-- PSL CONVENTION TODAY, RZEPECKI ANNOUNCES STATEMENT ON RUNNING ON PSL-KUKIZ COALITION LISTS - REPORT FROM A POLITICAL DAY: https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/08/17 -- RYSZARD TERLECKI REMEMBERS KORA - IN AN INTERVIEW WITH MAREK KĘSKRAWIEC IN "DZIENNIK POLSKI": “It's one of the beautiful episodes in my life, and I always repeat that. I had a long conversation with Kamil Sipowicz, her second husband, while preparing his book about hippies. We had occasional encounters after Kora and I parted ways; we had differed politically for a very long time, certainly since the first presidential elections, where I supported Wałęsa, and she supported Mazowiecki.” -- TERLECKI ON HIS LAST MEETING WITH KORA: “Eventually, it all faded away, until I met her on the street about 2 years before her death, and we greeted each other quite warmly. I always respected her for the wonderful music she created with Marek Jackowski in Maanam.” -- TERLECKI ON HIPPIES: “Many of my friends from that time are dead due to the so-called 'kompot' (a homemade alcoholic drink, often associated with drug use). I left before drugs started to destroy the movement. Someone convinced me and a few friends to go study at KUL in 1972. I had already experienced the events of March 1968 and had been arrested in 1970, when they tried, ineptly, to prove my involvement with drugs, and I spent a month behind bars.” -- TERLECKI SPEAKS WARMLY OF KIDAW-BŁOŃSKA: “Looking at Civic Platform, for example, I see very different people there: from those only interested in their own pockets, through those who are against Poland, not because they want to destroy it, but because they want it to evaporate into 'better,' European clouds. And there are also those who have reasonable convictions on many matters, but disagree with us on numerous important details, which does not preclude dialogue. There are many people in PO with whom we talk, joke, exchange retorts, but it doesn't affect our personal relationships. In the Sejm Presidium, such a person is Deputy Marshal Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska.” -- TERLECKI ON THE ROLLING STONES: “The Rolling Stones will forever remain with me, but I also listen to Willie Nelson, who once won the contest for the most conservative song in the world. Generally, though, it is as you say. Artistic circles are more associated with the left.” -- TERLECKI DOES NOT RULE OUT DECONCENTRATION AFTER THE ELECTION - FURTHER IN THE INTERVIEW WITH "DZIENNIK POLSKI": “Of course, it doesn't have to look like this today, but let's remember that in less peaceful times, capital can suddenly start having a nationality. Let's also note that such free activity by foreign publishers would not be possible in France and Germany, nor would one company simultaneously own television, press, and a popular internet portal. The problem for us, especially, is the crushing dominance of German capital in the color press segment, which shapes the minds of young people. Politics plays a lesser role here; after all, one of our main adversaries, 'Gazeta Wyborcza,' is Polish capital, and TVN belongs to Americans, hence our allies. However, the need for media deconcentration certainly exists. A ministerial project was even created, but it has so far disappeared into drawers. We'll see what remains of it after the elections.” https://plus.dziennikpolski24.pl/ryszard-terlecki-nie-dorobilem-sie-na-polityce/ar/c1-14352137 -- JĘDRZEJ BIELECKI ON THE BACKSTAGE OF THE POLISH OFFENSIVE IN WASHINGTON - WRITES IN "RZ": “Secret talks of our diplomats in Washington, a network of contacts in the White House, help from Ambassador Mosbacher, stroking Donald Trump's ego. Finally, the unexpected, and for us fortunate, resignation of the head of the Pentagon.” https://www.rp.pl/Plus-Minus/308149957-Kulisy-zabiegow-polskiego-rzadu-o-Fort-Trump.html -- HEAD OF KNF IN A RENTED BMW 5 BY THE OFFICE - ON THE FRONT PAGE OF "FAKT": “– He ordered the administration department to rent a car from an external company exclusively for himself – says our informant from the office. And Chairman Jastrzębski is now driving the latest BMW M5. This is a car that the manufacturer advertises as 'an uncompromising combination of an elegant business limousine and consistently sporty performance.' Why does the head of KNF need such a ride? It's unknown – KNF did not answer our questions.” https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polityka/tak-sie-wozi-szef-komisji-nadzoru-finansowego-jacek-jastrzebski/dgxjtf7 -- "DZIENNIK BAŁTYCKI" ON AGNIESZKA POMASKA AT THE TOP OF THE GDANSK CIVIC PLATFORM LIST: “Civic Platform announced the full election lists for the Sejm for Monday afternoon, following a meeting of the National Board. For several days, there has been talk that Sławomir Neumann, who was being prepared for the 'number one' spot in Gdańsk, might be replaced by MP Agnieszka Pomaska.” -- "DZIENNIK BAŁTYCKI" QUOTES A PO ACTIVIST WHO WANTS NEUMANN TO BE HONORABLE: “It will be better for the entire list if Chairman Neumann behaves honorably, accepts the third spot, yielding to both Pomaska and Wałęsa. We have important elections ahead of us and cannot afford tensions and divisions,” one of the Gdańsk PO activists told us.” https://dziennikbaltycki.pl/gdanska-jedynka-ko-na-wybory-do-sejmu-moze-zostac-agnieszka-pomaska-wszystko-przez-kandydature-jaroslawa-walesy/ar/c1-14355191 -- SE ON THE FINANCES OF NEUMANN'S PARLIAMENTARY OFFICE - BOUGHT COSMETICS: “The Central Anticorruption Bureau is bringing out the heavy artillery against Sławomir Neumann (51) from PO! In a notification of suspicion of committing a crime, obtained by 'Super Express,' agents meticulously list what the politician spent money from his parliamentary office's account on. This includes jewelry, restaurants, and alcohol. – Such expenses were never accounted for as parliamentary office expenses – Neumann defends himself.” https://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/neumann-placil-sejmowymi-pieniedzmi-za-pizze-ubrania-i-kosmetyki-teraz-sie-tlumaczy-aa-ePVh-4pbc-X6MT.html -- SŁAWOMIR NITRAS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH DONATA SUBBOTKO IN "GAZETA WYBORCZA" ABOUT HIS MOTHER'S PASSING: “My mother called me every day at 7 PM to the reception desk – at the dormitory and then at the student house. When she passed away, I realized she never complained that I wasn't there, because I was at a concert or a match. But I knew she always called. After her death, I fell into depression, although I didn't realize it at the time. My father, brother, and I never came to terms with her death. We have temperaments that don't complain, but rather bottle things up and withdraw into ourselves.” -- NITRAS CRITICAL OF DONALD TUSK'S CIVIC PLATFORM ERA: “I was a victim of manipulating party lists, adding people, and so on. Tusk is too smart a person; he knew I was right, but he believed other matters were more important. Errors within the party were one of the primary causes of our defeat in 2015. I consider it an honor that I was able to speak about them. Is there even one person in PiS today who would tell Kaczyński he is making mistakes? Tusk was busy with the state and didn't watch over the party's morale. He was a good Prime Minister, but a slightly worse party leader. His condescending tone towards me was an attempt to downplay the problem. During the Sejm debate about Kuchciński, Marshal Terlecki employed a similar socio-technical maneuver. He tried to diminish the significance of what I was saying. This doesn't mean disrespect. On the contrary – it's proof that the accusations are accurate.” -- OUR GENERATION, LIKE WOKULSKI, IS TAUGHT TO WORK FIFTEEN HOURS A DAY - NITRAS CONTINUES IN "GW": “We, my generation, worked hard for 30 years. We are a bit like Wokulski from 'The Doll' – romantic, but also positivists. Not because we joined the EU and waved the blue flag, but because we built the economic foundations of a new Poland. We are taught to work for more than ten hours a day. Now, in Bosnia, my daughter noticed a huge advertisement for Polish furniture. These 'Polish furniture' sounded like a guarantee of quality. And I remember how in the 1990s, one would go to Ukraine as if to a richer country; the hryvnia was worth more than the zloty. So, it was we who built this new Poland. No one can take that away from today's 40 or 50-year-olds.” -- SUBBOTKO DESCRIBES A SCENE WITH A WOMAN WHO ONCE ARGUED WITH NITRAS BUT APPROACHED HIM: “A stranger approaches the table where we are sitting outside a bar: – Good day. I'm from the other side; you surely recognize me because we argued here on Wiejska street once. I wanted to congratulate you. It was good. Unfortunately. Sławomir Nitras: What was good? Woman: Your speech in the Sejm. About their lack of modesty. I mean that pride goes before a fall. That's all I wanted to say. Goodbye.” -- NITRAS ON THE CONVERSATION WITH EWA KOPACZ ABOUT WHY SHE DIDN'T MOVE TO THE PRIME MINISTER'S VILLA ON PARKOWA STREET: “When Ewa Kopacz was Prime Minister, I asked why she didn't move into the villa on Parkowa Street, but stayed in a Sejm hotel. She said: 'Because you shouldn't get used to such things. Everything must be returned eventually. Why should I move in if I have to move out?' Schetyna also lives in a Sejm hotel. I don't. Too much dust; I'm allergic. Besides, I like to sleep comfortably, and the beds there are like for preschoolers. I myself have a two-meter bed – I simply have to sleep diagonally. But that the Marshal's wife would fly around on a government plane alone?” -- NITRAS ON KACZYŃSKI ALWAYS AVOIDING THE SEJM: “But he prefers a silent Sejm, run by intellectually limited people. Any attempt to engage in an interesting debate results in the microphone being turned off. It doesn't matter if it's about foreign policy, healthcare, or education. It's characteristic that when Kaczyński was in opposition, Tusk tried to draw him into serious debates, and he avoided them. He even boycotted them. He doesn't want substantive debates or oratorical displays. He seeks resolutions through manipulation and low emotions.” -- NITRAS ON THE SO-CALLED PODKARPACIE AFFAIR: “I'll surprise you, but in this matter, I will defend Kuchciński. One should not make such accusations against any person until there is evidence. He has children, a family. He is accused of a heinous crime, and no one has presented evidence. If I have to say today whether I believe in Kuchciński's sex with a 15-year-old Ukrainian, I don't believe it.” -- THESE INSINUATIONS AFFECT MY FAMILY, AND PIS INDULGES IN THEM - NITRAS CONTINUES: “Yes, it's irrelevant. I have teenage daughters; they know me like few others. They often have to hear accusations that I'm crazy or a drug addict. PiS indulges in such insinuations. I know how much they affect them. How much it hurts me, even though I have a thick skin. I have never used drugs.” -- NITRAS ON HOW HE FEELS INCREASINGLY ALIENATED IN CHURCH: “This is St. Irene – my mother's name was Irena. I received it from my elder daughter. She bought it when we were at Święta Góra Grabarce. Natalia is fascinated by North Korea. She would like to go there. It's rather impossible, so I came up with a substitute – I took my daughters to Belarus. On the way, we visited Nieśwież, talked about Piłsudski, the Brest trial. For this trip, she promised me she would read 'The History of Stupidity in Poland.' On the way back, we went to Kruszyniany so the girls could see how Polish Tatars live, and then to the Orthodox Grabarka. There, Natalia found this picture for me. Nice, isn't it? My daughter buys something like this for me, even though she considers herself an atheist. I believe in God, but I feel increasingly out of place in church. My father complains: 'You're not reforming the Church.' But I am. The Church is important to me, and it doesn't meet my expectations. I feel excluded from it.” http://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,25092728,slawomir-nitras-jedyny-pisowiec-ktory-na-mnie-glosuje-to.html -- "WPOLITYCE" ANTICIPATES ATTACK ON THE PRIME MINISTER: “Therefore, it is possible that in Dębki, the services also conducted a technical helicopter flight, examining, among other things, landing possibilities. And this is likely the source of the rumor so exciting to the opposition's strategists. However, we know with certainty that Prime Minister Morawiecki was not on board. Moreover, there has been no need to use such an emergency means of transport to take the Prime Minister from his home to his place of work in an urgent situation. It is also not true that the plot of land and the house in Dębki are under some extraordinary supervision by SOP to protect the Prime Minister's wife. Here again, we touch upon standards and procedures. Every place where the head of government temporarily stays is supervised by the services. In the case of the house in Dębki, this happens mainly during the summer, from the end of June to the end of August, i.e., during the holiday season, when the Prime Minister may potentially be there. This is also stipulated by current regulations and procedures, which SOP simply fulfills, as it does for every prime minister.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/459623-opozycja-na-skraju-szalenstwa-morawiecki-znow-na-celowniku -- ARTUR BALASZ ADMITS HE SUPPORTS KOSINIAK - in an interview with Piotr Smiłowicz: “I have been supporting Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz for a long time; I believe such a figure is needed in Polish politics. Many of the current leaders live off mutual conflict, and rebuilding a sense of community is needed now more than ever. Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz's way of conducting politics brings calm, stability, and responsibility to politics. I have been supporting him for a long time and believe he is a politician worth backing. As for running together with Civic Platform, one thing is certain: PSL would lose in a scenario where a bloc with its participation would put slogans of confrontation with the Church and radical left-wing ideas on its banner. This happened during the campaign for the European elections and greatly harmed PSL. If PSL wants to be an alternative and independent formation, it could not fit into such a scenario during the parliamentary elections. However, no one had to ask me for advice, as I presented my position on this matter in public statements, and perhaps 'Gazeta Wyborcza' based its report on that, stating that I am behind the lack of agreement between PSL and PO.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/459642-wywiad-balazs-dobrze-ze-psl-nie-startuje-wspolnie-z-po -- KRZYSZTOF MAZUR WANTS TO CHANGE THE IMAGE OF THE SENATE AS A POLITICAL PENSION - as he tells Interia: “I see great potential in changing the image of the Senate as a political retirement home. Senators are elected in single-member constituencies, and in them, people vote more for a person than for a party list. One can hold this office by being an ambassador for local issues in Warsaw, but also by proposing solutions at the local government level.” -- MAZUR ON HIS INTENTION TO STRIVE FOR A MORE BALANCED BUDGET: “We have very extensive expenditures, and due to the economic situation, the budget balances, but when it falters, the situation will be difficult. Therefore, I believe that within the United Right, there should also be a voice saying: let's consider whether this situation is not too risky. People talk about credibility as if politicians who are in one large camp cannot have different opinions and persuade each other that a certain direction might be too far-reaching. Entering politics, I do not change my opinion that the budget should be more balanced. And that is what I will strive for.” -- I DON'T KNOW OF ANY ACTIVITY BY KLICH AS A SENATOR - MAZUR CONTINUES: “– I have lived in this constituency for years, and frankly, when I started considering running, I had to check who the senator in this constituency is. I don't know of any activity in the last eight years by Bogdan Klich that I would remember. He appeared in Krakow in the context of protests related to the judiciary, but those were nationwide protests. Regarding other matters, I neither know his position nor what issues he wants to advocate for.” https://fakty.interia.pl/autor/aleksandra-gieracka/newsamp-krzysztof-mazur-bede-zabiegal-o-bardziej-zbilansowany-budzet,nId,3148950 -- BOGUSŁAW SONIK ON HIS LIST POSITION AND HIS WIFE'S ILLNESS - in "Dziennik Polski" (interview with Zbigniew Bartuś): “What personally hurts me is a completely secondary matter at this moment. There are more important things in the world for me. For example, my wife has just been diagnosed with a serious illness, and we have to face it together.” -- SONIK COMPLAINS ABOUT CENTRALIZED POLITICS: “I have nothing against Paweł Kowal. I'm talking about this entire party system in Poland. Centralized. Look: a candidate imposed by headquarters, without a local base, unaware of the region's or city's needs… You could say: a one-time firework. What will he be oriented towards?” -- SONIK ON JP2 BEING THE CHURCH'S SHIELD IN POLAND: “In a very brief sense. But on the same principle – while maintaining all proportions – one can argue that the lull of the Polish Church is John Paul II's fault. Our Pope was so popular in Poland that he created a kind of shield for the entire hierarchy along the Vistula. - When he was gone, the shield suddenly disappeared? - We all see that today, don't we? The fact that Tusk's departure to Brussels exposed our weaknesses even faster. But there's no point dwelling on it. I repeat: the only way out is to return to the roots. Hard work. Intense contact with residents.” -- "PLAYING WITH NUMBER 9, LIKE PIĄTEK AND LEWANDOWSKI, SO I CAN TOO" - SAYS SONIK: “Krzysztof Piątek and Robert Lewandowski play with number nine [laughs]. I can too. It will be good!” https://plus.dziennikpolski24.pl/sonik-z-dziewiatka-gra-piatek-gra-lewandowski-ja-tez-moge/ar/c1-14337405 -- PIS IS HARDENING AND NATIONALIZING - ANDRZEJ STANKIEWICZ IN "ONET" ON PIS LISTS: “When Andruszkiewicz joined the PiS government as Deputy Minister of Digitalization without clearly defined competencies, it was speculated that it was Prime Minister Morawiecki's move to gain national electorate support, which Jarosław Kaczyński was reportedly unhappy about. Perhaps that was indeed the case. But now Andruszkiewicz is a PiS candidate, and Kaczyński had to consent to that. There are more such people on the lists, so this is Kaczyński's conscious policy – PiS is hardening and nationalizing. By attracting nationalists and fragmenting the Kukiz movement, Kaczyński is simultaneously marginalizing his coalition partners. Zbigniew Ziobro's and Jarosław Gowin's parties received a few attractive spots on the lists, meaning that after the elections, both ministers will be significantly weaker and may be forced to join PiS.” -- STANKIEWICZ ON POLITICAL CLANS ON PIS LISTS - WHAT ABOUT NEPOTISM? “There are entire political clans on the PiS lists. Alongside the Prime Minister's father, the President's father is running for the Senate, and the President's uncle wants to get into the Sejm again. The brother of Minister Paweł Mucha is also a candidate for the Sejm. The son of MEP Ryszard Czarnecki is running for re-election, as is the child of MEP Beata Kempa who wants to win a mandate. Again, running in the elections are: the brother of Janusz Wojciechowski, former PiS MEP, and Łukasz Schreiber, a minister in the Prime Minister's Chancellery and son of former PiS MP Grzegorz Schreiber. As can be seen, according to PiS authorities, the candidacy of family members of PiS politicians is not nepotism.” https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/piec-wnioskow-z-czytania-list-wyborczych-pis-analiza/k0e6gz5 -- RAFAŁ CHWEDORUK, UNLIKE STANKIEWICZ - BELIEVES ANDRUSZKIEWICZ'S LOW POSITION IS A SIGNAL OF A MOVE TOWARDS THE CENTER: “It is clearly visible that conflicting opinions have clashed. Hence this 'Krakow bargain' – Minister Andruszkiewicz is on the list, but in a position that is not conducive to ultimate success. His accession was part of PiS's policy to limit the expansion of the far-right by absorbing one of its activists, to sow confusion among the practically only significant political competitor. Moreover, as both a Kukiz movement MP and a far-right activist, he was one of the most active politicians on social media. Hence his surprising and controversial rise, also on the right itself. At the same time, the political situation has changed somewhat. It turned out that the far-right does not pose a serious challenge to PiS. Instead, the party has strengthened its chances of moving towards the political center by presenting itself as a party of stability and predictability, which will defend against attempts at a moral revolution. In such a strategy, far-right politicians – especially those from outside PiS – cannot expect the positions they might have expected if Law and Justice had to pursue a more identity-based policy.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/459557-tylko-u-nas-prof-chwedoruk-komentuje-listy-wyborcze-pis -- MORAWIECKI SHOULD REMAIN PRIME MINISTER AFTER THE ELECTIONS - "SE" POLL: Morawiecki - 46, Kaczyński - 23, Szydło - 11, Other - , Ziobro - 7, Gowin - 4. https://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/sondaz-dla-super-expressu-to-jego-polacy-chca-na-premiera-aa-1eZ7-cR67-tPve.html -- ACCORDING TO JACK KURSKI, TVP IS RESTORING PLURALISM: “According to the guest of PR24, for years under PO-PSL rule, all three main television stations: Polsat, TVN, and TVP, largely focused on 'falsifying, not reflecting reality.' – Until now, Polish Television was in the chorus of all commercial televisions, and its narrative differed in no way from TVN and Polsat. Everything was the same – stated Jacek Kurski, citing the proceedings in the Presidential Palace on December 18, 2014, as an example. The then-president Bronisław Komorowski testified in the WSI case. – All televisions were present, but their lenses were pointed at the floor. Only Michał Rachoń broadcast it via his phone. Such things were the norm then – recalled Jacek Kurski. The guest of PR24 also said that the harsh judgments directed at public media and their employees are 'newspeak intended to justify an attack on public media.'” https://polskieradio24.pl/5/1222/Artykul/2354356,Jacek-Kurski-jestesmy-telewizja-warunkujaca-pluralizm-w-Polsce -- 200 PANELISTS AT THE AUTUMN FREEDOM GAMES IN ŁÓDŹ - BŁAŻEJ LENKOWSKI IN "GW ŁÓDŹ": “The event is growing year by year. This year, we expect nearly 200 panelists, there will be special concerts, foreign guests, and distinguished representatives from the world of culture, academia, business, and politics. The Games are becoming a mandatory point of attendance for anyone interested in public life, hungry for new ideas, and with a heart on the liberal side.” -- LESZEK JAŻDŻEWSKI ON THE GENERATIONAL GAP IN POLITICS - DESPITE IT BEING HALF THE ELECTORATE: “And as citizens, we have the right to speak with our own voice and seek our own political identity. This applies especially to people of our generation who are underrepresented in politics. And if they do appear in it, they often hold positions that can only elicit pity. Because I don't see the subjectivity of the baby boomer generation today – despite the fact that statistically, people aged 25-45 constitute nearly half of the electorate.” http://lodz.wyborcza.pl/lodz/7,44788,25051024,igrzyska-wolnosci-instytucje-rzadowe-pis-nas-omijaja-a-biznes.html -- NETFLIX INSTEAD OF CHRIST AND THE CHURCH FIGHTING LGBT - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN "RZ": “Slightly over a third of Catholics attend Sunday mass, but the average is skewed by the southeastern part of the country. In Warsaw, for example, it's about 20% of Catholics. There are increasingly more elderly people, as other studies show that young practicing Catholics are decreasing the fastest. This means that the Church should realize that it is operating in a completely new reality. Increasingly more young people will be more familiar with the latest Netflix series than with Christ's teachings. Scenario writers of popular series will have a much greater influence on the worldview, vision of a good life, happy family, etc., of young Poles than priests. So perhaps the bishops, instead of focusing on fighting LGBT, should consider how to evangelize the younger generation again at all?” https://www.rp.pl/Plus-Minus/308149926-Michal-Szuldrzynski-Netflix-czy-HBO-zyskuja-wplyw-na-Polakow-wiekszy-niz-Kosciol-katolicki.html -- "FAKT" APOLOGIZES TO SZYDŁO ON PAGE 5, "WPOLITYCE" CALLS IT A MOCKERY: https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/459649-kpina-fakt-przeprasza-premier-szydlo-na-piatej-stronie -- "SE" FILM ABOUT DONALD TUSK PLAYING WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN: https://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/donald-tusk-dorwal-pilke-tak-haratal-w-gale-z-wnuczkiem-aa-1gAn-6fNY-XsJ8.html -- "SE" ON BEATA KEMPA'S SON ON PIS LISTS: https://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/syn-kolezanki-szydlo-na-listach-wyborczych-pis-ma-jeszcze-mleko-pod-wasem-zdjecia-aa-CMCy-T4L2-LujB.html -- "WPOLITYCE" POLL: Can Poland stop the global offensive of LGBT ideology, just as it stopped Bolshevism in 1920? -- 300POLITYKA CALLED THE EMERGENCY LINE OF JAN KANTHAK, CANDIDATING ON THE PIS LIST IN LUBLIN - 00 81 464 32 42 - THE CANDIDATE REPLIED AFTER A FEW MINUTES TO THE NUMBER INDICATED IN OUR CALL. -- BIRTHDAYS: Zofia Romaszewska, Jacek Żakowski, Jacek Wilk, SUNDAY: Zbigniew Ziobro.