitated, and police stations will have to be established in these places*”.
14:07
Jaki:
The Second Round Holds No Significance Today; After the First Round, It's a New Beginning. And in the First Round, It's a Draw
14:12
Terlecki:
Who is Still Interested in the Judiciary? Who Cares That a Few People are Glued to Their Positions?
15:50
Wojciechowicz:
A Third Force is Needed in the Warsaw City Council to Shift Local Government Towards Substantive Discussion
Action for residents instead of political wars and concrete solutions for Ursynów – these are the commitments made by the leaders of the Akcja Warszawa, Nasz Ursynów, and Otwarty Ursynów committees.
As reported by Jacek Wojciechowicz, leader of Akcja Warszawa and candidate for President of Warsaw, yesterday during a session of the Warsaw City Council, a group of Akcja Warszawa councilors submitted a draft resolution that was supported by all clubs.
- Akcja Warszawa, despite not being the largest group, was able to unite both PiS and PO - said Wojciechowicz. - This was probably the first vote in the Warsaw City Council this term where PiS and PO joined forces for a just cause – because it concerned salaries in nurseries. This shows that a third force is needed in the council, one that can shift local government towards substantive discussion instead of the political squabble between PO and PiS - he added.
Local government representatives from Akcja Warszawa also supported the idea of Otwarty Ursynów to hold debates for mayoral candidates in that district. - The idea is brilliant - assessed Warsaw councilor Lech Jaworski, running from the first position on the Akcja Warszawa list. - We believe this opens a new path towards transparency of power in the districts and towards decentralization of power in the districts, something the current team has failed to achieve. We support this and call on all districts to hold similar debates.
15:54
„This was the second in a series of meetings organized at the invitation of Rafał Trzaskowski. Today, a smaller number of committees participated in this meeting than in the first one. What was agreed upon is that we want all three main television stations: TVN, Polsat, and TVP, to organize the debate. Probably, if this succeeds, two such debates would take place before the first round. Within these debates, we want the candidates to have the right to free statements, as well as to answer questions about the most important issues for Warsaw residents” - said Jarosław Szostakowski, representing Rafał Trzaskowski, after the meeting of campaign staff representatives.
„Representatives of PiS have repeatedly raised the possibility of organizing such a debate solely by TVP. For us, this is an unacceptable solution. We want a transparent, open debate, in which every candidate is treated equally. TVP's involvement in the campaign of one of the candidates exceeds the usual standards related to reporting on the election campaign, which is why we believe it is not possible for only this television station to organize the debates” - he added.
„Thematic blocks have been outlined, because it seems that due to the number of candidates, each of them will have very limited time, so these will be major thematic blocks: social issues, infrastructure, communication, issues related to spatial planning and housing, smog, health. These are the things that, divided into four thematic groups, would be included in the questions” - Szostakowski explained.
The next meeting of the campaign staffs is scheduled to take place on Monday. The specific date for both debates has not been set.
16:49
Following the refusal by Marek Kuchciński to host a mobile session of the health committee in Przemyśl, the Civic Platform is organizing a meeting of its MPs at the local hospital.
This move by the opposition party comes after the Marshal of the Sejm, Marek Kuchciński, denied the Health Committee's request to hold a session outside of Warsaw, specifically in Przemyśl, a city represented by Kuchciński himself. The Civic Platform had intended to use the Przemyśl hospital as a venue to discuss issues related to healthcare in the region.
The decision to hold the meeting within the hospital premises, despite the official refusal for a committee session, signals the Civic Platform's determination to highlight local healthcare challenges and engage directly with the community and healthcare professionals in Przemyśl. The party aims to bring attention to potential shortcomings in the healthcare system and present their proposed solutions.
The tweet linked, although brief, likely refers to this planned event and potentially criticizes the ruling party's actions or expresses solidarity with the Civic Platform's initiative. The date of the tweet (September 27, 2018) indicates this event was planned or took place around that time.
18:57
PJK:
An Ideological Crusade is Not the Task of Local Government
- An ideological crusade is not the task of local government, neither Poznań's nor any other. We live in a free country; if someone wants to lead an ideological crusade, they should organize themselves, gather funds, but why should it be from public funds, in public institutions. Truly, this is unacceptable and it harms Poznań, it harms its development prospects. What is the solution to this, one could say change. Who can ensure this change today? Law and Justice, but here specifically in Poznań, Tadeusz Zysk - said Jarosław Kaczyński during a PiS election meeting in Poznań.
18:57
Kaczyński:
We Finally Have an Active Economic Policy
19:26
PMM:
PiS is a Bullseye
19:27
PMM:
PiS Gives Poland Unity
19:30
PMM:
There are actually two programs. One is called anti-PiS and the other is called Poland
19:42
PMM:
Poznań Needs a Good 'Bauer'
- Poznań doesn't need these invoicing scandals, these lobbying scandals, which I've heard about here. Poznań needs, as you say, a good 'bauer'. Such a good 'bauer', yes, I know many different Poznań and Greater Poland words, because I myself have been in Poznań very often for 10 years, working as the president of one of the largest Polish banks. I know that Poznań needs a thrifty 'bauer', like Tadeusz Zysk is - said Mateusz Morawiecki during a PiS election meeting in Poznań.
19:48
PMM:
I Believe in Our Victory
- Our political competitors will do everything to minimize and depreciate our victory, but I believe in our victory, that it will be great, that it will sweep away dishonesty, that it will lead to a great change - stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at the PiS convention in Poznań.
19:53
- East-west highways are very much needed. I also want to say something about one of them. About yours, the Greater Poland one. How much does it cost to travel from Nowy Tomyśl to Konin? 60 PLN. Back in 2004 or 2005, a dozen or so years ago, it was thirty-something zlotys, I remember. Today, it's almost twice as much. The A2, we have to pay twice as much. This is the frugality of our predecessors. Highways built in such a way that Poles pay, here I must say, that we are in first place in the European ranking, paying more than Italians, French, not to mention Germans, of course - said Mateusz Morawiecki during a PiS election rally in Poznań.
19:53
PMM:
We Want to Change Poland and We See How Much Has Been Achieved in Nearly 3 Years
19:59
- They travel with us and do beautiful work. Thank you to the journalists who are with us, traveling from place to place. Perhaps they sometimes want to be with us. They cover our meetings, verify information, and often travel many, many kilometers with us. They travel with us, and I thank them very much for that. I thank you all very much for that. I am very happy that you are with us - said Mateusz Morawiecki during a PiS election meeting in Poznań.
20:17
Bielan:
Lacking Media Favor, We're Forced to Employ Different Campaign Strategies
- I wish to point out that in these small towns and villages, people know the candidates for councillors and mayors very well; they know them directly. They are their neighbours, so the role of the media is significantly smaller. In large cities, it's impossible to know the candidates for president of Warsaw, Krakow, or Wrocław; few people know them directly. The role of the media is much larger. We do not have much favour with the media, so we are condemned to other campaign activities. I am impressed by the activity of the candidates in cities like Warsaw and Krakow - said Adam Bielan in an interview with Krzysztof Ziemiec on TVP Info's program "Gość Wiadomości".
20:24
Bielan:
In Many Regions, We Can Only Count on Ourselves. If We Don't Have an Independent Majority, It Will Be a Coalition – the Strength of the Wicked Against One
- In very many regions, in regional assemblies, we can only count on ourselves. If we do not have an independent majority, it will be a coalition – the strength of the wicked against one. Everyone against us. This will be the case, for example, in Mazovia, where I am convinced that we must gain an independent majority to remove from power Marshal Adam Struzik, who is a master at entangling various regional institutions with his tentacles – said Adam Bielan in an interview with Krzysztof Ziemiec on the TVP Info program “Gość Wiadomości”.
20:29
Bielan:
The Prime Minister Seems to Possess the Gift of Bilocation
- What will matter is how Poles vote on October 21st. We are working very hard. There is a lot of activity visible, starting with the Prime Minister, who, I am truly impressed, seems to possess the gift of bilocation. He is in two places at once. Our other candidates are also [active]. We have registered twice as many candidates in this election as the second-placed party, the PSL. We registered 31,000 candidates, the PSL 16,000. - said Adam Bielan in an interview with Krzysztof Ziemiec on the TVP Info program "Gość Wiadomości".
21:25
I Hope There Will Be No Suicidal Actions.
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