-- BIEDROŃ ON MEDIA "TRAINING" NOWACKA - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/10/11/

-- JANUSZ STEINHOFF PRAISES PKL REACQUISITION - in an interview with RZ: “Absolutely yes. I was against this privatization. The privatizations of PKL and PKP Energetyka carried out by the PKP management during the PO era were ill-considered, irrational, and detrimental to the functioning of the state. Infrastructure should not be privatized. And if it is – not in this way. Especially since, in the case of the Kasprowy Wierch cable car, land ownership issues were not settled. Reacquiring the cable car is a good move, but I hope it's not final. The PFR can privatize PKL through the stock exchange.” https://www.rp.pl/Biznes/310109932-RZECZoBIZNESIE-Janusz-Steinhoff-Odzyskanie-PKL-to-dobry-ruch-ale-trzeba-je-sprywatyzowac.html

-- PRESIDENT DUDA DISMISSED THE COURT - front page of GW.

-- THE SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT MADE NO IMPRESSION ON THE PRESIDENT - headline on the front page of DGP.

-- THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT WAIT, HE APPOINTS - headline on the front page of RZ.

-- WOJCIECH TUMIDALSKI ON THE SWEARING-IN OF JUDGES AS A NIGHT SWEARING-IN OF CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL JUDGES: “This is not how it should be done; judicial reforms are not made under conditions of legal uncertainty, which is their basis. The swearing-in of Supreme Court judges (why not at night, as was the case with the Constitutional Tribunal?) is further proof that the government side is heading for a confrontation with European institutions.”

-- THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION MOVES THE DISPUTE TO THE SUPREME COURT - Grzegorz Osiecki and Małgorzata Kryszkiewicz in DGP: “The president's decision to appoint further Supreme Court judges moves the dispute into the court itself. And in it, the 'old' judges still have the advantage.” http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/polityka/artykuly/582934,prezydent-nominacje-niewiadome-sn-andrzej-duda.html

-- ZUZANNA DĄBROWSKA IN RZ ANALYZES RESEARCH RESULTS FOR RZ SHOWING THAT THE NEW REVELATION OF TAPES HAS NO IMPACT ON ELECTORAL DECISIONS: “The latest installment of the tape scandal concerning Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is of moderate interest and is unlikely to influence electoral decisions.” https://www.rp.pl/Kraj/310109904-Afera-tasmowa-miska-ryzu-czy-odgrzewane-kotlety.html

-- ADAM LESZCZYŃSKI IN OKO ON THE BRIDGE ISSUE: “Technically speaking, Jaki might feel unfairly treated: in essence, both his opponent and 'Wyborcza' only quoted fragments of his statement – which made it seem more damaging to the PiS politician. (...) However, OKO.press's sympathy for Jaki is limited by the fact that PiS and sympathetic media are masters of selective quotation – which was evident, for example, in the 'tape scandal,' when the words of the then Minister of Infrastructure, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, were constantly repeated (...)”. https://oko.press/mosty-dla-trzaskowskiego-co-naprawde-powiedzial-patryk-jaki/

-- PIOTR SKWIECIŃSKI ON PiS'S CONFUSION WITH DE-UBEAA: “Secondly, I understand the reasons for the potential (or rather: made and then withdrawn, as it seems to have been the case) decision to withdraw (which should also be seen in a broader context, the context of the general direction towards non-antagonization, characteristic of PiS governments during that period, symbolized – only symbolized, as it was a decision by the Central Political Disposal Center – by Mateusz Morawiecki's premiership). After all, if the Constitutional Tribunal were to rule the act constitutional, the path would be open (or perhaps: will it be opened?) to raising this issue at the European court level. And this court, and there is no doubt about it, would find this Polish law contrary to all possible principles. And since Poland remains in a political and legal conflict with the EU institutions regarding much more important matters, logic would dictate withdrawing from de-ubekization anyway. So it would come out the same as if one withdrew from the controversial provision now, voluntarily and on one's own initiative.” https://wpolityce.pl/m/polityka/415938-kontrowersje-w-pis-wokol-najwazniejszego-punktu-deubekizacji

-- RAFAŁ TRZASKOWSKI DOES NOT BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT WILL TURN ITS BACK ON WARSAW - as he tells Jacek Nizinkiewicz in RZ: “Patryk Jaki is blackmailing Varsovians. Vote for me, and the government will help you. I don't believe that if I were elected Mayor of Warsaw, the government would turn its back on the capital. That would be shooting themselves in the foot. After something like that, no PiS MP would be elected from Warsaw in the parliamentary elections. If a minister promised money for the metro and the bridge, then the money should go to the people of Warsaw. Can anyone imagine that if I won the election, I would say that the districts where I lost would not receive funding?”

-- TRZASKOWSKI ANNOUNCES AN AUDIT: “I will not sweep anything under the rug. I want to be the Mayor of Warsaw with a clean slate. The first decision will be an audit of the city hall. I will also help to settle the Warsaw reprivatization.” https://www.rp.pl/Wywiady-i-rozmowy/181019892-RafalTrzaskowski-Patryk-Jaki-to-klasyczny-farbowany-lis.html

-- MICHAŁ WOJTCZUK IN GW ON MYTHS SURROUNDING REGISTRATION FOR THE WARSAW VOTER REGISTER: “It is absurd to assume that everyone who registers for the voter roll are PiS and Patryk Jaki supporters brought in by buses. A significant portion of them are likely Varsovians who have lived here for a long time and decided to participate in the elections. Perhaps some of them are even registering for reasons exactly opposite to what conspiracy theorists suspect – I know several such cases myself. There are only five working days left to register to be sure of a positive decision, as the application must be submitted by Tuesday, October 16th. If there isn't a sudden avalanche of 20,000 applications in these few days, fears about attempts to distort the elections can be dismissed as fairy tales.” http://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,24025821,cale-autokary-pis-owcow-dopisuja-sie-do-rejestru-wyborcow-w.html

-- SE QUOTES ARIADNA POLL: 38 TO 19 AND 5 FOR BIEDROŃ: “If the elections were held next Sunday, PiS would be the winner. 38.5% of respondents would want to vote for Jarosław Kaczyński's party (69). The Civic Coalition (Platform and Nowoczesna) would receive 19% of the surveyed votes, and SLD 6.5%. Biedroń's party and the Kukiz'15 movement would also find seats in the Sejm (5.5% of the votes each).”

-- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUCCESS (OR FAILURE) WILL PUT THE GOOD CHANGE ON NEW TRACKS - writes Tomasz Żółciak in DGP: “The ruling party's result in the upcoming local elections may determine the future of several nationwide reforms and the situation within the party itself. The creation of the Central Pomeranian Voivodeship, the return to the vetoed act on regional audit chambers, or a comprehensive change to the 'Janosik system' are just some of the reforms being worked on by the government, and their future – according to our findings – may depend on Jarosław Kaczyński's party's performance in the local elections.” http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/wybory-samorzadowe/artykuly/582929,wybory-samorzadowe-sukces-porazka-pis-dobra-zmiana-na-nowe-tory.html

-- DGP ON THE FRONT PAGE ABOUT A LAWYER WHO WAS MOST EFFECTIVE IN RECOVERING PROPERTIES IN WARSAW REPRIVATIZATION AND HAS BEEN ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SINCE TUSK'S TIME - writes Patryk Słowik: “However, the 'number one' on the list raises the most controversy. A brilliant Polish civil law expert, who has served four successive prime ministers with his knowledge as part of the Legislative Council, was involved in obtaining 236 million PLN for his clients – more than the next two on the list combined (the third on the list, Michał Sobański, handled several cases with the ranked 'number one'). Professor Maciej Kaliński himself says he did nothing wrong. He represented his clients to the best of his knowledge. He also did not participate in actions that are today described as wild reprivatization: he did not represent claims traders or act through 'curator' methods.” http://nieruchomosci.dziennik.pl/news/artykuly/582927,reprywatyzacja-pelnomocnik-maciej-kalinski-komisja-weryfikacyjna.html

-- TADEUSZ KOŚCIŃSKI, WHO KNOWS MORAWIECKI FROM THE BANKING SECTOR, IN A CONVERSATION WITH Marcin Makowski for WP: “Find me – in the world, not just in Poland – a CEO of a large company who hasn't helped someone find a job. Come on, let's not exaggerate. Mateusz Morawiecki was the CEO of the third largest bank in Poland.”

-- KOŚCIŃSKI SPEAKS OF MORAWIECKI AS BZ WBK CEO: “Mateusz Morawiecki is a patriot to me. Despite the fact that I was his subordinate for 20 years, I always had a bigger office, a better car. He didn't care about such things. We also had some friction because I was responsible for the direct banking sector, card payments… He was bothered by the fact that payments were handled solely by foreign corporations, whose commissions burdened Polish trade. He always tried to ensure that the balance favored the domestic market. I know him primarily from this perspective, when it comes to economics.”

-- NOTHING THERE COMPROMISES HIM - KOŚCIŃSKI CONTINUES: “It is natural that he moved in various circles, including those close to politics, because every big bank CEO in the world has such connections. Therefore, I saw nothing in those tapes that would compromise the current prime minister in the eyes of voters. Especially since he held no public office at the time. There wasn't even a shadow of suspicion of illegal activity, unlike the tapes of PO politicians. These conversations are, for me, normal business behavior. There was also no support for Mr. Grad, as Mateusz Morawiecki himself recently stated.” https://opinie.wp.pl/tadeusz-koscinski-znam-morawieckiego-od-20-lat-w-tasmach-zaskoczyla-mnie-jedna-rzecz-6304481196304001a

-- SE ON ANNA KAMIŃSKA, WIFE OF MICHAŁ KAMIŃSKI, AND THE WIVES OF OTHER POLITICIANS ON LOCAL ELECTION LISTS: “I am most afraid that Ania will be better than me in politics. She asked for my opinion last. By the way, I'm afraid she won't have time for me when she gets into politics – laments Michał Kamiński (46), whose wife Anna is running for the district council in Otwock with the PSL. Similarly, Eugeniusz Kłopotek's (65) wife, Agnieszka Kłopotek, is running for a seat in the regional assembly from Kuyavian-Pomeranian. Meanwhile, PO MP Borys Budka (40) sent his love into the battle for the Gliwice local government. – It might turn out that my Kasia will soon be on the front line and they will say I am the husband of a famous politician – Budka laughs.” https://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/wyborco-sprawdz-na-kogo-glosujesz-zony-politykow-szturmuja-twoja-gmine-aa-aHE9-MUYr-q5Na.html

-- KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA HAS NEW COLUMNISTS AND ASKS FOR SUPPORT: “Ziemowit Szczerek, a writer and journalist, winner of the 'Polityka' Passport award, will be a regular columnist for Krytyka Polityczna. Olga Wróbel, a cultural scholar and comic book author, is joining the ranks of Krytyka Polityczna's columnists. So far, she has appeared on the pages of Krytyka Polityczna as an interviewer of writers. Now you will also read her columns. In addition, the team of regular collaborators includes individuals already known from our pages – economic journalist Piotr Wójcik and Weronika Rokicka, assistant professor at the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw, who has been associated with Amnesty International for years. Kaja Puto, previously a columnist and author whose texts and interviews we regularly publish on the website, is joining our editorial team and will co-create the daily editions of KrytykaPolityczna.pl.” http://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/nowi-autorzy-nowe-felietonistki/

-- BIRTHDAYS: Barbara Fedyszak-Radziejowska, Sławomir Siwek, Stanisław Bisztyga, Krzysztof Lipiec, Jerzy Halbersztadt, Agnieszka Walczak.