-- PERHAPS YOU CAN'T STAND PiS BECAUSE YOU CONSIDER YOURSELVES THE COUNTRY'S NATURAL ELITE, TO WHOM GODS ONCE HANDED OVER OWNERSHIP? - PIOTR SKWIECIŃSKI TO THE ANTI-PiS CAMP ON GAZETA.PL: “Perhaps you can't stand PiS not because it does or doesn't do something specific, but intuitively, even viscerally? Simply because it exists. Perhaps you consider yourselves the country's natural elite, to whom some gods once handed over ownership? And all other Poles are, in fact, like serf peasants to you? Perhaps what you truly care about is that those you don't accept culturally are in power, and therefore you don't recognize their right to rule and to change the country according to their own views and the mandate they were granted democratically? And whether they are doing something wrong is secondary? The real issue is that they threaten your ego and your psychological interests. And in the long run, your material interests as well, because where else will power have to find money for its social projects?”

-- IF NOT FOR PiS, MAFIOSI COMPANIES COVERED BY CITY HALL OFFICIALS WOULD BE CONVERTING TENEMENTS INTO LUXURY APARTMENTS - SKWIECIŃSKI CONTINUES: “Notice that it is this government that has taken on what previous governments at least tolerated – the legalized theft known as Warsaw's reprivatization. That it's easy for them because it hits their predecessors? Perhaps so, but you should appreciate the change nonetheless; if PiS weren't around, this procedure would be in full swing, families of hardworking people would be evicted from homes they'd lived in for three generations, so that mafia companies, covered by people from city hall and even higher levels, could earn money and transform these buildings into luxury apartments. Which, of course, would also have space for hipster cafes where you'd gladly go for breakfast and lunch.” http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,161770,23209689,skwiecinski-do-anty-pis-u-mam-czasem-wrazenie-ze-nie-znosicie.html#Z_BoxNewsImg&a=167&c=96

-- HOMOPHOBIA ON TVP - GAZETA.PL: “Such scandalous statements have never been heard on TVP before. The discussion that arose in the program 'Minęła 20' between Michał Raczoń and Wojciech Cejrowski, and the poll subsequently placed on Twitter, should probably be addressed by the TVP authorities.” http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114883,23210199,zenujacy-poziom-w-minela-20-afera-w-imgw-to-bardziej-homo.html#Z_BoxNewsLinkImg&a=167&c=96

-- HORAŁA OR BUDA TO HEAD THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON VAT FRAUD: “The MP did not want to disclose any details regarding the committee's composition. However, the wPolityce.pl portal learned back in December of last year that MP Marcin Horała had a high probability of becoming the chairman of the committee on irregularities surrounding VAT. We have now managed to confirm this information, and furthermore, have established that in the context of the chairman of the aforementioned committee, the name of PiS MP Waldemar Buda also appears.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/388082-tylko-u-nas-sklad-komisji-ds-wyludzen-vat-jest-praktycznie-ustalony-przewodniczacym-najpewniej-bedzie-posel-horala-lub-buda

-- DR JAROSŁAW FLIS SAYS POLLS ARE VOLATILE AND PEOPLE APPRECIATE WHEN SOMEONE BECOMES HUMBLER - in an interview with SE: “And now he can return. During PO's rule, their ratings also dropped at one point, then returned, until finally they stopped returning. Voters see when someone becomes arrogant. However, they notice when someone becomes humble. This should be a bucket of cold water and as such should not harm. Unless PiS panics.”

-- FLIS ON LIMOUSINE DISEASE: “An experienced civil servant once diagnosed it, and I called it 'limousine disease.' It is a serious illness, consisting of detachment from reality as a result of having a limousine with a driver. Perhaps PiS has already entered a more severe phase of 'limousine disease.' In the beginning, there are small mistakes, and then politicians get angry when they are pointed out.” http://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/opinie/czy-pis-ma-juz-limuzynoze_1046972.html

-- ANNA SARZYŃSKA ON IMAGE DRAGS AND THE SEARCH FOR A NEW STRATEGY - writes on wPolityce: “Will they manage to catch their second wind? Will they regain the ability to set the agenda in public debate? Will they, as after the vote on Donald Tusk's second term, manage to prevent a poll fluctuation from turning into a trend? The local government election campaign certainly offers such an opportunity. Provided it is well-thought-out and coherent. And conducted in an atmosphere of fighting for common values, not factional squabbles. For now, little is known about it, other than that it will be a significant test of the government's actual effectiveness and popularity. A test that could decide the fate of future parliamentary elections. Will they manage to launch the long-announced but still faltering 'Mieszkanie Plus' program? There is apparently such a plan. One thing is certain – it will be much harder to focus on local matters, constantly extinguishing Warsaw-Brussels fires. And also dragging along various image 'tails.' Therefore, party strategists have a lot to think about in the coming weeks…” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/387995-patrioty-ue-i-sondazowa-szklanka-zimnej-wody-czyli-dwa-slowa-o-pis-w-przededniu-kampanii

-- THE GESTURES OF THE PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER, AND MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE TOWARDS ANTONI MACIEREWICZ SHOW STATE CONTINUITY - TOMASZ SAKIEWICZ in GPC: “Politicians have the right to dislike each other, they have the right to compete with each other; today this minister, tomorrow another. However, the state's interest is constant. Therefore, I believe that when signing the Patriot system contracts, by showing the true and real role of Antoni Macierewicz, a good example of civic education was also set. Because indeed, in this matter, we owe the most to the team of the former Minister of National Defense and to him personally. I would like other matters important to Poland's interest to be covered by a similar pattern of behavior: like the Smolensk investigation, everything concerning the broadly understood security of Poland, or our contacts with allies.” https://gpcodziennie.pl/85733-lekcjaobywatelskiegowychowania.html

-- FAKT ON MACIEREWICZ'S MEETING WITH MISIEWICZ IN REFERENCE TO THE WP.PL CONVERSATION WITH MISIEWICZ: “What Macierewicz and Misiewicz are working on is shrouded in mystery. The latter spends his days driving his new Mercedes. Sometimes to Piaseczno for a quick meeting, sometimes to Radzymin. Some meetings are short encounters with people associated with Macierewicz. It seems as though the gentlemen are avoiding phone contact. Misiewicz suddenly, after a year of silence (he was expelled from PiS exactly a year ago), gave a series of interviews. He claimed to be working on his own account now. He says he advises the management of Telewizja Republika and 'private individuals.' He officially denies cooperating with the former Minister of National Defense. – There are no SMS messages; if anything, it's phone contact – he said in Wirtualna Polska.” https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polityka/bartlomiej-misiewicz-knuje-z-antonim-macierewiczem/7lmwlt6

-- WHAT DID MISIEWICZ SAY ON WP? https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/huczy-od-plotek-spotkanie-misiewicza-z-macierewiczem-jest-komentarz-6235698818553473a

-- PiS TACTICS: QUIETEN DISPUTES - Agata Kondzińska in GW: “– The system with a leader who holds no state office has become uncontrollable. It worked in opposition, when Jarosław Kaczyński was the one who decided on everything. Only then it concerned at most disputes over places on the lists or the election of heads of local structures – says a PiS politician. In his opinion, 'now it's enough for Kaczyński to disappear for two days because he has a cold, and a jam is already forming in the party.'” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23209934,pis-nie-panikuje-ale-w-partii-maja-zal-do-szydlo-przejechala.html

-- ANDRZEJ STANKIEWICZ WRITES ABOUT WHAT THE AFFAIR WITH THE ARREST OF THE FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER IS ABOUT: “Today, Ziobro clearly indicates that this is the direction of the investigation. - The decision of Deputy Minister K. cannot be rationally understood without understanding the context in which it happened. Without delving into conversations and meetings in cemeteries and gas stations. Without what his decision-makers, who tolerated such a scale of money flowing to the 'one-armed bandit' mafia, intended. In this way, Ziobro shows that it's not about the publicly little-known K. at all. It's about Platform politicians. Because it was one of them who met with the fuel baron at a cemetery by a gas station.” https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/cba-na-tropie-hazardu-platformy/vh0vkkb

-- PiS OFFENSIVE: DAWN AFTER KAPICA - GW's lead story.

-- IS PiS COVERING UP POLLS? - Witold Gadomski in GW: “Of course, this does not mean that illegal gambling, a socially harmful phenomenon, should not be combatted. Jacek Kapica did it quite effectively, for which he received threats from gangsters setting up illegal slot machines, and in the end was arrested so that the PiS government could boast of success in combating crime.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,155290,23209818,z-miliardami-na-kapice-pis-przykrywa-sondaze.html

-- POLITICAL GAMES WITH HANDCUFFS - Michał Szułdrzyński in RZ: “I would very much like to believe that Thursday's arrest of Jacek K. had nothing to do with politics. Unfortunately, right-wing MPs and ministers have done everything to make it difficult to consider it a coincidence.”

-- PLATFORMA HAS NOT EXPLAINED, AND THE MATTER SHOULD BE EXAMINED - SZUŁDRZYŃSKI'S CONCLUSION: “It's a shame that the arrest of the former deputy minister is happening under such circumstances. Especially since the so-called gambling affair – which is what the arrest concerns – which we revealed nine years ago in 'Rzeczpospolita,' has never been fully explained. The then-governing Civic Platform did everything to sweep the matter under the rug, and the parliamentary committee established at the time was a farce. The matter should be examined, but under these circumstances, one can have justified suspicions that PiS is not at all interested in clarifying it, but in covering up its own problems.” http://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/180329054-Michal-Szuldrzynski-Polityczne-zabawy-kajdankami.html

-- MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI ON THE TVN REPORT ABOUT CHANGING STREET NAMES NAMED AFTER LECH KACZYŃSKI AND ANNA WALENTYNOWICZ - I WISH RIGHT-WING POLITICIANS PLEASANT STAYS IN THEIR FAVORITE TELEVISION STUDIOS: “Do the authorities of Gdańsk and the journalists describing their 'success' truly not feel the inappropriateness of what they are doing? They are doing it to outstanding people, well-recorded in the history of the city and Poland, people symbolizing the history of 'Solidarity,' people who perished in public service in the still unexplained tragedy in Smolensk. Cultural barbarism in its purest form. Savagery. Rudeness straight from Bolshevism. A great shame for the city. At the same time, a warning to all of us that the contempt industry does not always have to be a thing of the past. PS. I wish right-wing politicians pleasant stays in their favorite television studios there. Let's have good debates about building a community!” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/388188-barbarzyncy-kulturowi-w-gdansku-znowu-rzucili-sp-anne-walentynowicz-i-sp-lecha-kaczynskiego-w-wiosenne-bloto

-- LOWER SUPPORT MAY BE CONVENIENT FOR PiS - Prof. Radosław Markowski in GW: “Because if the opposition believes that PiS is weakening and it is growing stronger, it will stop uniting. And regardless of temporary fluctuations, only a broad centrist-liberal bloc is capable of removing PiS from power. So, if PiS's ratings continue to decline, paradoxically, it may be convenient for them.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23209954,prof-radoslaw-markowski-nizsze-poparcie-moze-byc-dla-pis-wygodne.html

-- SCANDALOUS CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE RE-BURIAL OF A FORMER PO DEPUTY - Jacek Nizinkiewicz in RZ: “The relatives of Sebastian Karpiniuk learned about his re-burial by chance from the mayor of Kołobrzeg. The prosecutor did not send them any letters. (...) The National Prosecutor's Office refuses to comment on the matter. One investigator unofficially told us only that the funeral company was supposed to notify the family. This is not the prosecutor's office's first slip-up regarding the Karpiniuk family. Previously, no one informed them about the exhumation date. They learned about it, just as they did about the funeral now, from the mayor of Kołobrzeg, who received a letter with the exhumation date and an annotation that the information was classified from the cemetery administrator. – Perhaps in both cases, this was done because Sebastian's father was against the exhumation – muses one of the family's friends.” http://www.rp.pl/Katastrofa-smolenska/303299879-Skandaliczne-okolicznosci-pogrzebu-bylego-posla-PO.html

-- THE GOVERNMENT IS LOSING THE GAMBLING GAME - Sylwia Czubkowska in GW: “PiS politicians promised to sort out gambling and that the state would start earning from games. Meanwhile, there are still no state-owned 'one-armed bandit' machines. It is also unknown when the e-casino will launch, as Totalizator Sportowy is unsuccessfully handling the matter. And smaller tax revenues are flowing into the budget than anticipated.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,155287,23209709,rzad-przegrywa-gre-z-hazardem.html

-- THE GOVERNMENT'S LEX DEVELOPER PROJECT LEADS TO FURTHER SPATIAL ANARCHY - GW: “For a long time, the government has been working on the 'Mieszkanie plus' project, through which Poles are to gain access to affordable rental units. Therefore, the Ministry of Development and Investment has proposed a bill to facilitate housing investments. However, the project concerns not only affordable rental housing but all residential buildings. Urban activists immediately raised an alarm. The law has been nicknamed 'Lex Developer' because it significantly increases the powers of this group at the expense of residents.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,161712,23209103,buduj-gdzie-kto-moze-ustawa-lex-developer.html

-- SLD WAS LIKE A HORROR CHARACTER WHO DIDN'T NOTICE IT HAD DIED - JAKUB MAJMUREK in Wyborcza: “The Alliance could not find its footing in the new reality dominated by two post-Solidarity parties. It was like a horror character who didn't notice it had died and still roamed the earth, scaring the living. The party was burdened by scandals from the 2001-05 period, the catastrophic decision to participate in the war in Iraq, and the reputation of an unprincipled, corrupt ruling party.”

-- POLISH VOTERS ARE BETTING ON THE OLD - MAJMUREK ON SLD: “However, it is difficult not to understand those who will vote for SLD – that is, simply against PiS. The new left – not just the one from Razem – undeniably has a problem breaking through and capturing the public's imagination. Perhaps the potential return of Robert Biedroń to national politics could change this. One can hope that a brutal collision with reality will allow Razem to start conducting real politics. For now, however, everything indicates that Polish voters are betting on the old.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,23208688,sld-jest-jak-postac-z-horroru-ktora-nie-zauwazyla-ze-nie-zyje.html

-- MONIKA OLEJNIK in GW: “The famous octopuses from the Tusk era have become an octopus on Beata Szydło's table.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,23209803,smierdzace-jajeczko.html

-- EITHER THE FOURTH REPUBLIC WILL BE ITSELF OR IT WON'T EXIST, WHO NEEDS A FAKE - JACEK KARNOWSKI ON THE PFN YACHT: “Yet, the idea of a cruise with Mateusz Kusznierewicz was widely rejected, even ridiculed, including by supporters of the Good Change. And understandably so: it is a proposal seemingly taken straight from the previous era. A proposal in the style of Tusk, in essence. (...) An important project did not work out (at least for now) because it imitates too much the times that have passed (perhaps forever, perhaps not). It is worth drawing appropriate conclusions from this situation, both regarding similar events and actions in other spheres. Imitation is a path to ruin, a path to defeat. Either the Fourth Republic will be itself, or it won't exist. Because who needs a fake?” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/388177-imitacja-jest-droga-na-manowce-jest-droga-ku-klesce-po-co-komu-podrobka-zarowno-w-sferze-eventow-jak-i-w-polityce

-- FATHER HENRYK ZIELIŃSKI EXPLAINS WHAT EASTER IS ABOUT AND SAYS THE CHURCH DOES NOT FAVOR THE AUTHORITIES AT ALL: https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/ludzie-potrafia-zabawic-sie-na-smierc-ks-henryk-zielinski-tlumaczy-o-co-chodzi-w-wielkanocy-6235343953213569v

-- BIRTHDAYS: Mariusz Antoni Kamiński turns 40, Mieczysław Kasprzak.