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07/19/2024

08:47

Wipler:

We Can Form a New Government This Term Without Tusk – It All Depends on the PSL
- When PSL MPs overturned the government bill, they reminded everyone who the switchman is and who governs the current parliament, thanks to whom Donald Tusk is the Prime Minister. If Donald Tusk forgets this, I am convinced that we are capable of building a new government without Donald Tusk, Adam Bodnar, and many other individuals who have already managed to compromise themselves – Przemysław Wipler said on Polsat News's "Graffiti". - This could be a PSL government of their own making, to which Konfederacja doesn't necessarily have to join, nor, in my opinion, PiS politicians, because they will now take everything that is put on the table, as long as it's not within the ranks of the current ministers – he continued. - In my opinion, this scenario will remain on the table until the end of the term, and everything will accelerate even more after the presidential elections if the current majority and its candidate lose the presidential elections – he added. - This is not a matter of an offer. It's actually about if they [PSL] come out with an offer and say: 'We want to take everything.' I'm joking that I don't care what the new Prime Minister of Poland will be called – as long as his name starts with "W" and as long as the current Prime Minister is not the Prime Minister – he stated.

08:10

Wipler on the Romanowski Case:

In Such Situations, You Don’t Leave Colleagues, Friends.
- I will not in any way separate these roles [lawyer and friend]. I am a Member of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights. It is clear to me that the violation of immunity in such a case, granted by an institution that was established and to which Poland acceded in order to protect human rights, is an unprecedented scandal that will also have significant repercussions for the responsibility – including, in my opinion, criminal responsibility – of the individuals involved. Sooner or later – said Przemysław Wipler in Polsat News’s “Graffiti,” when asked by Marcin Fijołek what he was doing in the court building at the moment Marcin Romanowski was leaving it with his legal representative.

- The second issue is equally obvious to me: that in such situations, you don’t leave colleagues, friends – he added.

08:26

of the rulers regarding Romanowski:

They are as ruthless and foolish as Ziobro". Wipler on the "political stupidity
- We are not talking about hiding behind immunity, but about a vile, humiliating act of the authorities, carried out as part of political „showmanship”. […] If Judge Igor Tuleya, whom it is difficult to accuse of sympathy towards PiS, says that in his opinion the request for arrest is unfounded because several months will pass from now until the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe […], and during that time one could eat two tons of paper and erase everything, then I will ask the question the other way around, to everyone who analyzes this matter: how many tons of paper could have been eaten since October 15? - Przemysław Wipler said in “Graffiti” Polsat News. - If tampering took place and could have taken place, then it already happened a long time ago. The pretext of tampering, to keep two women in custody at the moment and try to detain an opposition MP, is a political stupidity that shows that the current rulers are as ruthless and as foolish in abusing this kind of institutions as Minister Ziobro – whose basic line of criticism from entrepreneurs and public opinion was the abuse of pre-trial detention and the easy bringing of charges - he assessed.

08:31

Kosiniak-Kamysz on the Court's Decision Regarding Romanowski:

The Best Proof of the Rule of Law.
- In the motion addressed to the court concerning Mr. Romanowski, the court ruled differently than the prosecution requested. This is perhaps the best proof of the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary - said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz in the "Morning Interview" on RMF FM.

08:34

Kosiniak-Kamysz:

Immunity waiver can certainly be requested if there was a procedural error
- Immunity waiver can certainly be requested because if there was a procedural error, and it seems, judging very coolly, that this is what happened, that a request was not made, even if there were different opinions on this matter stating that it wasn't necessary, I believe that a request should have been made - said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on RMF FM.

08:37

Kosiniak-Kamysz:

Pre-trial detention is abused in Poland
- I believe that pre-trial detention is abused in Poland. For many years under PiS it was repeatedly abused, and it has a different character; it should be short-term and preventative – said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on RMF FM.

08:42

Kosiniak-Kamysz on the Left's demonstrations:

Attacks on our offices, doused with paint, hate is pouring down.
"Repeating the same project and expecting a different final outcome is a mistake, because this vote [on the decriminalization of abortion] by the Left was lost," said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on RMF FM. "Attacks on our offices, our offices being doused with paint, hate is pouring down. Demonstrations are organized by people associated with the Left in front of our offices," he continued. "Yes [our coalition partners]. There are flags of parties that are in the coalition and are participating in these demonstrations, and not only from the Left, I see that MPs are expressing satisfaction with these demonstrations, I have also heard such voices from the Civic Coalition," he added.

08:44

Kosiniak-Kamysz on Polish Army Day Celebrations:

There Will Be a Parade and Equipment Presentation.
- Yes, there will be a parade [on August 15th], there will be a presentation of military equipment, yes, this is an important element of Polish Army Day - said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on RMF FM.

08:47

Kosiniak-Kamysz on the murder of a Polish soldier:

The investigation into this matter is progressing.
- This is a case we will see through to the end, and Poland will punish, will catch the one who killed our sergeant, because it is a matter of honor - said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on RMF FM. - The investigation into this matter is progressing. Unfortunately, I cannot say anything more - he continued.

08:58

Multiple Confederation Candidates for President? Wipler: That's the Baseline Scenario, as There's No Consensus
- I think by autumn we will know everything, whether we have reached an agreement or if we will have several candidates for president. That is the baseline scenario. We are the Confederation, not the European Union, where someone can be outvoted and set aside. If there is no consensus on such an important matter, then the three main entities forming the Confederation have the freedom and liberty to put forward their own candidate - said Przemysław Wipler in "Graffiti" Polsat News. - At the moment, we do not have a consensus, so as long as there isn't one - this is the baseline scenario. There is full freedom for all members of the Confederation - he continued.

09:54

Nitras on Zajączkowska-Hernik's Speech:

Embarrassing Statement, Is This What We Expect from a Polish MEP?

- I think this is proof that this Europe, which so many attack Europeans about. I saw this statement from the Konfederacja MP, an embarrassing one, that this Europe is holding on, that Europeans actually want a common market, want a common space, value European values, and this is good news, because it is stabilization for Europe, and today's unstable world needs stabilization – stated Sławomir Nitras on Radio Zet.

- Do you expect the first statement from a Polish MEP, male or female, to be tearing up papers, shouting, shaking a finger. I personally don't like that – he added.

09:55

Nitras on the ban on the sale of combustion engine cars by 2035:

Let’s approach this normally, not raise a hue and cry.

- I believe that if something is good for our health, if we can eliminate exhaust fumes from our streets, then why not. I simply believe that in all this, one must maintain some moderation, not shout, raise a hue and cry, that we will drive old diesels our whole lives, because is an old diesel the honor of Poland. Let’s approach this normally; if there is progress, if something is better, let’s calmly try to do it. Let’s make it accessible to Poles, so that we can afford it, and so that the world is better, the world is healthier – said Sławomir Nitras on Radio Zet.

09:55

Nitras:

I Wouldn't Rule Out Sikorski's Candidacy for European Commissioner
We are before talks, but certainly at this moment we should very seriously, and we are initiating this discussion too, talk about what area we would like to be responsible for. I would not rule out his candidacy, but Radosław Sikorski, if he wasn't interested in the portfolio being built for him, thought it wasn't sufficient for him. I wouldn't rule it out, but I also listen to what Radosław Sikorski says – stated Sławomir Nitras on Radio Zet.

10:51

Sikorski:

I Will Not Tolerate Individuals in Diplomacy for Whom Party is More Important Than State

- I will not tolerate individuals in diplomacy for whom the party is more important than the state - Radosław Sikorski wrote on Twitter.

11:32

Cieszyński on Gawkowski's tweet:

Next time, it would be better to let experts authorize the entry.

- A quick reaction is a plus. Unfortunately, the substance is a minus - it's not Microsoft, but another company. The first problems in key infrastructure are also emerging. Next time, it would be better to let experts authorize the entry. There are still many of them at Królewska Street - Janusz Cieszyński wrote on Twitter.

11:32

Kierwiński:

Poland Has Returned to its Place as a Country Co-Shaping European Policy Directions
- Yesterday's address by the new-ish President of the European Commission and security issues [...]. I ask you to pay attention to how strongly the voice of common defense policy, common preparation of the European defense industry for these new challenges related to the war in the East, resonated. How strongly the issues concerning common policy on missile defense resonated - said Marcin Kierwiński at a press conference in the Sejm. - All of this is what Poland, what Prime Minister Donald Tusk, has brought to the European agenda. It was Donald Tusk who was the first to speak very clearly about the necessity of reorienting the EU for difficult times after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. [...] The President also spoke about the need to strengthen the EU's eastern border, but we all know that the eastern border is, in reality, the Polish-Belarusian border [...]. The fact that this problem is finally being recognized, that the perspective of European countries on the problem of illegal migration is changing, is also a great success for both the Polish government and the Polish delegation - he continued. - Finally, Poland has returned to its place as a country that co-shapes the directions of both the European Parliament and European policy. We waited 8 long years for this, and we finally have a government that is capable of setting the agenda for Europe - he emphasized.

11:34

Tusk on global outage:

I am kept up-to-date on all developments.

- In connection with the global outage in Microsoft systems, I am being kept up-to-date by our provincial and national services on all events resulting from the failure. For now, they are limited in scope and do not pose a threat to state security - Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on Twitter.

11:40

Szczerba:

Yesterday's Speech by the Head of the European Commission Largely Contained Polish Demands on Defense and Security
- Yesterday's speech by the new President of the European Commission, this speech just before the election, it largely contained Polish demands - said Michał Szczerba at a press conference in the Sejm. - With Speaker Halicki and the Polish delegation, we met with the candidate for President of the EC a week earlier. All the demands that we formulated towards the candidate, concerning European security policy, migration policy, concerning the EU, the Commission, and the Parliament taking on greater responsibility for defense and security issues, have been adopted - he continued.

12:26

PiS Club Wants to Convene Parliamentary Committee:

Bodnar Must Explain Himself.

– The [PiS] parliamentary club is submitting a request for an immediate convening of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights, so that the Minister of Justice and Prosecutor General, Adam Bodnar, can explain himself regarding the recent actions of the Ministry of Justice and the prosecutor's office in connection with this unprecedented situation, Poland's international embarrassment, and the clear, obvious, and premeditated violation of international law – stated Marcin Romanowski at a press conference.

13:05

Romanowski explains why he did not renounce his immunity:

Responsibility for their decisions

- Why did I not renounce my immunity in the Polish parliament? Precisely because I did not want to deprive the MPs who wanted to participate in these illegal actions of the opportunity to share responsibility for this unlawful deprivation of liberty for the reasons I have stated. If someone is a Polish parliamentarian, earns money for it, let them also take responsibility for their decisions – stated Marcin Romanowski at a press conference.

13:07

Przydacz:

Minister Sikorski Proposes Russian School Graduates for Leadership Positions in Polish Institutions
- Since December 13th of last year, significant personnel changes have been occurring in many government institutions, ministries, and State Treasury companies [...]. As part of our club's team investigating Russian influence, we have tracked a series of these changes - said Marcin Przydacz at a press conference. - The institution closest to me is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [...] During the rule of Law and Justice, many graduates of Russian schools were removed from foreign service. Immediately after Donald Tusk and Radosław Sikorski himself took power, there was an intensified return of these graduates to Polish diplomacy. These are not just graduates of any humanities or technical schools, but graduates of universities [...] MGIMO, colloquially known as the Moscow spy school [...] are returning not to, I would say, expert positions [...] they are returning to leadership positions. Many of these graduates have taken up director positions under Radosław Sikorski, not in departments dealing with international affairs, but in offices dealing with, among other things, personnel matters, control, and audit - he continued. - We are receiving information that some of these graduates are also being proposed by Minister Radosław Sikorski for leadership positions in Polish foreign missions. At least several MGIMO graduates are being proposed for head of mission positions, both in South America and in Asian countries. [...] We also have information that some of these graduates are being proposed and their candidacies are already being processed for leadership positions in Polish consulates - he went on to say.

13:17

Fogiel on Orlen Nominations:

We Appeal to the Rulers to End This Strange Approach.
- Not only the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but also State Treasury companies. [...] Mr. Zenon Kuchciak, a graduate of MGIMO, who was previously a collaborator of Minister Sikorski [...] has today become an advisor to Orlen's management board [...]. This is not the only disturbing piece of information concerning Russian ties. On July 1, Mr. Marcin Zawisza was appointed to the position of CEO of Orlen Paliwa [...]. When we look at his publicly available curriculum vitae, we see that he previously worked for Rosneft Deutschland - said Radosław Fogiel at a press conference. - We are shocked by these personnel decisions. We believe that especially today, at a time when Russia is waging its brutal, barbaric war in Ukraine, people who have ties to the Russian state, who have worked for entities associated with the Russian state [...] all of this makes us wonder how the anti-Russian, pro-Western rhetoric that emanates from the current ruling coalition aligns with such personnel decisions - he continued. - We appeal to the rulers to end this strange approach where if someone has Russian connections, they should be promoted - he added.

17:55

Schetyna:

We Must Learn from Defeats

- I believe that step by step, we must draw conclusions from these defeats. They are entirely different, but the common denominator is the same. They concern the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the coalition formed on October 15th – stated Grzegorz Schetyna in an interview with PR24.

- The activities of Polish diplomats, and I'm putting that in quotation marks, involve working on Chairman Roupoulos and creating materials to protect, as if to impose immunity protection from the Council of Europe on Mr. Romanowski. The second matter is how to build or change the draft law on decriminalization and how to convince MPs from the PSL to pass this project, and that's all – he added.

19:55

Kamiński:

Like many of our voters, I'm furious seeing Romanowski walk freely around the Sejm
- I, like many of our voters, am furious when I see Romanowski walking freely in the corridors of the Polish Sejm and threatening the Polish Prime Minister. A man facing such serious charges, which the prosecution has brought and led to a situation where the court cannot even consider these very serious charges because a small, minor matter, which [...] could have been resolved with a single fax or phone call, was bungled – said Michał Kamiński in an interview with Piotr Marciniak on TVN24's "Fakty po Faktach".

20:07

Kamiński:

We Were Supposed to Be Perfectly Prepared to Dismantle PiS, But It Turns Out Otherwise
- When someone claims to be an international law specialist and announces they are going to war with a powerful mafia, they check every comma. Because that's what I heard, that we are so perfectly prepared to dismantle PiS. We were supposed to be perfectly prepared to dismantle PiS and cleanse it, but it turns out we are poorly prepared, and because our personnel are not cleansed, our mistakes are inflated to colossal proportions - Michał Kamiński stated on TVN24's "Fakty po Faktach". - That's what I heard - he remarked, referring to his own words about "dismantling PiS". When it was pointed out that the state and prosecution service are not for "dismantling PiS", he replied: - For dismantling this crew that ruled Poland, stole extensively, and did things as a result of which today the Deputy Minister of Justice faces 11 charges.

20:20

Kamiński:

Neither Tusk nor Czarzasty told Kosiniak and Hołownia: either you agree to abortion, or there's no government
- The PSL did not promise to change the abortion law in Poland. The PSL did not promise this in the election campaign. I promised it in my Senate campaign and I am acting accordingly. On the other hand, the PSL did not promise this; the Left and Civic Platform promised it - said Michał Kamiński in "Fakty po Faktach" on TVN24. - The Left and Civic Platform could have said when forming the government: "PSL, the issue of women's rights is so important to us that we will not form a government unless you agree to make it part of the government's program." Neither Tusk nor Czarzasty told Kosiniak and Hołownia: "either you agree to abortion and this is a condition for forming the government, or there is no government" - he continued. - Each party included in the government's program what is most important to them. If abortion is not in the government's program, it means it was not the most important thing for either Civic Platform or the Left. [...] And if it's not part of the government's program, you can't complain that someone voted differently - he added.

20:25

Kobosko on Elevating Klich’s Diplomatic Rank:

Poland Needs an Ambassador in the USA.
- I hope that Bogdan Klich will ultimately become ambassador, and not just, forgive me for saying so, but just a chargé d’affaires, the head of our mission in Washington, because Poland must be represented at the ambassadorial level in the most important democratic country in the world – said Michał Kobosko on the program “Gość Wydarzeń” on Polsat News.

20:31

Kobosko Comments on Romanowski Not Being Detained and Prosecution's Actions:

Disturbing Situation.
- The Marshal has done his job, the parliamentary majority has decided, but what happened afterwards, frankly, I don't know all the details, but it is a disturbing situation for me, at least, where an arrest is made, it seems that everything is in order, according to the letter and spirit of the law, and then it turns out that someone did not check something at the prosecution. This is how I perceive this situation, where the prosecution, after a court decision, has to eat its own words and say that they did everything as they should have, but apparently, they didn't check such a fundamental matter as the issue of immunity – said Michał Kobosko on Polsat News.

20:36

Hołownia on the Need for Clarifications with the PACE:

I Have the Impression That Obstruction of Polish Justice is Occurring Here.
- As I understand the information that arrived today and the information presented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it prompts us to ask the question of how it happened that the Polish state received information about the letter, which was to be issued by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, so late, and whether we were dealing with some oversight, mistake, holiday season, or diplomatic sabotage - said Szymon Hołownia in an interview with Dorota Wysocka-Schnepf on TVP Info's "Pytanie dnia" (Question of the Day). - We dealt with the politicization and party-ification of diplomatic personnel, and not only diplomatic, across a very broad spectrum, because our predecessors spared no effort, they had a grand vision. We will see, I hope that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will clarify, that the prosecution will clarify what happened within its purview and whether all procedures worked as they should. However, this does not change the essence of the matter. We voted in the Sejm on very serious charges or the possibility of bringing very serious charges against Mr. Romanowski - he continued. - And what if we have, God forbid, an MP who commits murder or treason and is not caught in the act? Then we in Poland will have to wait until September for Mr. President Roussopoulos to convene the assembly? Or maybe until January, when it is convened, to be able to detain this person, to be able to lift their immunity? This is sheer madness. We must clarify this very clearly with the Parliamentary Assembly, because I have the impression that, through this expanding interpretation of immunity that they are pursuing, some obstruction of the Polish justice system is occurring here - he went on to say.

20:39

Hołownia:

I have a problem with the President’s fixation on parliament
- I have a problem with the President essentially fixating on parliament; he already has quite a rich cemetery of laws that we pass and which he then decides to veto - said Szymon Hołownia on TVP Info.

20:44

Hołownia:

We Can Pass the Emergency Bill We Submitted as TD. It Has a Chance to Fight for the President's Signature
- We need to see what we can pragmatically do with this Sejm, because, I repeat, there won't be another one for the next few years. We can be offended by it, but I repeat, there won't be another one. In my opinion, [we can] pass this bill [on abortion] as soon as possible, this first step, this emergency measure, which we submitted with the PSL as Third Way, because it already improves things, I know, by 5%, which is insufficient, but it at least has a chance to fight for the president's signature, it has a chance to fight for the possibility that someone from PiS might vote for it. We are a step further - said Szymon Hołownia on TVP Info.

20:52

Someone Didn't Do Their Political Work Properly with the PSL. Hołownia on Abortion Decriminalization
- If a depenalization bill is submitted again, improved [...] I believe it had one flaw, one mistake, which I also noticed when I started talking, consulting myself on how to vote, but it's not a complicated mistake to fix, and we, having passed this law, could have done it in the Senate. It wasn't a reason to throw it in the trash - said Szymon Hołownia on TVP Info.

- I have the impression, if I may be honest, that someone here didn't fully do their political work, not with individual MPs from the PSL, but with the PSL as a party, or did it insufficiently. The first attempt ended in failure, but if this project is submitted again with these amendments, then of course I will not block it, freeze it, it will be on the Sejm's agenda - he continued.

20:55

Hołownia on the Civil Partnerships Act:

I Expect This Bill in the Sejm This Autumn.
- I expect this bill in the Sejm this autumn, I don't know if it will be in September or October, but it should be in the Sejm in the autumn - said Szymon Hołownia on TVP Info, when asked about civil partnerships.

21:02

Hołownia on the Constitutional Tribunal Punishing Śliz:

I Hope the Prosecutor's Office Will Deal with the Entire Panel in This Case.
- Judge Pawłowicz presided over the panel that punished an MP under parliamentary immunity with a penalty because the MP, seeing that there was no logical or intellectual contact with the judging panel, left the Tribunal, and I, of course, filed a notification about the possibility of a crime being committed by Ms. Pawłowicz to the Prosecutor General. She is now threatening me with large letters that reach me - said Szymon Hołownia on TVP Info. - She did one thing that probably won't please her colleagues. She denounced her colleagues. She accuses me of saying that she was the one who penalized MP Śliz, but she says: it wasn't me, the whole panel did it. Therefore, I have a quiet hope that the prosecutor's office will deal with the entire judging panel in this case and determine whether it is consistent with Polish law to penalize an MP, who is covered by immunity, at the time when he was performing his function, and was there as a representative of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, in any way - he continued.

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