-- POLLS INDICATE PATRYK JAKI – GPC: “Patryk Jaki’s chances in the Warsaw mayoral election are increasing if he were to be put forward as the United Right candidate. This is shown by polls commissioned by the ruling camp. The final decision on this matter may be announced on April 14th, during the PiS convention.” https://gpcodziennie.pl/86040-sondazewskazujanapatrykajakiego.html
-- PO, NOWOCZESNA AND SLD TOGETHER, MEANING ŻYK COUNTS SABERS AGAINST PIS – COURIER LUBELSKI FRONT PAGE: https://www.egazety.pl/polska-press/e-wydanie-polska-kurier-lubelski.html

-- JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI ON AN 80% COMPROMISE WITH THE EU – IN AN INTERVIEW WITH GAZETA POLSKA: “We plan to make changes to the judicial regulations agreed upon with the European Commission,” said PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczyński in an interview with “Gazeta Polska.” In his opinion, the chances of ending Poland’s dispute with the Commission over the rule of law are 80%.” http://niezalezna.pl/221576-prezes-pis-o-zakonczeniu-sporu-z-komisja-europejska-moze-sie-to-stac-niebawem

-- ŚNIADEK ON POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO 500+ – AS QUOTED BY JOANNA ĆWIEK IN RZ: “Everything will be clarified on April 14th, during the ruling party’s convention. It is possible that new solutions for the Family 500+ program will be proposed,” says Janusz Śniadek, a PiS politician and member of the parliamentary Committee on Social Policy and Family. He does not wish to reveal details, however.” http://www.rp.pl/Kraj/304039901-500-Projekty-opozycji-do-zamrazarki.html

-- FILM PREMIERE ABOUT OLGA JOHANN: “- In her home, one experienced such moments. She was an extraordinary, absolutely fantastic person. I saw her a few days before this illness struck, she often visited me too – she spoke with my now-famous boss, Barbara Skrzypek, but also with me. As always, she was kind, as always she brought me candies, always the same ones – very good. Unfortunately, later I only saw her in the hospital in a very bad state – said Jarosław Kaczyński.” http://niezalezna.pl/221563-to-byla-niezwykla-osoba-premiera-filmu-o-oldze-johann

-- ŁAPIŃSKI ON THE SHORTNESS OF BREATH OF THE GOOD CHANGE, JOHANN ON THE DEADLOCK WITH KRS – 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/04/04/
-- GAZETA WROCŁAWSKA FRONT PAGE FEATURES A PHOTO OF UJAZDOWSKI WITH ZIOBRO.

-- JACEK HARŁUKOWICZ WRITES THAT NOWOCZESNA AND DUTKIEWICZ WANTED TO PRESENT SCHETYNA WITH A DIFFERENT PROPOSAL: “As we have learned, Nowoczesna and Rafał Dutkiewicz wanted to present Grzegorz Schetyna with a proposal for a political package for Wrocław and Lower Silesia this week. According to them, the common opposition candidate would be Jacek Sutryk [director of the city hall’s social affairs department – editor’s note], and Dutkiewicz would engage in the Platform’s campaign for the regional assembly. However, it is not known whether such an offer will be made at all, given Schetyna’s idea with Ujazdowski. According to our information, the Wrocław PO authorities are to discuss Ujazdowski’s candidacy on Friday, and his participation in the elections is planned to be confirmed for Saturday.” http://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,23220370,ujazdowski-kandydatem-schetyny-na-prezydenta-wroclawia.html

-- RAFAŁ DUTKIEWICZ ON UJAZDOWSKI’S CANDIDACY – QUOTED BY JACEK HARŁUKOWICZ IN GW: “Rafał Dutkiewicz also rejects the possibility of supporting Ujazdowski. – I respect him; I believe he serves Poland well as an MEP. However, Wrocław should be governed by a local government official, a person of the younger generation, involved in the city’s affairs and familiar with its problems – the president told us.” http://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,23220370,ujazdowski-kandydatem-schetyny-na-prezydenta-wroclawia.html

-- FRASYNIUK ON UJAZDOWSKI’S CANDIDACY: “– Kazimierz Ujazdowski represented the national-Catholic faction of PiS, and this is precisely the kind of candidate Grzegorz Schetyna is now proposing to European Wrocław. This is nothing more than a continuation of the behind-the-scenes talks that the PO chairman recently had with PiS regarding the takeover of the regional assembly – Frasyniuk tells ‘Wyborcza’.” http://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,23221957,frasyniuk-ujazdowski-to-narodowo-katolicka-frakcja-pis.html

-- LEMPART STRONGLY ON UJAZDOWSKI: “– I understand that in Grzegorz Schetyna’s opinion, Wrocław needs a right-winger with a mental mustache as mayor, for whom the demands of the Church and good relations with it are more important than the needs and rights of citizens. A person who was in PiS, ‘but wasn’t happy’ – says Marta Lempart, leader of the All-Poland Women’s Strike, who ironically suggested on Twitter that the common candidate for PO and PiS should be… Jacek Międlar.” http://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,23221762,lewica-o-ujazdowskim-schetyna-chce-oddac-wroclaw-w-rece-popis-u.html

-- HUSKOWSKI WANTS TO SUPPORT DUTKIEWICZ’S CANDIDATE: “Huskowski himself would support Jacek Sutryk in the elections (whom President Rafał Dutkiewicz wants to nominate): – I know Sutryk; he is a person with broad horizons and commitment to the city’s affairs, and above all, he is impeccably honest, a model of integrity.” http://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,23222368,huskowski-wroclaw-to-miasto-otwarte-nie-potrzebuje-dwoch-kandydatow.html

-- WE DON'T WANT A FORMER PIS MEMBER - an anonymous PO activist in Agnieszka Burzyńska’s article in Fakt.

-- THIS IS HOW PIS PAYS – GW FRONT PAGE (Agata Kondzińska, Iwona Szpala): “This is not the end of the profits during Solvere’s short history. Transfers from PiS to the company amounted to over PLN 450,000. From August to the end of December, the party paid the company PLN 73,800 per month; in July, it transferred half of that sum. PiS did not respond as to what for.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23222869,tak-placi-pis-ujawniamy-wydatki-partii-jaroslawa-kaczynskiego.html

-- PIS STANDS BEHIND FENCES – THE GOVERNMENT IS SHIELDING ITSELF FROM POLES – FAKT: “Jurgiel with wild animals, Błaszczak for monthly commemorations, Kuchciński in front of the Sejm, Kaczyński in front of the party headquarters.” https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polityka/cala-prawda-o-plotach-pis-tak-wladza-odgradza-sie-od-obywateli/cz9qql3

-- THE PRESIDENT DID NOT INFORM THE PIS CHAIRMAN ABOUT THE VETO – Paweł Wroński in GW: “In PiS, there is still astonishment and anger following President Andrzej Duda’s decision to veto the degradation act. This is even greater because, according to our sources from the ruling party, the president did not deign to inform PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczyński of his decision beforehand. Only at the last minute did he inform Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Minister of Defence Mariusz Błaszczak.”

-- WROŃSKI ON FUNDAMENTAL DISCREPANCIES: “A fundamental discord between the president and PiS has emerged once again. Andrzej Duda realizes that to win future elections, he will need to gain the support not only of Kaczyński’s party but also of the center and the left. He also knows from secret reports about the mood in the army and police that the uniformed services, which unanimously supported him and his party three years ago, tired of Civic Platform, are now turning away from PiS. It is difficult for them to support a party that introduced an act depriving many police officers of their pensions (the so-called de-UB-ization act, which the president signed despite reservations about its constitutionality) and another, proposing the deprivation of officer ranks, if not of current military personnel, then their fathers.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,23222861,prezydent-problem-prezesa.html

-- PIS MUST LISTEN TO DUDA’S MESSAGE THAT THE TOLERANCE THRESHOLD FOR BAD LAWS HAS BEEN CROSSED – MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “Instead of being offended by the president, PiS and its sympathizers should try to understand the motives behind his decision. He precisely explained them in his speech, and they can be summarized as follows: even the most justified moral intentions do not excuse laws that defy the standards of a democratic rule of law. The president has drawn conclusions from the uproar that erupted during the amendment to the IPN act: it does not pay to sign laws with serious flaws, even if their assumptions are noble and their moral intentions justified. The threshold of tolerance for bad laws has been crossed – explains one of the president’s collaborators. And PiS must listen to this message if it does not want to be surprised by further vetoes from Andrzej Duda.” http://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/304039905-Szuldrzynski-o-wecie-prezydenta-Prog-tolerancji-zostal-przekroczony.html

-- PROFESSOR KRASNODĘBSKI DOES NOT RECALL ANY EVENT THAT COULD DISQUALIFY THE PRESIDENT – as he tells wPolityce: “What strikes me in Polish public life is the constant fanning of emotions on one side or the other and the belief that something extraordinary is happening. Every week we face some catastrophe, and within a few days, we forget about it. And what will happen in two years? Anything could happen. Everything indicates that Andrzej Duda will be PiS’s candidate, but a different decision will not be a tragedy for the country either. However, all this is premature speculation. I do not recall any event that could disqualify Mr. President as a PiS candidate in the elections.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/388655-nasz-wywiad-prof-krasnodebski-wszystko-wskazuje-na-to-ze-andrzej-duda-bedzie-kandydatem-pis-ale-inna-decyzja-takze-nie-bedzie-zadnym-dramatem

-- PROFESSOR DUDEK BELIEVES THAT PIS WILL NEED PAD MORE THAN PAD WILL NEED PIS – as he tells wPolityce: “But if the situation unfolds differently and PiS does not achieve an excellent election result or finds itself in opposition, then Andrzej Duda will be PiS’s last resort. For the next two years, PiS will need Andrzej Duda much more than Andrzej Duda will need PiS. Some radical PiS supporters still refuse to remember this. It’s not just about what President Kaczyński wrote in his letter at the beginning of this year, stating that Duda’s victory paved the way for PiS to win the parliamentary elections in the autumn of 2015. It’s also about the fact that President Duda holds the brake in the form of a veto over the government. He has used it very sparingly against the PiS government so far. Over two years, there have only been three vetoes. Looking back and comparing it to the number of vetoes made by other presidents, it is a very small number of vetoes. In fact, only two of them caused a huge wave of dissatisfaction. The veto concerning the act on Regional Audit Offices passed without much attention. Few people knew what it was about.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/388654-nasz-wywiad-prof-dudek-przez-najblizsze-dwa-lata-pis-znacznie-bardziej-bedzie-potrzebowal-andrzeja-dudy-niz-andrzej-duda-pis

-- JACEK KARNOWSKI ON THE MEDIA RECURRENCE OF THE THIRD REPUBLIC OF POLAND: “In any case, we have outrage. But also joy. Because the foundation of the Third Polish Republic – ‘media public opinion’ – has been reborn in Poland. Without this public opinion – always sated, always self-satisfied, always righteous – there is, as is known, no true ‘liberal democracy.’ Immediately after the 2015 elections, it seemed that both unconditional public opinion and unconditional democracy were regaining their rightful place, but today we wonder if this was not just an illusion. Or an episode. Can the Fourth Republic exist based on the ‘media public opinion’ of the Third Republic? A difficult question. Generally, yes, and even for quite some time. In my opinion, even for a very long time, i.e., until the next elections.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/388695-czy-iv-rp-moze-istniec-w-oparciu-o-medialna-opinie-publiczna-iii-rp-moze-i-to-dlugo-nawet-do-wyborow

-- MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI ON THE FALSE MYTH THAT THE THIRD REPUBLIC OF POLAND CAN BE CHANGED WITH THE STRUCTURES OF THE THIRD REPUBLIC OF POLAND: “Indeed, PiS is playing (and sometimes very aggressively) significantly above its resources. Its business, media, academic, affiliated organizations, foreign influence, etc., base is significantly smaller than that of the Third Republic camp. These are crucial tools in a democracy. Therefore, we must respect and develop what we have, not count on pie in the sky. Such reforms can be undertaken, perhaps, in the second or, preferably, the third term. If undertaken now, they will result in everything falling apart, becoming deregulated (it's already starting), and the first term will be the last. The resource advantage of the Third Republic camp was neutralized by bypassing these structures in communication with Poles and creating a few of its own (in terms of worldview) elements, which are, moreover, being weakened. Perhaps consciously. I have written more about the consequences of this policy, about the false myth that the Third Republic can be changed along with the structures of the Third Republic, in the latest issue of the weekly ‘Sieci’.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/388684-lepsze-bywa-wrogiem-dobrego-trzeba-szanowac-to-co-jest-niech-sobie-prawica-te-zdania-na-drzwiach-przybije

-- LOT CEO ON THE END OF OKĘCIE – told to Krzysztof Śmietana in DGP: “Temporary expansion is needed, but it must be rational. It must be said clearly: this airport must be closed when the Central Communication Port is launched, so colossal sums of money should not be invested there. I will go further – Okęcie should cease serving not only civilian but also military flights. These areas are better suited for development projects. (...) It will be a fascinating challenge for urban planners: in a key location, close to the city center, we will gain a huge area. A breeding ground for start-ups and talents for future economic sectors could grow there – a modern city of new technologies.”

-- LOT CEO ON THE DISCREDITING OF RADOM: “In Radom’s case, unfortunately, socio-technical measures were used for a long time to discredit the city and its airport. I am outraged that many people from the capital and other large cities mock smaller cities like Radom.”

-- LOT CEO ON WIFI ON BOARD: “All the aircraft we are ordering are equipped with devices that allow for the installation of onboard Wi-Fi. However, it’s a bit like clearing roads of snow. When a lot of snow falls, the highways are cleared first, then national roads, and finally local ones. While pulling LOT out of its slump, we had to focus on the most important issues, mainly building a good network of connections and convenient transfers. We will deal with the internet next.” http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/opinie/artykuly/571932,prezes-pll-lot-milczarski-lotnisko-na-okeciu-trzeba-zamknac-takze-dla-wojska.html

-- BIRTHDAYS: Oswald Rodrigo Pereira, Jan Kaźmierczak