Television spots and online activities will appear as part of the Civic Coalition's latest campaign. A day before the decisive parliamentary battle over changes to the voting method and amidst the ruling camp's internal conflict, the first spot from the #DudaMirror series was published. The spot shows the president traveling in a limousine, and in its mirror, a family in masks left to fend for themselves amidst falling election confetti and shouts of "Andrzej Duda".

- Let's all say enough today! Enough politics at the cost of people's health and lives. Everyone is being tested today: doctors, nurses, paramedics, shop workers, pharmacists, teachers, journalists, drivers, postmen. Everyone – except the authorities, except the PiS politicians. The choice is simple: either we are on the side of people's lives and health, or on the side of the authorities who are rushing towards elections because they disregard life and health – says Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska in a message that 300POLITYKA saw before its official publication.

- Elections must be held, and I will run in them, but at a date safe for everyone, not solely convenient for the authorities. Today, I stand with the people; that is my duty as a candidate for the office of the President of the Republic of Poland – says Kidawa.

Kidawa explains her decision to boycott the May election date: "I am not giving up, but I am fighting today for something much more important – for the safety of all of you. Elections cannot be held on May 10th! Decency and care for people cannot lose to political deception and cynicism. The choice is ours."

The weekend edition of the Financial Times publishes a piece by James Shotter and Henry Foy summarizing the state of political and social debate a few days before the tenth anniversary of the Smolensk air disaster. The article includes several statements by President Andrzej Duda on Russia's approach to explaining the catastrophe. Duda says: 'In this part of the world, because of our historical experiences with the Soviet Union, and later with Russia, we are accustomed to a situation where Moscow tends to blame people every time a tragedy occurs, rather than the authorities... One could say that blaming the pilots for this disaster is almost a proverbial [routine explanation].' 'It is never the result of an attack, it is never the result of a technical defect or an instrument [device] manufactured in a given country, it is always the fault of the pilots. And indeed, [disseminating] information that it was the pilots' fault before any verification procedure, before any investigation, is truly terrifying,' the president says in the FT. The President also recalls the circumstances of Bronisław Komorowski, then Speaker of the Sejm, assuming the duties of acting president: “Komorowski jumped into a car to return to Warsaw. Duda, as a presidential minister dealing with legal affairs, initially refused to admit him. 'I asked: “On what basis?”' says Duda, now the Polish president. “I was told that it is specified in the constitution”. “I asked them: 'Is there evidence that the president is dead?' “They replied: 'We don't have evidence, but it is obvious'.'” I said: “It is not obvious. Until there is proof of the president's death, nothing is obvious.”' In turn, in an interview with Nasz Dziennik, President Duda recalls his presence during the identification of the victims' bodies in Moscow: “There were two moments that most stayed with me and in my memory. When I was already there, at the Moscow Central Forensic Medical Examination Bureau, I was led to a room where the bodies of almost all the victims, including my friends, were located. I then said goodbye to Kasia Doraczyńska, Paweł Wypych, Władysław Stasiak. I prayed for them. Then we were with Mrs. President. Her brother, now deceased, Colonel Konrad Mackiewicz, placed a rosary on Mrs. Maria's hands, and we were present at the closing of the coffin. The second such moment was when, together with Mrs. Barbara Borys-Szopa and Mrs. President's brother, we prayed at the coffin of Mrs. Maria Kaczyńska.” The President tells Nasz Dziennik about the Russians' intentions: “I cannot answer that question. I am convinced that what can help explain this catastrophe today is the wreckage of the plane and the black boxes, and this evidence is still being held by the Russians. And this is Polish property. This raises a big question mark about what their intentions really are. One can only express surprise that the Russians are not striving for transparency in explaining the catastrophe and do not want to hand over the basic evidence to us.” In the FT article, former president Bronisław Komorowski also speaks, recalling the Anodina report as a moment that interrupted what the FT authors call a “relaxation” with Russia. “The report was difficult for the Polish side to accept because it completely ignored the issue of the Russian side's co-responsibility,” he says. “The Russians wanted to close the case by holding Polish pilots responsible, they wanted to ignore issues related to poor preparation on their side, the malfunction of the airport, which could have threatened... them.” Komorowski also speaks about the Russians withholding the wreckage: “The Russians . . . are not returning it because it is an excellent tool for irritating Poles and provoking political conflicts in Poland.”

- The COVID-19 pandemic requires all of us to change our life habits. In this situation, it is not only important to follow sanitary procedures, but also to remind each other about changing rules of conduct, even in terms of hygiene. This is simply about caring for our loved ones. That is why the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Health, and the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate have jointly launched the "Behavioral Prevention in the Fight Against Viral Diseases" campaign - wrote Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Facebook, sharing a one-minute clip. In turn, posters were published on the social media channels of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, encouraging the downloading, printing, and display of special posters.



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