Mastalerek: 50% Was Possible in Parliamentary Elections; PiS Failed to Learn from Past Campaign Mistakes. Now, It's All Accumulating, and Unfortunately, the President May Become a Victim.

24/02/2020

09:00

Mastalerek:

50% Was Possible in Parliamentary Elections; PiS Failed to Learn from Past Campaign Mistakes. Now, It's All Accumulating, and Unfortunately, the President May Become a Victim.

Michał Olech

Everyone sees what's happening [with Andrzej Duda's campaign]. And it's not good. There's no need for polls, because I've repeatedly warned against getting excited, even addicted, to polls. You need to talk to people, and anyone who has contact with reality sees how things are - stated Marcin Mastalerek in an interview with Konrad Piasecki on TVN24's "Rozmowa Piaseckiego Kampania 2020". - The problem is much deeper, in my opinion. It's always difficult, not just in politics but in life, to learn from mistakes after victories, after wins. It's easy to reflect on oneself and correct certain things when they aren't working after a loss. However, victories can lull you into complacency. We've dealt with weak PiS campaigns, both European, local, and parliamentary, even though they were victorious. It's obvious that you can lose a campaign but win an election. However, PiS ruled for 4 years, people were satisfied, there were significant social transfers, and I posit that achieving 50% in these parliamentary elections was possible, and the problem is deeper. Specifically, after these victories, PiS failed to learn from its weak campaigns, and today all of this has accumulated, and unfortunately, the president may fall victim to this failure of the ruling camp to learn from its mistakes. He is currently falling victim, but there's still a long way to go until the elections, and this is a moment, an opportunity. What is happening today is an opportunity for the ruling camp, for PiS - he continued.

Michał Olech