SE: HGW Refuses to Reveal Support for Trzaskowski or Wojciechowicz JSW Apologizes for N and Zembaczyński: I Disagree with Him, but Jaki Isn't Scum! I Wouldn't Call Anyone That

-- JAKI WANTS ŻALEK TO APOLOGIZE - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/05/10/

-- HANNA GRONKIEWICZ-WALTZ REFUSES TO SAY WHETHER SHE WILL VOTE FOR TRZASKOWSKI OR WOJCIECHOWICZ - as reported by SE, relaying HGW's press conference: “- I hope that Warsaw will gain a reasonable president who will not disdain documents prepared by his predecessors - replied the Mayor of Warsaw. She did not want to reveal whether she would support Rafał Trzaskowski or perhaps Jacek Wojciechowicz.”

-- I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT LET'S OBSERVE, CHECK, AND SUPPORT GOODNESS - FATHER TADEUSZ RYDZYK IN CONVERSATION WITH WPOLITYCE: “I respect Prime Minister Morawiecki, I respect Prime Minister Kaczyński, but I don't understand these things. We, all Poles, should watch what is happening, support all goodness with prayer. And if something is wrong, let's talk, but substantively. The power of argument, not the argument of power. It's a pity, because Prof. Szyszko did a lot and is competent. I don't understand this, but let's observe, check, and support goodness!” https://wpolityce.pl/m/polityka/393500-tylko-u-nas-o-tadeusz-rydzyk-o-dzialaniach-pis-nie-wszystko-rozumiem-ale-obserwujmy-sprawdzajmy-i-wspierajmy-dobro

-- GPC: MONTHLY ANNIVERSARIES CONTINUE: “As announced by PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczyński, today – as every month for eight years – the observance of another monthly anniversary of the Smolensk catastrophe will take place in Warsaw – although without the March of Remembrance.” https://gpcodziennie.pl/89153-miesiecznicetrwaja.html

-- THE PARTY TOGETHER'S PROPOSAL ON THE FRONT PAGE OF ANOTHER REGIONAL NEWSPAPER:

-- MARCELINA ZAWISZA ON TOGETHER'S PROPOSALS TO SHORTEN THE WORKDAY BY AN HOUR: “Employees on full-time contracts are still the majority of the employed – 16 million people. We won't solve all the labor market problems with one law, but our project has a positive impact on the situation of employees on precarious contracts – it forces an increase in the minimum hourly wage. Our proposals regarding the fight against precarious contracts are well-known. We want penalties for violating labor law to be proportional to the company's turnover, contributions on contracts, and a higher hourly rate on ad hoc agreements. Regarding precarious contracts, we appear at demonstrations and pickets on this matter and we also organize them ourselves, we try to help employees who are placed in such a situation.” http://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/zawisza-razem-35godzin-praca/

-- "I COULDN'T STAND IT ANYMORE, I SLAMMED THE DOOR" - GAZETA.PL QUOTES JSW'S WORDS FROM A PRIVATE CONVERSATION WITH MP N - as written by Łukasz Rojgosz: “- Marek Sowa and Piotrek Misiło, on behalf of the Club's Presidency, told her that she wouldn't speak because 'that's brutal politics' – a politician familiar with the course of the meeting tells us. - When Asia left the meeting, she was really furious. She told me: 'I couldn't stand it anymore, I slammed the door' – says a person who knows MP Scheuring-Wielgus well.”

-- "THE PROJECT WAS SCRAPPED, THERE'S NO POINT PRETENDING" - one of the MPs from N in Rojgosz's article: “- Matters of conflict with Kamila, Kamila's unsuccessful removal from the club leader position, and the alleged ban on speaking about disability issues served as a pretext for a spectacular and emotional departure and an attack on Nowoczesna – adds another member of Nowoczesna's board. - Kaśka and the leadership are putting on a brave face, but what else can they do? The project was scrapped, there's no point pretending – concludes one of the opponents of the current party leadership. ” http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,23376282,cenzura-konflikt-z-szefowa-klubu-walka-o-wladze-w-partii.html

-- "I DISAGREE WITH JAKI BUT I APOLOGIZE FOR CALLING HIM SCUM" - JOANNA SCHEURING-WIELGUS IN CONVERSATION WITH JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ IN RZ: “I cannot be in a party that accepts calling its opponents 'scum'. I disagree with Jaki, but I apologize to him for Nowoczesna's lack of reaction to the offensive statements made about him. For me, Patryk Jaki is not scum! I wouldn't call anyone that. I could never comment on someone's family life. Zembaczyński and Nowoczesna should apologize to Jaki. I felt bad in a party that accepted such behavior.”

-- "I CANNOT BE IN A PARTY THAT HAS BECOME A SATELLITE OF PO" - SAYS JSW IN RZ: “It didn't matter. I cannot be in a party that does not consider my opinion, but focuses solely on backroom discussions. I cannot be in a party that has become a satellite of PO, against which it was founded. I cannot be in a party that does not fight for its subjectivity. I cannot be in a party that betrays its ideals.”

-- "THERE IS NO REAL OPPOSITION UNITY" - JSW CONTINUES IN RZ: “There is no real opposition unity. There is only the unity of PO with Nowoczesna on Schetyna's terms. Nowoczesna has been absorbed by PO. I have the impression that Katarzyna Lubnauer is aiming to merge Nowoczesna with PO. My departure was ultimately decided by the attempt to muzzle me and the refusal to allow me to speak on disability issues.”

-- "LUBNAUER DIDN'T FIND TIME TO TALK TO ME" - JSW: “Katarzyna Lubnauer hasn't found a moment to talk to me for the last six months, so now I haven't found a reason to inform her of my decision in advance.”

-- JSW ON A NEW POLITICAL GROUPING: “I think after the local elections such a grouping will emerge. You can feel in the air that something should happen. It's time for a new generational and qualitative revolution. Most politicians in parliament are people who have been in politics since 1989. In all these years, the world and Poland have changed – but they probably haven't noticed it.” http://www.rp.pl/Polityka/305099889-Joanna-Scheuring-Wielgus-Wchlonela-nas-PO.html

-- NOWOCZESNA GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER - Iwona Szpala in GW.

-- CAULDRON IN NOWOCZESNA - FRONT PAGE OF GPC: https://gpcodziennie.pl/89154-kociolwnowoczesnej.html

-- NACZELNY RZ ON THE SAD END OF NOWOCZESNA: “PiS and the left are gaining from the collapse of Nowoczesna, because Morawiecki will attract pragmatists like a magnet, and the left will attract contrarians. PO is losing a significant ally and is starting to be doomed to SLD, which will only make it harder to gather the electorate of OFE sympathizers. Unless it can offer these people a sensible proposal. Not only theoretically, it still has time for that.” http://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/305099894-Chrabota-Nowoczesna---historia-pewnej-choroby.html

-- ZEMBACZYŃSKI SAYS PETRU SHOULD LEAVE - in an interview with Interia: “Ryszard Petru announced that if he loses the vote to dismiss Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz and fails to take the position of club leader, he will leave. It would be gentlemanly to keep the word he himself gave.” http://fakty.interia.pl/autor/aleksandra-gieracka/news-petru-odejdzie-z-nowoczesnej-zembaczynski-po-mesku-wypadalob,nId,2579381

-- "ON THE OPPOSITION SIDE, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL DO LITERALLY ANYTHING" - JACEK KARNOWSKI: “This tells us a lot about Ryszard Petru's political competence. It also says a lot about the destructive power of politics, which can quickly turn a person into someone unrecognizable, even spiritually. But it is also something more serious: a signal that on the opposition side, and very high up, there are people who will do literally anything to rule, both at home and abroad. And because they lack the talents of outstanding politicians, they can also really harm Poland. Because in our country, the phrase 'anything' has a special meaning, so well-known from history.” https://wpolityce.pl/m/polityka/393623-ryszard-petru-zabija-nowoczesna-w-koncu-swoje-dziecko-wylacznie-z-pragnienia-zemsty-wiele-to-o-nim-mowi

-- GAZETA STOŁECZNA CRITICIZES SOME OF TRZASKOWSKI'S PROPOSALS: “The most worrying is the announcement of withdrawing from the construction of a tram line to Gocław, for which the city hall had difficulty obtaining a final environmental decision, and half a year ago signed an agreement for PLN 62 million in EU funding. Instead of a tram that could run directly to the center before the next local elections in four years, Rafał Trzaskowski is returning to a PRL-era, unrealistic, and inconvenient for passengers plan of a circular route for the third metro line from Gocław via Grochów, with a necessary transfer at the Stadion Narodowy station. This would be a disastrous solution for Gocław, which urgently needs efficient access.” http://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,34905,23377823,zubik-i-osowski-trzaskowski-zaskakuje-zmianami-w-transporcie.html

-- MACIEREWICZ FOR MISIEWICZ - GPC: “The problem with this article is that Misiewicz is being accused, and Mr. Misiewicz is not identified by the CBA as guilty. We are dealing with a situation where the aim is to stigmatize the blameless Misiewicz. [...] Misiewicz is a deserving and unfairly attacked person – Antoni Macierewicz said on Telewizja Republika about the article in the weekly 'Sieci'.”

-- PROTESTERS HAVE BECOME ENEMIES OF THE RULERS - Zuzanna Dąbrowska in RZ: “Why was the ruling party unable to control its MPs after more than 20 days of parliamentary protest? Why is PiS losing its social instinct in this matter? Because the actions of the rulers in the social sphere are dictated by the desire to consolidate their position and improve their ratings – this is, after all, a fairly natural motivation.” http://www.rp.pl/Analizy/305099904-Protestujacy-stali-sie-wrogami-rzadzacych.html

-- GALLOWS WERE OK - NO PUNISHMENT FOR THE SCANDALOUS BANNER - GW ON THE FRONT PAGE: “'KOD, Nowoczesna, GW, Lis, Olejnik and other sluts - there will be no whistles for you, there will be gallows' – such a banner was hung by Legia Warsaw hooligans in May 2016. The prosecutor's office discontinued the investigation in this case. It believed the fans who claimed they did not know the content of the inscription.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23377470,szubienice-byly-ok-bez-kary-za-skandaliczny-transparent-na.html

-- THEY PROMISED BUDAPEST, THEN TURKEY, AND THEY ARE MAKING US BELARUS - headline on page 2 of Fakt.

-- EWA SIEDLECKA ON KUCHCIŃSKI'S ABUSE OF POWER: “This action can be treated as an abuse of power. Hence, a report to the prosecutor's office. The Watchdog Polska Association has already tried this route. Zbigniew Ziobro's prosecutor's office refused to initiate proceedings, ruling that the Marshal can freely regulate the rules of entry to the Sejm. I will also file a complaint. I am personally aggrieved by the refusal of entry, so if the prosecutor's office refuses to initiate proceedings against me, and the court upholds that decision, after another dismissal I can file a private criminal case against the Marshal. I urge all journalists and other individuals who have been denied access to the Sejm to do the same. These are times when respect for the constitution must be fought for.” https://siedlecka.blog.polityka.pl/2018/05/09/dziennikarze-protestuja-przeciwko-bezprawiu-marszalka-sejmu/?nocheck=1

-- THE SEJM HAS NEVER BEEN WORSE - PAWEŁ WROŃSKI in GW: “Never before in the history of the Third Polish Republic has Polish parliamentarianism fallen so low. The current Sejm reflects the Marshal's mentality. He treats it like his own garden, which needs to be trimmed evenly, weeded, have neat beds marked out, and everything done to ensure no one tramples the flowerbeds. However, parliament is not a garden. In a year, it will be 30 years of free parliamentarianism in Poland. Marshal Kuchciński has decided that this is enough.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23376655,ogrodek-marszalka-kuchcinskiego-tak-zle-z-sejmem-jeszcze-nie.html

-- JUDYTA WATOŁA ON PiS'S EMPTY PROMISES TO THE DISABLED - writes in GW: “As we wrote yesterday, the NFZ budget is creaking. And without an additional 720 million PLN for the disabled, it is already short by 3 billion PLN for this year. And now – according to the latest draft amendment to the health law – it is also supposed to find 300 million for salary increases for specialist doctors. The only thing the Fund can save is additional billions from government subsidies. This is guaranteed by the law on increasing health spending to 6% of GDP, passed last year. However, there is no mention of this in this year's budget law, and we don't hear that it is going to be amended. Another empty promise from PiS.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,23377764,pis-stworzy-kolejke-dla-ludzi-bez-kolejki.html

-- PIOTR WÓJCIK WRITES IN GPC THAT PiS SHOULD HAVE A COMMON PROGRAM AGENDA FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: “Thus, PiS and its coalition partners could try to create a common agenda for all their candidates. Such an agenda would necessarily have to be as general and comprehensive as possible, but its main advantage would be the possibility of promoting it in nationwide media, which still have a much greater influence on public opinion than local media as a whole. Creating a few slogans to drive the election campaign, which individual candidates would then adapt to local specifics, could give the campaign a breath of fresh air and be a decisive advantage. Especially since there are several areas that directly affect the lives of residents of individual cities, which have been crying out for help or at least more attention for years. And most opposition candidates are not eager to address them.” https://gpcodziennie.pl/89133-jakwygracbatalieomiasta.html

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