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06/18/2019
07:55
The government session will begin at 10:00 AM. Ministers will address the anti-usury bill and the bill on the compensation system for energy-intensive sectors and sub-sectors.
Also starting at 10:00 AM, the parliamentary committee of inquiry into VAT fraud will first hear testimony from former Head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister Jacek Cichocki, and then from former Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Adam Jasser.
At 1:00 PM, the parliamentary infrastructure committee will hold its first reading of the PiS-proposed bill on investments related to the construction of the Westerplatte and World War 1939 Museum – a branch of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk.
At 1:45 PM, a press conference will be held in Kruszyn with the participation of the Civic Platform leader Grzegorz Schetyna, MP Arkadiusz Myrcha, Marshal of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Piotr Całbecki, and the Mayor of Włocławek Marek Wojtkowski.
08:08
- We are working on it [the report from the parliamentary committee of inquiry into VAT]. It is known that the initial stage of work on the report involves describing the documents, what each witness testified. When we talk about Donald Tusk's responsibility, we also enter into legal issues here. For example, in Poland, the Prime Minister is not the official superior of the ministers; he only presides over the Council of Ministers' deliberations. So it is better to talk about a human and substantive assessment, and the legal assessment is a matter of final analysis - stated Marcin Horała in an interview with Konrad Piasecki on TVN24's "Rozmowa Piaseckiego".
- [Someone] should bear responsibility [for the VAT gap]. I am not prejudging at this moment whether before the State Tribunal or before an ordinary court. Whether Donald Tusk [should], I will refrain for now. In my opinion, undoubtedly Minister Rostowski. We have already filed such notifications to the prosecutor's office. Undoubtedly Minister Szczurek, several from the group of Deputy Ministers of Finance, those responsible for VAT or tax control, and a few other people. Tusk's responsibility at this moment, one can say that he was not interested in this matter at all, and the question is, to what extent can we expect the Prime Minister to be interested in such a matter where billions are lost from the budget - he added.
08:30
- That's a tough question [about the draft final report of the VAT investigative committee], because I have to write it. I think, realistically, we will present it publicly towards the end of August, around August 20th-25th. Then there will be some time for submitting amendments, and I think in the first week of September, the committee will conclude its work and adopt the report - stated Marcin Horała in an interview with Konrad Piasecki on TVN24's "Rozmowa Piaseckiego".
08:41
08:57
„Nobody, it seems, wielded propaganda as effectively as Donald Tusk. Even the tapes from the Sowa and Friends restaurant revealed how Donald Tusk's friends referred to his words about gasoline prices, where Tusk said one thing publicly and something else entirely in the company of his colleagues. It was an astonishing spectacle, yesterday's testimony. A spectacle that, from Donald Tusk's side, was a performance by an actor who perhaps forgot his role, because we learned that the Prime Minister of the Polish state, for many years deciding how Poland is managed, knew nothing, understood nothing” – said Deputy Prime Minister Jacek Sasin in an interview with Piotr Goćek on „Sygnały dnia” on Polish Radio Program I.
09:03
Sasin:
Poles Can Today Say They Live in a State That Cares for and Supports Its Citizens
"I hope that over the last 4 years we have satisfied the absolute top priorities of citizens. Needs that stemmed directly from the inability to live with dignity. 500+, which today reaches Polish families, the thirteenth pension, support for various other social groups have led to Poles being able to say today that they live in a state that cares for its citizens and supports its citizens. We will focus on improving the quality of healthcare. Such are the societal expectations" - said Deputy Prime Minister Jacek Sasin in an interview with Piotr Gocek on "Sygnały dnia" on Polish Radio's Program I.
09:04
Sasin:
The Katowice Convention Will Not Be a Platform for Announcing the Next Election Program; It Will Be a Forum for Discussion and Proposal Generation
09:05
Karczewski:
Convention on July 5-7 in Katowice. It will be a brainstorming session
- This will not be a convention [in July] where we will propose. It will be a brainstorming session. We have invited our advisors. I'm talking about the July [congress], on July 5, 6, 7 in Katowice, where we will have a meeting, just like 4 years ago, we also had such a huge convention, a conference where we discussed many different problems in various panels - stated Stanisław Karczewski in an interview with Beata Michniewicz on "Trójka's Political Salon".
09:19
Sasin:
If PiS Rules, the 13th Pension Will Be Paid Next Year and Every Year Thereafter
“If PiS rules, the 13th pension will be paid next year and every subsequent year. We decided to introduce this benefit this year with the intention of changing it into a statutory benefit from next year, but this will genuinely depend on whether we can continue to hold power. We do not want to undertake an obligation when we do not know if we will be governing in the next term,” said Deputy Prime Minister Jacek Sasin in an interview with Piotr Gocek on “Sygnały dnia” on Polskie Radio Program I.
09:57
Müller:
No legislative work on the death penalty at the government level
- There is no legislative work on the death penalty at the government level. There is also no [discussion]. No legislative work is being conducted, nothing is on the government's legislative work agenda regarding the introduction of the death penalty, nor is such a discussion taking place within internal bodies. Let's also remember that we are bound by European law, the European Convention on Human Rights, and EU regulations, and there is no possibility to introduce such a penalty - stated Piotr Müller in an interview with Jacek Prusinowski on Radio Plus.
09:58
10:04
- This is a meeting [the July convention] where there will be several dozen different panels. There will also be sessions to summarize the last 4 years we have been governing as the PiS government. However, it is rather a melting pot of program ideas. We want to show, just as we had a convention in Katowice in 2015, how broadly we view various state matters and how our experts, or even experts who are not favorable to the PiS government, express their views on these matters. Based on this, based on this intellectual ferment, we will then develop the program - stated Piotr Müller in an interview with Jacek Prusinowski on Radio Plus.
10:17
Müller:
We Want to Hold a Conference After Every Government Session, or a Spokesperson's Briefing If Not. The Prime Minister's Conference Will Be the Rule, but Some Exceptions Will Occur Due to Other Duties
- We want to have such a conference after every Council of Ministers session, a real-time one. If not, then a press spokesperson's briefing, and here I will answer current topics. The Prime Minister's conference will be the rule, but of course, some exceptions will occur due to other duties - stated Piotr Müller in an interview with Jacek Prusinowski on Radio Plus.
11:16
At 12:00 PM in Kielce, a press conference will be held – a joint statement by Małgorzata Marenin, the coordinator for the Spring party in the Świętokrzyskie region, and Andrzej Szejna, vice-chairman of the National Council of SLD. The topic is to be the autumn parliamentary elections, but Szejna has already revealed on Twitter that Marenin is resigning from her position as Spring coordinator, and she and her team want to cooperate with SLD.
https://twitter.com/AndrzejSzejna/status/1140859552256204800
12:01
„President Paweł Adamowicz, starting from 1998, annually commenced the solemn celebrations at Westerplatte at 4:45 AM. No one cared for the memory of Westerplatte as Paweł Adamowicz did, no one reflected on what happened on September 1, 1939, as he did. No one nurtured this memory as he did” - said Agnieszka Pomaska from Civic Platform at a press conference in the Sejm.
„[The Infrastructure Committee meeting] is the first step towards destroying this memory, towards taking away a piece of their land from the residents of Gdańsk and Poles. Westerplatte belongs to the residents of Gdańsk, to Poles. Today, PiS's intentions are to take away this piece of land, to conduct politics there, and we have plenty of evidence for this. We will do everything to defend Westerplatte. The first dimension of this defense will be today's vote at the committee meeting. We will submit a motion to reject this shameful bill in its first reading” - she added.
„This is not a special bill, but a special takeover. Whenever PiS wants to take anything away from local government, it produces a special law. In this way, any owner can be deprived of their land. We know perfectly well that it's not about developing this area, because this area is well-maintained and dignified, as befits a place of memory. The goal is to take over this area for the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. PiS has already tried to take over this area several times” - said Małgorzata Chmiel from Civic Platform.
12:57
Government Approves Draft Anti-Usury Law and Law on Compensation System for Energy-Intensive Sectors and Sub-Sectors:
The Adopted Draft Bills Perfectly Illustrate Our Governing Philosophy
13:39
Ziobro:
Recordings Reveal Full Awareness of Growing VAT Gap within That [PO] Team
- [Recordings involving, among others, Paweł Graś] show that within that team [Civic Platform] there was full awareness of the growing VAT gap and, one might say, helplessness or even arrogance towards this situation, which, on the other hand, was illustrated by the statements of Prime Minister Tusk or Prime Minister Kopacz, when they said there were and would be no funds for 500+ and other social programs, while those funds were available then, it just required taking actions that our governments are now taking, but which there was no will to initiate back then - stated Zbigniew Ziobro at a press conference at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. He added:
"What kind of actions? What did Donald Tusk fail to do, but could have? First and foremost, what he did wrong was that during the Platform's rule, the Security Agency – a special department for combating economic crime – was abolished. The prosecution's hands were tied by adopting a monstrosity of a law that caused such proceedings concerning hundreds, millions of scandals, and money siphoned off to end up in district prosecutor's offices. There was no supervision, most of them ended in dismissals, and even if they did reach court, 9 out of 10 cases resulted in suspended sentences. If a perpetrator who stole millions of zlotys for their own account received a suspended sentence, they would laugh their heads off because they had set themselves and their entire family up for life and were probably buying yachts on exotic islands somewhere. That was the kind of state that Donald Tusk proposed and embodied."
13:49
Sellin:
We Blame Gdańsk Authorities for Caring About Westerplatte Only at 4:45 AM on September 1st, While Letting it Fall into Disrepair the Other 364 Days
14:01
PMM:
We've Grabbed the VAT Bull by the Horns. Tax Revenue to Reach Around PLN 180 Billion, Nearly PLN 60 Billion More Than in 2015
14:18
The PiS MP has become a Secretary of State in the Prime Minister's Chancellery and the Prime Minister's Plenipotentiary for International Dialogue, replacing Anna Maria Anders in this role. Anders will become the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Rome.
14:39
Schetyna:
Another Day Discussing What Matters Most for Local Poland – Healthcare, Roads, Schools, and Rural Development
14:55
Schetyna:
We're Scheduled with WKK for Late June to Summarize Talks
- We are talking, we are scheduled with President Kosiniak-Kamysz for the end of June to summarize these discussions. That's how we agreed, that we are working in parallel, preparing a scenario for our activities, a programmatic convention which we will hold in mid-July, where we will present the foundation of the program. We are building a coalition. I am a supporter of a broad coalition, programmatically coherent, well-organized, effective, even better, working more intensively than in the European elections. I am an optimist. That's why I believe it takes time. Step by step towards bringing positions closer, a programmatic basis, and good, the best lists, but I believe and convince everyone of this: local government officials are needed, which is why I am happy to be here, in the Włocławek commune, and to be able to talk about it, as many people as possible who know what local Poland needs, will be on the lists, will convince residents, and will also engage and build activity and mobilization, because this is very necessary. In every election, there is a need for presence at the ballot boxes, such engagement from which all good things stem. Activity, mobilization, good emotions. This is what Polish politics, Polish reality needs. I am convinced that it will be so - stated Grzegorz Schetyna at a briefing in Kruszyna.
15:41
- This is the last time I am appearing in the role of Spring's coordinator in Świętokrzyskie. As of today, I am resigning from coordinating the structures, and yesterday we made the decision to form an association that will bring together former Spring activists in Świętokrzyskie - said Małgorzata Marenin during a press conference in Kielce.
- Today, we are beginning to cooperate locally with the local structures of SLD, but we are also speaking with sympathy with the Feminist Initiative. We believe that we currently need the broadest possible coalition in order to not hand the country over to PiS - added Marenin.
According to our information, Marenin herself left Spring and expressed a desire to cooperate with SLD. Our interlocutors categorically deny that the alliance attempted to break up Robert Biedroń's party, but - as is heard unofficially - further departures from Spring are not ruled out.
17:29
- Next Tuesday, in a week's time, I have a meeting scheduled with Minister Sellin, and we will discuss the future of Westerplatte. I am ready for this discussion, but on the condition that representatives of veterans, people whose loved ones shed blood on Westerplatte, will participate. Secondly, museum professionals, circles associated with architects, and art historians, because Westerplatte is a symbol of Polishness. An important symbol for every Pole and for every Pole, and an immensely important symbol for the people of Gdańsk. We cannot ram through legislation at the last minute with a parliamentary bill, citing the fact that it is the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, legislation that we have grounds to believe may be unconstitutional - said Aleksandra Dulkiewicz during a press briefing after the first reading of the special bill concerning Westerplatte.
19:16
PMM:
In the interest of the safety of festival participants in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, I have ordered trains to be prepared to transport participants to the location. It will also be secured by services subordinate to the Ministry of Interior and Administration
https://twitter.com/morawieckim/status/1141031763428425728?s=12
19:44
Kamiński:
We Wish Kaczyński Good Health. I Don't Wish Him to Rule Poland for a Long Time
- Jarosław Kaczyński will be the leader as long as he wants to be the leader. To the extent his health allows. Like any person, on the occasion of his birthday today, we naturally wish him the best of health. I do not wish him to rule Poland for a long time - said Michał Kamiński in an interview with Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska on the TVN24 program “Fakty po faktach” (Facts After Facts).
19:49
Kamiński:
Tusk Didn't Raise a Successor. And it's a bit like the opposition, Civic Platform, when Tusk was gone, were like children whose parents left, and now they have to start living like adults
19:55
- Frankly, I don't really like this kind of truth-seeking - said Andrzej Stanisławek in a conversation with Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska on the TVN24 program "Fakty po faktach" (Facts After Facts).
- I don't like these kinds of things at all. That's what prosecutors are for. Parliamentary committees somehow don't fully convince me - Stanisławek added when pressed by the journalist.
20:05
- Everything is ahead of us. Donald Tusk is a seasoned politician. The question for Donald Tusk is what he will want to do after his term ends. However, in my opinion, it was a knockout for this [VAT] investigative commission. We need to show that this commission was appointed solely for political purposes. When it comes to, for example, interrogating Prime Minister Morawiecki, then a former advisor to Prime Minister Tusk from the Economic Council, PiS MPs strangely do not want to - stated Borys Budka in an interview with Piotr Witwicki on the program "Wydarzenia i opinie" (Events and Opinions) on Polsat News.
20:09
Bugaj:
This Committee Has a Witch-Hunt Character. But Is There Anything to Show? There's a Bit to Show
20:09
Paruch:
All Civic Platform Politicians Appearing Before the Investigative Committee Adopt the Same Strategic Stance: They Don't Remember, They Don't Know, It's Irrelevant, and Outside Their Competencies
20:16
Bugaj:
The Idea of Suing Professors Shows Authoritarian Tendencies. Paruch: President Jarosław Kaczyński Rationalizes Many Political Decisions and Acted Swiftly
20:25
Bugaj:
I'm somewhat of a conservative. I didn't really like Mr. Trzaskowski's handling of the LGBT document
20:40
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