Schetyna to Kaczyński, Morawiecki, and Sasin: Hands Off Łódź!

11/10/2018

15:04

Michał Olech

- This is a sign of the times. Here and now, in 2018, that PiS officials want to decide who the residents should choose. They want to choose, to replace the sovereign, the voters, in the process of local government elections. And this is very symbolic, which is why we are here today as the Civic Coalition (KO), supporting Mayor Zdanowska, but also supporting Polish democracy, the rule of law, respect for the Constitution, political custom, and basic decency. We truly want to say together, to appeal to all political parties that know how important democracy is and want to find their place in this democracy, to support, to support Hanna Zdanowska, to stand by the Mayor of Łódź today precisely because we cannot allow the law to be broken, to allow PiS officials, a few days before the elections, to say who can and who cannot be elected, who will not be the city's mayor during an election campaign. These are important times and important days. Today, we are speaking very directly to Kaczyński, Morawiecki, and Sasin: hands off Łódź. It is the residents of Łódź who will choose their mayor, their city council, and that is how it will be throughout the country. Democracy must be defended. The time has come for very hard and strong words. Today we want to say that wherever the law is broken in such a way, we will defend European standards and democracy – stated Grzegorz Schetyna at a press conference in Łódź.

Michał Olech

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