-- JACEK SASIN REVEALS THE PRIME MINISTER WILL PROPOSE AN EXTRAORDINARY SOLUTION FOR MATURA EXAMS - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/04/24/

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-- PAWEŁ KUKIZ ON A COALITION WITH PIS - TELLS FAKT - ANTI-CORRUPTION BILL BY MAY 15TH: "By May 15th, the Sejm is to adopt, for example, an anti-corruption bill, which will be the implementation of Kukiz's electoral promise. It is also possible that PiS will favorably consider a bill on the transparency of officials' assets. Kukiz also visits the Presidential Palace, where he discusses with presidential ministers the possibility of introducing the institution of justice of the peace. But despite these gestures, Kukiz firmly tells us: even if PiS needs his MPs' votes to stay in power, he has no intention of entering into a coalition with Jarosław Kaczyński's party (70). – I only intend to make agreements 'with the government' – he says. What does that mean exactly? – Exactly that – says the politician-rockstar in his style". https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polityka/pawel-kukiz-dla-faktu-nie-wejde-w-koalicje-z-pis/xvzx8ps

-- THE STRIKE ERUPTED AS A REACTION TO GIANT HANDOUTS - PIOTR ZAREMBA IN PTT: "The problem is that this strike erupted as a reaction to a specific situation: PiS's giant electoral handouts, in which teachers were included last. This happened now, in the spring, before two campaigns. One can see a politically unfortunate scenario in the protest, which is favored by the not-so-good reputation of the ZNP authorities, led by Sławomir Broniarz. Or one can see a spontaneous reaction to the context. The Prime Minister's arguments: we don't have money in the budget, sound completely unbelievable today."

-- NOTHING IS NEGOTIATED AT A STADIUM THROUGH MICROPHONES, NO ONE IS SERIOUSLY PLANNING NEGOTIATIONS - ZAREMBA CONTINUES: "We don't know how seriously the government treats 'a complete change of system.' Perhaps it's just a stick to beat teachers with to curb their financial demands. For now, the recipe is a round table. It's supposed to be a pure spectacle. Nothing is seriously negotiated at a stadium, through microphones. Even the president's offer: let's talk at Belvedere, was more serious. The round table of 1989 was effective only because discussions took place in Magdalenka behind the scenes of the spectacle. Here, no one is planning serious negotiations. And it's a shame, because it means the next few years will be wasted."

-- NEXT YEAR, SCHOOL WILL RESEMBLE ASHES - ZAREMBA'S CONCLUSION: "Next year, school will resemble ashes. But the Prime Minister will enjoy the savings (he will spend money on something else) and the 'complete change of system.' This change in municipalities and cities ruled by the current opposition may even make it easier to get rid of teachers associated with the right-wing – they are protected today by the Charter. It's easier to destroy something than to build a new order." https://polskatimes.pl/strajk-nauczycieli-2019-piotr-zaremba-szkola-przypominac-bedzie-zgliszcza/ar/c5-14071739

-- AGNIESZKA DZIEMIANOWICZ-BĄK IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA ON TOMASZ LISA'S OUTRAGEOUS SUGGESTIONS: "That is why, just as Tomasz Lis's suggestions and those of part of the liberal camp, that teachers should end their strike and wait for better times after the autumn elections, are outrageous, so too are the voices coming from some left-wing circles that a possible decision by ZNP to suspend the strike would mean capitulation and no hope for success in any fight for workers' rights in the future. Neither of these diagnoses reflects the situation in which teachers and school and kindergarten employees currently find themselves. Both say more about what is profitable for liberals and what for the left, than about what is beneficial for the striking educators. And both lack what is particularly needed by the protesters today – solidarity, support, and above all, trust that teachers know what they are doing."

-- THE SUGGESTION THAT THEY SHOULD END THE STRIKE BECAUSE IT NO LONGER BENEFITS SCHETYNA IS CUTTING THEIR WINGS: "The suggestion that school employees should end their strike because it no longer serves Grzegorz Schetyna is nothing more than cutting the wings of people who risk a painful strain on their household budgets, the anger and misunderstanding of their loved ones, who endure slander and defamation every day to fight for a standard of earnings without which Polish education cannot be put back on its feet. On the other hand, the conviction that they must strike until ultimate victory, otherwise all their effort will be in vain, and their resignation will nullify the chances of any workers' struggle, is simply blackmail and burdens teachers with responsibility that we all – as female politicians, activists, parents, and employees of other sectors – should share with them. https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/dziemianowicz-bak-strajk-nauczycielski-solidarnosc-wymaga-zaufania/

-- KAZIMIERZ ORŁOŚ IN GW ON THE STRIKE AS THE FINAL ACCORD OF THE GOOD CHANGE: "However, even if they do not succeed in obtaining what they rightly demand now, their struggle will be of great significance. Just as the strikes in 1988 had great significance, ending without concessions from the PRL authorities. We remember, however, that they were a sign of the decline of the PRL and a harbinger of the end of those governments. Today, too, we can have a justified hope that 2019 will be the twilight period of Jarosław Kaczyński's rule. The historic teachers' strike may become the beginning of the end of the 'good change.' http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,24692566,czy-strajk-szkolny-okaze-sie-koncowym-akordem-dobrej-zmiany.html

-- IT'S A SHAME MORAWIECKI COULDN'T MATCH BRUDZIŃSKI'S GESTURE - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: "The uproar surrounding the IPN law showed that what can hinder increased US military involvement in Poland are tensions in Polish-Jewish relations. Brudziński's unambiguous condemnation of the 'action' in Pruchnik is therefore not only a very decent gesture, but also proof that he understands what is at stake in this game. A game in which foolish antics by a small group of people can weigh on the strategic interests of the entire country. It's a shame that Mateusz Morawiecki, who received the position of Prime Minister precisely to work on Poland's image, could not afford such a gesture." http://archiwum.rp.pl/artykul/1401971-Brudzinski-rozumie-powage-sytuacji.html

-- MAREK KOZUBAL IN RZ ON WHY PIS NEEDS MACIEREWICZ AND PAWŁOWICZ: "Is the electorate with the stain of anti-Semites therefore convenient for PiS? Would cutting oneself off from it cause the party to lose power? Is this the kind of group Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wants, who admitted two years ago that his relatives had Jewish roots?" https://www.rp.pl/Publicystyka/304239923-PiS-z-twarza-Macierewicza--i-Pawlowicz.html

-- THE JAGIELLONIAN CLUB SHARPLY ON THE 13TH - A MONUMENT TO POST-PIS POPULISM - RAFAŁ GAWLIKOWSKI: "Thus, he laid the last stone on the monument to PO-PiS populism, which is the idea created jointly by Jarosław Kaczyński and Grzegorz Schetyna. This is happening with the quiet acceptance of the majority of public opinion. In these circumstances, reformist and pro-state circles cannot remain silent or confine themselves to a comfortable bubble of expert diagnoses and substantive postulates. We must remind about building an efficient state for future generations and defend rational public policy, also using less elite forms of communication. That is why we are looking for political firebrands who, together with us, will organize republican happenings and publicize the anti-development actions of the political class." https://klubjagiellonski.pl/2019/04/23/nie-mozemy-godzic-sie-na-robienie-ladacznicy-z-polityki-publicznej/

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