At 8:30 AM in Włoszczowa, a press conference will be held by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, along with the candidate for mayor of Włoszczowa, Grzegorz Dziubek.

At 9:00 AM at the Military Medical Institute in Legionowo, a press conference will take place concerning the announcement of the opening of an Emergency Department (SOR), with the participation of the Head of the Prime Minister's Chancellery, Jan Grabiec, Deputy Minister of National Defence, Cezary Tomczyk, and the Director of the Military Medical Institute, General of the Army Prof. Dr. hab. n. med. Grzegorz Gielerak.

At 10:00 AM in Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą, a press conference will be held by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, along with the candidate for mayor, Barbara Gąsiorowska.

At 10:00 AM, the parliamentary committee investigating the visa scandal will interrogate the Consul of the Republic of Poland in Manila during the period relevant to the committee's work, Aleksander Parzych, followed by the Chargé d'Affaires of the Republic of Poland in the Philippines since 2018, Jarosław Szczepankiewicz.

At 11:00 AM in Toruń, a press conference will take place with the participation of PO Vice-Chairman Rafał Trzaskowski and the candidate for mayor of Toruń, Paweł Gulewski, and at 1:45 PM in Konin – with Trzaskowski and the candidate for mayor of Konin, Piotr Korytkowski.

At 4:00 PM on the market square in Poznań, a meeting with the residents of Poznań will be held with the participation of Rafał Trzaskowski and the candidate for mayor of Poznań, Jacek Jaśkowiak.

At 7:30 PM on the market square in Wrocław, a press conference will be held by Rafał Trzaskowski with the candidate for mayor of Wrocław, Jacek Sutryk.

President Andrzej Duda – following his visit to the USA – is commencing his visit to Canada, where at 7:00 PM Polish time in Vancouver he will participate in the seminar "Transatlantic Security in the Shadow of Russia’s Long War," and at 7:30 PM he will meet with the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Ms. Janet Austin. The schedule also includes, among other things, a meeting with the Premier of British Columbia, David Eby, and participation in the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Congress of Polish Canadians, British Columbia branch.

- I supported President Jacek Sutryk and I believe he will win this election if we are mobilized. I am also speaking in the first person plural because I am a resident of Wrocław and I will be voting on Sunday. It is important that these elections, important for individual cities and towns, do not affect the quality of the coalition, the internal coalition relations, so I hope that the Wrocław election will not do that either - stated Grzegorz Schetyna in “Sygnały dnia” on PR1.

- Certainly KO, and we will build. We will see, a lot will change after these elections, it will be an intense 11 months, and in autumn we will decide who will represent KO, for sure, or the entire democratic side. We will see - stated Grzegorz Schetyna in "Sygnały dnia" on PR1.

- He [Rafał Trzaskowski] has all the arguments to be the KO candidate. Would he be a good candidate for the entire democratic side, the democratic coalition? Certainly yes. Will it happen? We will see - he continued.

- We need to monitor this closely, however, a significant portion of the mass layoffs taking place were announced last year, and indeed there are quite a few mass layoffs. At the same time, Poland remains a country with one of the lowest unemployment rates - said Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk on the program "Sygnały dnia" on PR1.

-The project will provide support to all [youngest] children in Poland. We have allocated funds in the budget so that after the holidays, in the last quarter of 2024, they will start to reach the accounts of parents returning to the labor market. By then, all IT systems should be ready - said Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk in the program "Sygnały dnia" on PR1.

- Mr. Editor, yes, I am being followed, I am under surveillance all the time, myself and my friends, all the time, I emphasize. I will not diagnose who is following me, it's hard for me to judge, I feel threatened, moreover, the knowledge I possess concerns many things in the concern. This concern, which was once managed where we practically had no profit, where it was managed by people who knew perfectly well about fuel mafias, VAT mafias, and everything in between. This concern is truly returning anew, these people are returning anew, I possess a lot of knowledge in this area, which is why I am very, very inconvenient – stated Daniel Obajtek in an interview with Bogdan Rymanowski on Radio Zet.

- I did not surveil any opposition MPs, they were absolutely not important to me in this regard, and that is utter nonsense. I was occupied with managing and building our national champion, which we have today. Orlen is the largest concern, it is our national champion, having the greatest recognition – he added.

- The Prime Minister waved some pieces of paper [about the surveillance of former opposition MPs], where in reality it was a company that protected me on weekends and it was not a company that surveilled anyone. I did not commission any photos of opposition politicians, it is not like that, it is a powerful concern, where every decision goes through many departments, through many offices and no one commissions it. If the company conducted any reconnaissance, it was related to economic matters, I don't know who they took a photo of, or if they did, I didn't deal with it – said Daniel Obajtek on Radio Zet.

- The Trading company in Switzerland was established to shorten supply chains, so that intermediaries wouldn't earn too much. Such companies exist; all companies of this size have trading operations in Switzerland, or trading in London, it's a normal thing. I want to emphasize that what happened, or didn't happen, because it's solely a write-off and could be re-added shortly, is not caused by my fault or the fault of the previous management – stated Daniel Obajtek on Radio Zet.

- If the previous management were still in place, these transactions would have been completed and there would have been no problem; we have evidence of this, and that management will certainly prove it someday. Another matter, and this is solely a diversion, a diversionary tactic by Mr. Sienkiewicz. Another matter, the case of the president. At the time the president was hired, he was a person who had lived in Poland for 20 years; it's not just the president, as another board member also worked at PGNiG for 15 years. Secondly, he underwent full verification of his criminal record in Poland and Switzerland. No [I have nothing to blame myself for] – he continued.

- Mr. Editor, you know, no offense, but I'll use strong words now. You know, we are really not discussing serious matters for Orlen, for Poland, for the economy, but we are discussing trivialities, no offense, which are definitely the least important in all of this, because expenses of that nature for a plane, which was only ordered once during a vacation because it was necessary to fly quickly and return quickly, is a normal thing in standard business. Mr. Budka has confused public administration with large international business; he will never understand this. The scandals are elsewhere – said Daniel Obajtek on Radio Zet.

- I respect the media in all of this, but some in the media behave like softies and give general consent to what's happening, shifting the emphasis elsewhere. It just so happens that this amount is $100,000, which are normal sums when you hire an international firm to conduct checks. Mr. Sienkiewicz was not a private individual there; rather, Mr. Sienkiewicz was one of the representatives to whom consulting was commissioned, including on the matter of oil purchases. And it just so happens that this company had the right to be vetted, because it was nothing other than something that had no basis in reality or logic in all of this. Mr. Sienkiewicz's companies linked to Orlen, IO, cashed in 13 million for consulting, and we are talking about flights that are related to business. And what is strangest is that there was consulting regarding Eastern energy companies, in all of this – stated Daniel Obajtek on Radio Zet.

- The final stretch is ahead of us, and it is very important to win not only in Toruń but also in Włocławek. I am coming to you from Warsaw, but I will continue my tour. I have visited many cities and towns. Today, a certain mobilization is truly necessary. Two weeks ago, we had mobilization, but we would all want this turnout and mobilization to be even greater because the final stretch is ahead of us. These local elections are devilishly important - said Rafał Trzaskowski at a press conference in Toruń.

- An attempted assassin of President Zelensky, a Pole acting in concert with Russian services – arrested 2 days ago. A Belarusian working for the Russians, who commissioned two Poles to assassinate an associate of Navalny – detained - Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on Twitter.

- The assassins are also already in custody. They are linked to fan ultra circles. This is just in April. For collaborators of Russian services, there will be no leniency. We will cauterize every betrayal and attempt at destabilization with a hot iron - the head of government emphasized.

Niedoszły zamachowiec na prezydenta Zelenskiego, Polak działający w porozumieniu z rosyjskimi służbami - aresztowany 2 dni temu. Białorusin pracujący dla Rosjan, który zlecił dwóm Polakom zamach na współpracownika Nawalnego - zatrzymany. Zamachowcy też już w areszcie. Powiązani…

— Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) April 19, 2024

- First and foremost, I don't understand the point of Prime Minister Donald Tusk's malice. He's simply been quite nervous lately, and this has become particularly evident since the elections. Primarily, a month ago, President Andrzej Duda, while in Washington for the 25th anniversary of Poland's NATO accession, met with both Republicans and Democrats in Congress and the Senate - said Marcin Mastalerek on the program "Gość Wydarzeń" on Polsat News.

- After this 2.5-hour meeting, I can say that President Trump is a great friend of Poland, and I am certain of that. As long as President Duda is managing Poland's affairs, I believe we have nothing to fear, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk made a mistake a month ago by attacking Republicans on Twitter - said Marcin Mastalerek on the program "Gość Wydarzeń" (Guest of the Event) on Polsat News.

- Why, while in Washington, did Donald Tusk not meet with Johnson, not present his arguments, but instead insult him on Twitter. After all, one only needs to go to Washington now, one only needs to go to New York to hear what American politicians think of such attacks - said Marcin Mastalerek in the program "Gość Wydarzeń" on Polsat News.

- Please note that even though everything I say about PiS, or about the United Right in general, I say as someone who supports them, who tells them certain things that I would like to bring them to their senses. Yes, PiS needs [a wake-up call], because the voices of sympathizers like myself, who are currently standing aside and trying to advise them, are falling on deaf ears - said Marcin Mastalerek on the program "Gość Wydarzeń" on Polsat News.

In Krakow, the second round of elections will see a showdown between Aleksander Miszalski (Civic Platform) and Łukasz Gibała. The former proposed evolution rather than revolution and strongly emphasized the role of residents in co-creating the city. Campaign materials also touched upon issues such as the development of public transportation, including the construction of a metro.



Łukasz Gibała highlighted Krakow's diversity. He also argued that the city should remain distant from the "political squabble" that, implicitly, is taking place in Warsaw.



Wroclaw features a clash between the incumbent mayor, Jacek Sutryk, supported by Civic Platform and New Left, and Izabela Bodnar, who is currently a Member of Parliament for Poland 2050. Sutryk spoke extensively about investments in the city, both those already completed and those residents are still waiting for (such as the famous tram to Jagodno).



In her campaign spot, Izabela Bodnar emphasized the importance of dialogue with Wroclaw residents. She also frequently spoke during the campaign about the city needing change and boasted about the support from Rafał Dutkiewicz, the former mayor of Wroclaw, who in 2018 nominated Sutryk as his successor and later apologized for him.



In Gdynia, the second round pits Aleksandra Kosiorek against Tadeusz Szemiot. The former presented herself as a civic candidate concerned about the current situation in the city.



Tadeusz Szemiot boasted about his support from the Civic Coalition. He also presented "100 matters to be addressed" in Gdynia, following the model of the Civic Coalition's "100 concrete actions" from the parliamentary election campaign, and in his spot, he drew attention to the utilization of urban areas.



In Olsztyn, on April 21st, residents have a choice between the Civic Platform candidate Robert Szewczyk and Czesław Małkowski, running from his own committee. Szewczyk, before the second round, urged voters to "cast their vote for democracy, modernity, a fresh perspective, new energy, and a secure future for Olsztyn."



Czesław Małkowski, in a nearly three-minute spot, listed a number of local matters to be resolved. He also emphasized his extensive experience, which he believes will translate into good city management.


Czesław Małkowski's Spot.

In Elbląg, the second round of elections features Michał Missan from Civic Platform and Andrzej Śliwka from Law and Justice. The former highlighted his experience as the city's vice-mayor and his desire to cooperate with the government.



Andrzej Śliwka, former deputy minister of state assets and current MP, spoke among other things about the construction of a new stadium. He also argued that everyone should cooperate for the good of the city, regardless of where they were born. He also stated that "enough of this old, lazy administration."

- I haven't changed my opinion about Jacek Kurski since 2011, since November 30th, when after leaving PiS he claimed that due to President Lech Kaczyński, who signed the Lisbon Treaty, the death penalty cannot be introduced in Poland, he attacked this Treaty, he attacked President Lech Kaczyński at the time, for me it was disgusting. I am steadfast in my views (...) Jacek Kurski has harmed and continues to harm this camp; if he is nominated, it will be to the detriment of the future (...) he is a man who stopped in the early 2000s - said Marcin Mastalerek in the program "Gość Wydarzeń" on Polsat News.