-- LIBERAL POLITICIANS JUST LOVE IT WHEN SOMEONE DISRUPTS THEIR MORAL-POLITICAL UNITY AND THEY ADORE DISCUSSIONS WITH OPPONENTS - Piotr Skwieciński in polemic with Rafał Kalukin: "And the fragment is characteristic: the course of local visits by PiS politicians, who have recently taken to the road across Poland to salvage their somewhat damaged relationship with supporters. They put in a lot of effort to ensure nothing disrupts the intimacy of these meetings…. Questions from the audience were selected, preventing inconvenient ones from being asked, although it would seem that an honest confrontation with difficult issues cleanses the atmosphere." Yes, it is indeed a characteristic feature solely of PiS politicians that they do not love "desant" attacks by opponents at their own meetings. Liberal politicians, on the contrary – they adore it when someone disrupts their moral-political unity at meetings, and they fall head over heels for discussions with opponents. Oh well..." https://wpolityce.pl/m/polityka/395622-jacy-bylibyscie-gdyby-to-was-stygmatyzowano-przez-dziesieciolecia

-- MILCZARSKI WANTS TO FIRE THE UNION HEAD AT LOT: "Monika Żelazik, chairwoman of the Flight Attendant and Cabin Crew Trade Union, will be summarily dismissed on Friday. LOT will also file a report with the prosecutor's office – according to our information. It all stems from the "combative" content of an email. As LOT employees inform us, on Monday the trade unions received a request for consent to dismiss Monika Żelazik, the head of the flight and cabin crew trade union." http://wyborcza.pl/7,75248,23443363,lot-rozlicza-zwiazkowcow-za-strajk-ich-szefowa-zostanie-zwolniona.html?disableRedirects=true

-- SE ON THE SUPPRESSION OF TRADE UNIONISTS AT LOT - as Tomasz Walczak writes: "LOT management may not like the fact that someone wants to strike and expose the company to losses, but we live in a country where the constitution guarantees the right to protest and which builds its identity on the heritage of Solidarity – which is, after all, a trade union. If trade unionists are suppressed in state-owned companies, should anyone be surprised that in private companies people are fired for daring to form a workers' organization? After all, the fish rots from the head." http://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/opinie/tomasz-walczak-nowy-lad-plus-minus-zwiazkowcy_1055563.html

-- A DEEPER RECONSTRUCTION WOULD SHOW THE SIGNIFICANT TURBULENCE IN THE RANKS - Michał Szułdrzyński: "All the problems of farmers (after all, there are no shortage of further protests here) are dangerous for the entire ruling camp and the final outcome in the local elections. But carrying out a deeper reconstruction now would rather create an impression of chaos. Or it would show how much turbulence prevails in the background of the ruling camp. Because the intensifying rumors prove precisely how much chaos there is in a situation where Jarosław Kaczyński was hospitalized." http://www.rp.pl/Rzad-PiS/305239915-Szuldrzynski-Glebsze-zmiany-pokazalyby-chaos-na-zapleczu-obozu-wladzy.html&cid=44&template=restricted

-- KRYCHOWIAK: TAKE PICTURES, THE PRESIDENT IS HELPING CARRY THE STROLLER: "Then came the time for a commemorative photo. The photographer started preparing everything when suddenly... – I'm arranging everyone for a group photo. Suddenly Grzegorz Krychowiak shouted – "Take pictures. The President is helping carry the stroller!". It's not the first such situation (it's normal for PAD) but you can see that it still surprises – described the president's personal photographer, Jakub Szymczuk." http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,23443331,andrzej-duda-na-spotkaniu-z-reprezentacja-nagle-grzegorz-krychowiak.html

-- GAZETA STOŁECZNA ON A GESTURE TOWARDS OFFICIALS: "The PiS candidate made a gesture towards the tens of thousands of officials working in the Warsaw City Hall and districts. – My first 10 personnel decisions in the city hall will be internal promotions. A personnel review will indeed be necessary, certainly in offices dealing with reprivatization and audit, there the changes will be profound – he said." http://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,23439713,wybory-samorzadowe-patryk-jaki-urzednicy-beda-odwiedzac-seniorow.html

-- IN MAZOWIA IN THE PIEC START THE SONS OF: THE MINISTER OF ENERGY AND THE VOIVODE: "Konrad Sipiera, son of the voivode, will run for president of Pruszków on behalf of Law and Justice. And in Siedlce, Karol Tchórzewski, son of the minister of energy, will run for president." http://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,23442155,wybory-samorzadowe-2018-synowie-politykow-pis-startuja-po-prezydentury.html

-- PIEKARSKA AFTER ALL, NOT CELIŃSKI? - as Gazeta Stołeczna writes: "– A beautiful opposition track record, a well-known name – admits one of Warsaw's SLD activists. – These are advantages. But one must also consider his age, especially when compared to the main competitors – he adds, referring to the 32-year-old Patryk Jaki and the 46-year-old Rafał Trzaskowski. (...) Andrzej Celiński was not present at the meeting of the Warsaw SLD structures. From his media statements, it appears he feels left in the lurch, because he believed that his consent to run concluded the search for a politician who would run for the capital's presidency on behalf of the Alliance." http://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,23440213,wybory-samorzadowe-nie-celinski-tylko-piekarska-kandydatem.html

-- JACEK WOJCIECHOWICZ SAYS HE DOESN'T HAVE 3 THOUSAND COLLEAGUES TO HIRE - in an interview with DGP: "No, I intend to win these elections and convince residents that a president without a herd of party cronies is a better solution than a party president. Neither Rafał Trzaskowski nor Patryk Jaki have any idea how to manage a city like Warsaw. For me, the only party will be the Varsovians, and if someone doesn't believe in my honesty, let them know that I don't have 3,000 colleagues whom I will hire for lucrative positions. My opponents, on the other hand, will get these people "in a package," regardless of whether they are competent people or not." http://www.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/1125852,jacekwojciechowicz-kandydat-na-stanowisko-prezydenta-warszawy.html

-- "MATEUSZ TOLD ME NOT TO BOTHER WITH THE MATTER" - admits Kornel Morawiecki in a unique GW article: "Did Kornel Morawiecki, the father of the current head of government, lobby for the state to support the collapsing GetBack company? – I merely signaled that something was happening. But Mateusz told me not to bother with the matter – Morawiecki senior admits to "Wyborcza"." http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23443085,getback-i-ojciec-premiera-morawieckiego.html

-- SOLIDARITY HAS HAD ENOUGH OF ZALEWSKA - Fakt.

-- FAKT ON HOW BŁASZCZAK AND BRUDZIŃSKI BLOCKED JURGIEL'S BORDER FENCE: "The repeatedly criticized idea of building a fence along Poland's eastern border will likely be abandoned. According to the Minister of Agriculture, Krzysztof Jurgiel, the fence was intended to help combat the spread of African swine fever (ASF), but this argument makes no sense, as the virus has been in Poland for a long time. ASF cases have been detected, among other places, near Sochaczew, i.e., in the center of the country." https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polityka/nie-bedzie-plotu-przeciwko-dzikom-z-asf/8tgbq3m

-- BIRTHDAYS: Krzysztof Martens, Wojciech Maksymowicz, Zofia Wilczyńska, Cezary Gmyz.