-- JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI STATES THAT ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE CATASTROPHE'S COURSE MAY TAKE ANOTHER YEAR - in an interview with Katarzyna Gójska, Tomasz Sakiewicz, and Piotr Lisiewicz in Gazeta Polska: “The truth remains. We know that the final report will not be ready for the eighth anniversary of the tragedy. Instead, there will be a partial report which, I presume, will show in detail what has been unequivocally established and indicate the questions that Antoni Macierewicz's subcommittee will seek answers to. Here, the results of the work of American experts, who worked a few weeks ago in Mińsk Mazowiecki on a sister Tu-154, could prove extremely important, perhaps even groundbreaking. However, we still have to wait for them. These are extremely precise, technically advanced analyses that require time. According to announcements, these studies will take about a year, perhaps even a little longer. The work of the team of experts appointed by the prosecutor's office will supplement this effort.”

-- KACZYŃSKI ON PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE EXPERTS: “I know that this matter is being checked. Also by special services. The reservations do not seem unfounded, which is why they are being analyzed. As far as I know, the prosecutor's office has not yet concluded final agreements.” https://gpcodziennie.pl/85932-kaczynskizastrzezeniadodoradcowprokuraturyniesabezpodstaw.html

-- 37 YEARS AGO, the first issue of "Tygodnik Solidarność" was published.

-- Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka celebrates her birthday.

-- SASIN SEES NO REASON TO DECLARE HE WON'T VOTE FOR PAD, KOWNACKI ON THE LACK OF ALTERNATIVE FOR PAD - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/04/03/

-- JAKI WINS IN PIS INTERNAL POLLS - writes Michał Kolanko in RZ: “According to our information, in internal polls commissioned for the party leadership at Nowogrodzka, Deputy Minister of Justice Patryk Jaki consistently has the highest support, winning against the alternative candidate of the United Right – that is, the Head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Michał Dworczyk.” http://www.rp.pl/Wybory-samorzadowe/180409929-Wybory-samorzadowe-Katowice-zwiazane-ze-stolica-PiS-szuka.html&template=restricted

-- WIRTUALNE MEDIA WRITES ABOUT TVP INFO BANNER REFORM - OLECHOWSKI: THE COMMUNICATION METHOD CANNOT BE INFANTILE: “As the Wirtualnemedia.pl portal has learned, one of the first goals set for Olechowski and Kuczkowski is to calm emotions surrounding the banners on TVP Info. - The most important task that the management has set for me is the even greater professionalization of the work of the editorial offices I manage. I care about TVP Info and, more broadly, TVP's news programs being objective, reliable, but also not being afraid to show reality that other television channels do not show. I want journalists to not be afraid to show different aspects of public life, but to do so professionally. The way we communicate this cannot be infantile – Jarosław Olechowski tells the Wirtualnemedia.pl portal.”

-- OLECHOWSKI ON CLEAR MARKING OF QUOTES ON BANNERS: “According to the head of TAI – contrary to the accusations of critics – the information on the TVP Info banner was true. - However, the form in which it was presented often weakened the strength of the arguments. I want the information on the banners to be strong arguments, not just because we add a few adjectives – says Olechowski. In his opinion, some of the accusations arose because unmarked quotes appeared on the information strips. – They were paraphrased and presented as editorial statements. That was not good. Now I have issued an order that if we quote someone, it must be clearly indicated that it is a quote – Olechowski concludes.” http://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/nowe-szefostwo-tai-chce-zmienic-paski-w-tvp-info-komunikacja-nie-moze-byc-infantylna

-- MARCIN MASTALEREK ON DUDA BEING THE STRONGEST LINK OF THE RIGHT - says in an interview with Kamila Baranowska in Do Rzeczy: “The stories that someone else could be PiS's candidate for president can only be suggested by people who wish ill upon Law and Justice. Andrzej Duda is currently the strongest link of the United Right camp in terms of image; he is popular and evokes great sympathy and respect among people. Furthermore, there is another important thing – President Andrzej Duda has the latest elections; parliamentary, European, and local elections are earlier. It is worth realizing this.”

-- IMAGES, FLAGS, AND MICROPHONES WILL NOT REPLACE PURE POLITICS - says Mastalerek: “Nice images, a beautiful background on which politicians are filmed, or nicely arranged flags and microphones will not replace pure politics. Charlatans who claim that everything can be done through PR are self-proclaimed braggarts. Good politics means: clearly defined goals, a good strategy, and consistency in their implementation, and only then can it be packaged, communicated attractively, and at the right moment. The strength of the United Right camp in 2015 stemmed from the fact that there was an excellent program, there was a leader, there were people who had tasks to perform, and finally, all of this was packaged. Not the other way around.”

-- THE PRIME MINISTER'S INNER CIRCLE MUST NOT COPY SZYDŁO'S STYLE - says Mastalerek to Baranowska: “I'm keeping my fingers crossed for him. He took office at a difficult moment, halfway through the term, with difficult tasks ahead of him, but he has all the makings to handle them. The time for hard work is approaching, and elections and campaigning are a big challenge. Mateusz Morawiecki can be a great asset during the campaign, provided that the prime minister's colleagues do not copy Beata Szydło's style, because Mateusz Morawiecki has his own strengths, and these should be highlighted.”

-- THE OPPOSITION HAS SEEN THE WORST AND WILL NOT LIE DOWN - says Mastalerek: “In my opinion, the opposition has already seen the worst, and in 2019 it will not lie down. It will be a tough fight with the Third Polish Republic and all its resources that this milieu has accumulated for decades. It's not that only PiS is a superpower today, and they are defeated. Anyone who thinks so is, to put it mildly, naive.”

-- MASTALEREK ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE LOT CEO, HARMING THE GOOD CHANGE: “When I proposed a large advertising campaign for Poland by repainting LOT airplanes in white and red, many rank-and-file employees of the company contacted me. I heard many bitter words and sad stories. The man who became president in politics achieved nothing, although he really wanted to. His greatest success was being a member of the steering committee of the Republikanie association when Przemysław Wipler was its president. He doesn't hide that he is a liberal, and that has little in common with the PiS program. If the 'good change' is to be implemented by people who deprive pilots and flight attendants of employment contracts and contemptuously tell trade unionists that they 'don't understand the changes,' it will end badly at the ballot box. It is not normal for the management to receive over PLN 2.5 million in bonuses, and at the same time withdraw from promised pilot pay raises, which would cost less than the bonuses for four management members. Is this how the good change should look in managing a state-owned company? If there is no respect for people in state-owned companies, nothing good will come of it for the ruling party. Such things can be decisive.”

-- PIOTR ZAREMBA ON THE MORAL CRISIS AND EXHAUSTION FROM POWER - writes in DGP: “This legislative failure of PiS is one of many problems. There are others: marches against the new abortion law or the ban on Sunday trading. These stem from the ideological nature of this camp, but the moral crisis, exhaustion from power, do not. Kaczyński contributed to the biggest trouble. As leaks indicated, he was dissatisfied with the bonuses for ministers. We remember how he ordered similar gratuities to be returned by members of the Sejm and Senate presidiums. Yet, when former Prime Minister Szydło reacted with a shout from the tribune, he presented himself as the initiator of her speech. According to some, to show that the situation was not out of his control. According to others, to put Prime Minister Morawiecki in his place. Because he quickly began to express dissatisfaction with the new favorite.”

-- THE UNITED RIGHT'S ACCOUNT REMAINS JOINT - concludes Zaremba: “A poor moment was chosen, and the ruling camp revealed legislative awkwardness. It turned out that the system for early coordination of positions on laws between the presidential palace and PiS does not work. All of this is true, but the president should be concerned about correcting this impression, so about settling the issue of former WRON members, at least as much as the PiS leaders. Not even out of fear that the radical right will abandon him. Because by aligning definitively in the 2019 elections, the United Right camp may drag him down with it. The account is still joint.” http://www.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/1114832,zaremba-o-prezydenckim-wecie-do-ustawy-degradacyjnej.html

-- THIS PRESIDENCY IS MATURING, DUDA IS CLEARLY ASSERTING HIS INDEPENDENCE - Marcin Fijołek: “The president, like any politician, is subject to evaluation and criticism, including emotional ones. Half of Andrzej Duda's term in the Presidential Palace has recently passed – this presidency had many merits, great gestures, excellent moves, but the president did not avoid bad choices or decisions. This presidency is maturing, taking shape, strengthening, and Andrzej Duda himself is increasingly asserting his sovereignty. It is difficult to fault a politician who takes his role seriously. And this is how I interpret the decision to veto the 'degradation' law: a difficult decision, but one that does not turn the world of politics upside down. The less emotion in assessing such moves, the healthier our public life will be.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/388452-jeszcze-o-ostatnim-wecie-manichejski-obraz-swiata-i-rozkrecone-emocje-zacieraja-to-co-wazne

-- KATARZYNA KOLENDA-ZALESKA ON GOVERNMENTAL SLOPPINESS - writes in GW: “If in such important and fundamental laws, sloppiness follows sloppiness, what guarantees can one have that in other matters – for example, concerning taxes – it is not similar? Absolutely none. Shoddy work, lack of competence, and politics are a fatal combination for a citizen who cannot be certain of anything. And for sloppiness, the government will soon probably award itself further bonuses.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,23218625,fuszerka-goni-fuszerke-czyli-fatalny-chaos-w-obozie-wladzy.html

-- PIS MAY BECOME SO IMMERSED IN CHAOS THAT IT WILL BE ENOUGH FOR TUSK TO JUST WALK IN - Tomasz Walczak in SE: “I am not convinced that Tusk will be able to find his way in this new situation. In addition, there are still scandals and minor scandals that trail him and his people, and Tusk's personal charm may not be enough to forget them, and about which the PiS propaganda machine will effectively remind. But who knows, perhaps by 2019, PiS will already be so mired in chaos – of which we have a foretaste in recent weeks – that it will be enough for him, Donald Tusk, to arrive in shining armor and sweep everything away. Today, this is fortune-telling, but the dynamics of our politics do not allow us to exclude such a scenario.” http://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/opinie/tomasz-walczak-powrot-krola-europy_1047575.html

-- ACCORDING TO DR CHWEDORUK, TUSK'S RETURN MAY BE CONVENIENT FOR PIS - as he says in an interview with SE: “The desired opponent would return, whose flaws are easy to expose. Someone who, in the stereotypical opinion of many Poles, was responsible for crisis phenomena. Someone to whom it is easy to attribute things emerging from hearings before the Amber Gold or reprivatization commissions.” http://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/opinie/prof-rafal-chwedoruk-najcieplej-o-powrocie-tuska-mysli-prawo-i-sprawiedliwosc_1047582.html

-- KAPICA WAS THREATENED WITH AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT BY THE MAFIA - Wojciech Czuchnowski in GW: “Eight years ago, Jacek Kapica, arrested last week, was threatened with an assassination attempt by the gambling mafia. He had to travel in an armored car and had Government Protection Bureau (BOR) security with his family. The Ministry of Finance was also under special surveillance.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23218709,mafia-chciala-zabic-jacka-kapice-pod-ochrona-bor-jezdzil-pancernym.html

-- MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI: THE ANNIVERSARY AND MONUMENT SHOULD BE SEPARATED FROM THE REPORT: “All the more reason for the patriotic camp to do everything to ensure that nothing else disturbs this day. It should be a time of prayer and remembrance, similar in its solemnity to the first days of mourning. Let's remember: soon after, various provocations destroyed this unity. Therefore, I appeal: all other events related to the anniversary of the tragedy, including reports from the work of the Smolensk subcommittee and the prosecutor's office, should be announced at a different time, even the day after. Let April 10, 2018, be a day of reflection and satisfaction that the Polish nation has nevertheless erected this monument. That we remember.” https://wpolityce.pl/smolensk/388500-i-bedzie-pomnik-wszelkie-inne-wydarzenia-zwiazane-z-rocznica-powinny-byc-w-innym-terminie

-- PIOTR SKWIECIŃSKI ON THE STATE OF POLISH ARISTOCRACY AFTER THE CZARTORYSKI FOUNDATION CASE: “We are dealing with an aristocracy, that is, a milieu that presents itself as the carrier of some supposedly higher, genetic patriotism. Almost the very substance of Polishness. If one wants to be perceived that way, then noblesse oblige. Money should be kept in the country. Especially money received from the Polish government as part of an operation declared patriotic to the nth degree. Transferring it to a tax haven is, as it were, contrary to the self-generated auto-mythology.” https://wpolityce.pl/kultura/388472-noblesse-jednak-oblige-czyli-czartoryscy-zjedli-swoje-ciastko

-- SAKIEWICZ AND STREFA WOLNEGO SŁOWA TARGETED BY MOSCOW - GPC: “One of the main targets of the Kremlin's disinformation machine has become the editor-in-chief of 'Gazeta Polska,' Tomasz Sakiewicz, and the milieu associated with Strefa Wolnego Słowa media. The reason for the attacks is Sakiewicz's consistently pro-Ukrainian line and the media he directs – assesses Kazimierz Wóycicki in 'Politico.'” https://gpcodziennie.pl/85936-sakiewiczistrefawolnegoslowanacelownikumoskwy.html

-- MAZUREK REBUKES TARCZYŃSKI: “And how do you know what we're going to talk about? A clairvoyant? – it was in this way that the spokesperson for Law and Justice addressed MP Dominik Tarczyński of the same party on Twitter.” https://dorzeczy.pl/kraj/60523/Mazurek-strofuje-Tarczynskiego.html