state of play: 05/30/2018
Woś: Protesters treated like at Krakowskie Przedmieście by PO Siemieniako in Krytyka: Jaki listens to people until the end and stands by their side Komorowska: Friends are ashamed to speak Polish on the slopes
-- 300LIVE: BONIEK PRAISES MORAWIECKI AND BRUDZIŃSKI: Boniek: Morawiecki and Brudziński want football to develop, for everything to be as good as possible: https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/05/30/
-- ANNA KOMOROWSKA'S FRIENDS ARE ASHAMED TO SPEAK POLISH ON THE SLOPES - as she told Renata Kim: “I am upset that Poland's position in the world is falling, and drastically. I was terribly sad when friends told me that they go skiing every year and used to speak Polish with pride, but now they are ashamed of it.” https://dorzeczy.pl/kraj/65900/Komorowska-Znajomi-wstydza-sie-za-granica-mowic-po-polsku.html
-- JAKI KEPT HIS WORD AND ALMOST DOUBLED THE PACE - BEATA SIEMIENIAKO in Krytyka Polityczna: “According to my calculations, the Verification Commission initiated proceedings concerning 42 properties and issued decisions on 22 of them in the last year. That's a lot. A year ago, Patryk Jaki declared that the Commission would issue one decision per month – many people already worried about this and claimed it was impossible – but Jaki kept his word and almost doubled the pace set for his team.”
-- PATRYK JAKI PROVED HIMSELF A HARDWORKING DEPUTY MINISTER - CONTINUING BEATA SIEMIENIAKO in KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: “A string of successes. It turns out that Patryk Jaki proved himself a hardworking deputy minister, poring over the Commission's documents late into the night, as a politician who says it like it is, doesn't beat around the bush, listens to people until the end, and stands by their side. Even if everything gets mixed up for him during hearings due to his lack of knowledge of the regulations, he tries very hard. In other words, he restores justice in a stolen city.” http://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/potomkowie-biednych-polakow-maja-zaplacic-potomkom-bogatych/
-- THE DISABLED ARE LIKE THE DEFENDERS OF THE CROSS, WHY SHOULD WE MOCK SOME AND SYMPATHIZE WITH OTHERS? - RAFAŁ WOŚ on gazeta.pl: “Another spectacular example of 'dialogue' was, of course, Krakowskie Przedmieście after the Smolensk disaster. The then-ruling Civic Platform's incomprehensible stubbornness to clear the center of Warsaw at all costs. And also Bronisław Komorowski's paternalistic words that 'mourning has passed and these matters need to be tidied up,' which were a prelude to a festival of accusations against the defenders of the cross, claiming they were playing their political game. How would those words fundamentally differ from today's accusations coming from the government camp towards the protesters in the Sejm? Honestly? I see no difference. I have no idea why we should mock some and sympathize with others. I demand sympathy for every weaker person. Otherwise, nothing will come of today's lessons. Absolutely nothing.”
-- WOŚ ON SHOCKED BOURGEOISIE: “This friend says that when he hears about the brutality of the police and the heartlessness of the PiS government, he cannot help but reflect bitterly. Of course, the police are brutal in Poland. Of course, they don't mess around with demonstrators. Of course, they twist arms, write down details, issue fines, and sometimes arrest people. Or they stand aside and watch as strikers are beaten by private security guards hired by corporations or other fascists. That's how it is today. And it was exactly the same in 1998, 2008, and 2012. The difference is that until now, this force and reluctance to dialogue was felt mainly by 'others' – anarchists, leftists, tenants' defenders, and other niche groups. As a result, today's shocked, respectable citizens are experiencing it for the first time. This is why they are shocked. It is obvious that this is not about justifying the current government. It is about the fact that for lessons to have meaning, it must be understood that the problem is not PiS. The problem lies much deeper.”
-- SAY ENOUGH TO KUCHCIŃSKI, KOMOROWSKI, AND BOROWSKI - WOŚ: “Or perhaps that's exactly what needs to be done?! Perhaps that's what democracy is about, which all sides of the dispute so readily invoke today. And perhaps instead of enumerating how much democracy our bitter enemies have trampled (let's be sure they say the same about 'us'), let's think for a moment. Let's consider how to make, what mechanisms to create, what culture to build, to finally tell Messrs. Kuchciński, Borowski, or Komorowski: 'enough'. http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,161770,23464761,wos-niepelnosprawni-jak-obroncy-krzyza-dlaczego-jednych-mamy.html#Z_BoxNewsLink&a=66&c=96
-- KACPER PŁAŻYŃSKI CRITICIZES ADAMOWICZ FOR A LOW FINE FOR A FRENCH COMPANY THAT CAUSED ECOLOGICAL DISASTER: “Yesterday, the city of Gdańsk fined the company Saur nearly PLN 322,000. - The fine is disproportionate to the damages incurred by the city - believes Kacper Płażyński, PiS candidate for the mayor of Gdańsk. The City Hall explains that the amount of the fine results from the contract. - This is a very low fine given the scale of the failure, which had a significant image impact - says Kacper Płażyński. - It is supposed to stem from the provisions of the contract, which, unfortunately, was not made available by the City Hall, explaining that it is bound by commercial secrecy, but Saur Neptun Gdańsk still performs the municipality's own tasks. If a fine of nearly PLN 322,000 actually results from this contract, it indicates that it was constructed in a way that is flagrantly discriminatory to the city's side and favors the French side. This is laughable money compared to what happened - comments the United Right candidate.” https://m.radiogdansk.pl/wiadomosci/item/77508-kacper-plazynski-kara-dla-saur-neptun-gdansk-jest-bardzo-niska-urzad-jej-wysokosc-wynika-z-umowy/77508-kacper-plazynski-kara-dla-saur-neptun-gdansk-jest-bardzo-niska-urzad-jej-wysokosc-wynika-z-umowy
-- IT WASN'T KACZYŃSKI WHO MESSED UP THE KOMENDA CASE - Andrzej Stankiewicz in onet: “The fact is that Lech Kaczyński, as Minister of Justice, exerted pressure on prosecutors in the investigation concerning the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl. But it wasn't Kaczyński who botched the genetic test results, which led to Tomasz Komenda spending 18 years in prison. According to 'Gazeta Wyborcza,' Kaczyński pushed for charges against Komenda, and therefore he is responsible for the conviction of an innocent man. However, there is no evidence that as Attorney General, Kaczyński pointed out a specific person to his subordinates. One can argue that Kaczyński, by attacking prosecutors, created pressure that led to a tragic mistake. The problem is that in this particular case, the prosecutors discredited themselves from the beginning. When Kaczyński became minister, the investigation was already being conducted by the fourth prosecutor – Stanisław Ozimina. A few years later, he was removed from the profession and convicted – he took bribes in exchange for releasing criminals. Komenda was sent to prison by the courts, which in this case – just like the prosecution – made cardinal errors by not verifying the evidence.” https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/co-mial-lech-kaczynski-do-skazania-tomasza-komendy-analiza/prrpryz.amp?__twitter_impression=true
-- TWITTER: This is how Trzaskowski treated a KOD journalist, a person very positively inclined towards him, but he asked him a tricky question :) #Warsaw Commentary after the conversation: I was treated strangely, the guy looked like he had a sense of humor, but apparently, he doesn't. https://twitter.com/waldemar_kowal/status/1001621342289104898?s=12
-- THE CIVIC PLATFORM AND LIS ARE HELPING PIS - ŁUKASZ PAWŁOWSKI in KL: “The Civic Platform, focused solely on criticizing the government, and people like Tomasz Lis, ensuring that this criticism is sufficiently critical, are greatly helping PiS. They are making the competition with the ruling party a war of attrition, a waiting game, hoping that Law and Justice will eventually collapse on its own or a new party will emerge that – against Lis's advice – will offer voters something more than comparisons of Kaczyński to Hitler and will triumph in the polls. What will Tomasz Lis do then? He will support this project, convincing everyone that it is the result of the unwavering stance of himself and publicists like him. One thing cannot be denied to Tomasz Lis – he fights. The problem, however, is that he is not fighting on the right front or against the right opponent.” https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2018/05/29/newsweek-pomaga-pis-opozycja-lis/
-- WHO WILL STOP MAREK KUCHCIŃSKI - Michał Szułdrzyński in RZ: “Marek Kuchciński has already done a lot to earn the title of the worst Sejm Marshal of the thirty years of free Poland. Now, with his sergeant-major stubbornness, he is trying to gain the title of the one who will limit citizens' access to information about what politicians are doing. Is anyone capable of stopping him?” http://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/305299907-Szuldrzynski-Kto-powstrzyma-Marka-Kuchcinskiego.html
-- NO WEDDING SLOTS AT BIEDROŃ'S UNTIL THE END OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TERM - local GW: “There is no longer any chance to book a wedding ceremony with Robert Biedroń before November. The Mayor of Słupsk has his schedule full until the end of this local government term. Young couples from all over Poland and beyond come to Słupsk to say 'I do'.” http://trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl/trojmiasto/7,35612,23471658,brak-terminow-na-slub-u-biedronia-do-konca-kadencji-samorzadu.html
-- WPOLITYCE DESCRIBES HOW THE HEROINE OF A FAKT PUBLICATION ABOUT PIETA TRIED TO GET INTO THE EDITORIAL OFFICE OF THE NETWORK: “And one more element: a stubborn desire for credibility from conservative media. From what we know, someone fell for it, but she also tried at our editorial office. Here is the dialogue in which she tried to engage one of our editors on Twitter for over a year. She sent texts, offering them for free. We didn't use them because a brief check showed that the author came from circles very far from us. But the persistence with which she tried, personal visits to the editorial office, seem puzzling. Judge for yourselves, here is the entire correspondence.” https://wpolityce.pl/media/396496-zeby-bylo-jasne-piety-nie-bronimy-ale-sprawa-jest-dziwna-oto-jak-ta-pani-chciala-sie-wkrecic-i-do-naszej-redakcji
-- FAKT CONTINUES ON THE PIETA CASE - MP'S STATEMENT: “When one person asks another for help, I won't leave them on the street at night.” https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polityka/posel-stanislaw-pieta-glupio-tlumaczy-sie-z-romansu/6tkxx5l
-- THE UNCOMFORTABLE PROFESSOR OF JEWISH STUDIES - GW's front page: “Due to the book 'The Night Is Still Young,' the Prime Minister does not intend to extend the term of its co-author, Prof. Barbara Engelking, as chairperson of the International Auschwitz Council – 'Wyborcza' learns. Beata Szydło is said to be personally interested in the composition of this body.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23472067,niewygodna-profesor-od-zydow-premier-morawiecki-nie-przedluzy.html
-- TRASH BURNS, MAFIA EARNS - FAKT's front page: “The issue of landfill fires has taken on a political dimension. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (50) announced that the matter of the fires would be reported to the Internal Security Agency. In turn, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Joachim Brudziński (50), thundered about the 'end of the waste mafia'!” https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polska/mateusz-morawiecki-i-joachim-brudzinski-o-pozarach-smieci/vj1zqql
-- BIRTHDAYS: Jacek Zdrojewski, Krzysztof Cugowski, Jerzy Budnik, Karol Jene.
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