-- KORNEL MORAWIECKI ADMITS HE IS FIGHTING PANCREATIC CANCER: "- If it weren't for a quick CT scan and diagnosis, my situation would be tragic. I might already be saying goodbye to this vale of tears..." - confesses Kornel Morawiecki (78) in a shocking interview with "Super Express". The Prime Minister's father confirms to us that he is battling pancreatic cancer. This was also the subject of a very serious, three-hour surgery he underwent a few days ago at the MSWiA hospital in Warsaw. "Fortunately, I don't think there are any metastases," adds the senior marshal.

-- MACIEREWICZ'S "WOLVES" HUNTED DOWN - a front-page story in Fakt.

-- ALL POLITICAL REACTIONS TO THE GW TAPES - ON THE 300POLITYKA LIVEBLOG: Gowin: GW and Giertych got involved to convince Poles that Kaczyński knows business and is an honest man.

-- ŚPIEWAK IMPEDED PiS - WP: "I don't think political parties should build skyscrapers. These are Asian models," said Jan Śpiewak in Wirtualna Polska's 'Tłit' program. As revealed by the leaked recordings, it was precisely this civic activist who thwarted PiS's plans to build twin skyscrapers in the capital.

-- I WAS THE COMMON ENEMY OF PO AND PIS - SAID ŚPIEWAK: "- I am pleased that Jarosław Kaczyński fears me and that I could be the brick that hindered them. It also shows that I can unite PiS and PO, because I was a common enemy. This means I was the only independent candidate," said Jan Śpiewak in the 'Tłit' program, when asked if he felt like a "brake on good change."

-- AUTHORS OF THE GAZETA WYBORCZA ARTICLE WOJCIECH CZUCHNOWSKI AND IWONA SZPALA - A DOWN-TO-EARTH BUSINESSMAN: "He has the face of a down-to-earth businessman, well-versed in the complex network of foundations and companies. On the plot where his former party, Porozumienie Centrum, enriched itself in the 1990s (the PiS leader says this happened when the 'communists' were in power), Srebrna wants to build a 190-meter-high office building – two "twin" towers. The investment is to be prepared by the companies of Gerald Birgfellner, an Austrian who, although family-related to Kaczyński, believes he was deceived in this matter today."

-- JAROSŁAW KURSKI ON THE TAPES - UNDEFENDABLE: "And most importantly: Kaczyński himself admits in the recorded conversation that he is doing things that are socially, image-wise, and politically unacceptable. He explains to Birgfellner why he cannot push through his dream investment any further: 'Because it's indefensible in the media. That's politics.' Kaczyński is right. It is politics. And it is indefensible."

-- "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU" - KACZYŃSKI TO THE TRANSLATOR - THE MOST VIRAL MOMENT OF THE TRANSCRIPT:

“JK – Tell me, why are you wearing pants that look like they're torn from pajamas...

T – It's fashion, new fashion.

JK – I can't believe you.

T – It's vacation time now, so you know (laughs), relaxed, it's hot (laughs), I was at a friend's this morning."

-- ANOTHER FRAGMENT: "JK - And I want to pay, only I can't force anyone to pay against...

GJT - the law and, and

JK - and regulations.

GJT - And regulations, that's right.

(...)

JK - I am ready to testify in court that this work was done for us, meaning for Srebrna.

T - Yes.

JK - I will testify to that, because it's true. You have strong arguments in the form of this board resolution."

-- A BUSINESSMAN KACZYŃSKI WOULDN'T NEED TO BORROW MONEY FOR HIS MOTHER'S TREATMENT - MARCIN MAKOWSKI ON WP: "However, I think that from a broader perspective, the main goal accompanying the publication of the tapes cannot be achieved. Based on our current knowledge, this material does not unequivocally incriminate Kaczyński. True, it shows him as someone well-versed in the behind-the-scenes of negotiations, operating in the shadows of what the public knows about him, but this text is unlikely to create an image of a billionaire wallowing in luxury. A businessman Kaczyński wouldn't have to borrow money from his friend Janina Goss for his mother's treatment. Nor would he live like a hermit in a not particularly impressive villa in Żoliborz."

-- MAKOWSKI ON GOWIN'S APPEARANCE AS A COUNTERPOINT TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF PiS POLITICIANS: "And since it's difficult to explain, convoluted, and in the opposition's narrative boils down to portraying Kaczyński as the 'boss of a closed circle,' then, forgive me, with dozens of articles about the financial machinations of Srebrna, this is not a political Copernican revolution. At least not now and not after this specific tape. The rest is in the hands of the authorities - now let them explain themselves. For now, avoiding the topic is harming them, and the panicked withdrawal from media comments announced on Monday evening, from which only the leader of Porozumienie, Jarosław Gowin, withdrew the embargo. If you have nothing to hide, you shouldn't hide, right?"

-- WHERE IS THE SCANDAL HERE? - MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI: "The content of the article can be summarized in a few sentences: Kaczyński wanted to settle accounts fairly and legally with a businessman who performed some work but did not provide documents. The PiS leader did not want to take shortcuts, he demanded adherence to the law. Where is the scandal here?"

-- KARNOWSKI MENTIONS KACZYŃSKI'S SELF-IRONIC COMMENT, WHICH IS SAID TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEXT PART OF THE GW PUBLICATION: "I repeat: it is difficult to understand why 'Wyborcza' is making a scandal out of the fact that a solution was sought on how to act honestly towards a foreign contractor. It is difficult to understand what Jarosław Kaczyński should actually explain himself for? It is, by the way, truly optimistic that the PiS leader is such an honest person that - as the recordings show - even in a difficult situation, he does not allow himself to deviate from principles, does not take shortcuts, and even Czuchnowski (who recently became known for accusing that TVP is forcibly served to prisoners in prisons, which turned out to be an obvious fabrication) cannot turn this into a scandal. Tomorrow, according to what is being said in informed circles, the accusation will be the PiS leader's self-ironic comment about his own fortune - with only the irony missing from the recording. The same damp squib as today's. The psychological war continues."

-- HE WAS CONSIDERED AN ASCETIC UNTIL NOW - ANDRZEJ STANKIEWICZ ON ONE+: "The PiS leader has so far been considered an ascetic, free from interest in worldly goods. He cultivated such an image since the creation of PiS in 2001. Today - in a sense - his enrichment past from the times of Porozumienie Centrum has caught up with him. In the recording revealed by 'Gazeta Wyborcza,' Kaczyński turns out to be a full-fledged businessman - using state property and his political position for business."

-- MICHAŁ SUTOWSKI ON GIERTYCH, THE GREAT MEDIATOR: "And what is the Great Mediator-patron Giertych playing at? As the classic said, that's an excellent question. If it were only about a lifetime validation as a 'European conservative' and forgiveness of past sins, then so be it - just as Paris was worth a Mass, so perhaps defeating PiS is worth an 'endek' absolution. It's worse if serious political ambitions stand behind this guerrilla war with PiS."

-- POLAND DESERVES BETTER SAVIORS OF DEMOCRACY THAN GIERTYCH: "And a reflection at the end: Kaczyński's tapes may accelerate events and trigger unexpected circumstances. There may not be a second chance to bend the entire balance of power to the left. Because even if a government with Giertych would be less bad than a government with Ziobro, I still have faith that Poland deserves better saviors of democracy."

-- WALDEMAR PARUCH ON A MORE FAVORABLE EUROPEAN COMMISSION: "Given that Ms. Elżbieta Bieńkowska is a member of the European Commission, her words likely reflect the mindset of the members of this body, so I do not expect changes until May. Only after the European elections, when a new political and personnel arrangement is built, and we know that changes will occur, although we don't know in what proportions the shifts will be between individual factions in the European Parliament, then perhaps an opportunity for honest agreement with the European Commission will arise."

-- BIRTHDAYS: Olga Tokarczuk, Sylwia Spurek, Jan Pospieszalski, Robert Bogdański, Kazimierz Działocha, Krzysztof Oksiuta, Jarosław Kuźniar, Wojciech Bakun.