-- JACEK KURSKI IN A CONVERSATION WITH DZIENNIK: "Nobody will outdo TVP. If TVN airs 'Good Morning' at 6, TVP will air at 5:45. There's no point in forcefully competing with us."https://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/media/artykuly/605776,kurski-tvp-ramowka-jesien-wielka-gra-programy.html -- SCHETYNA ON SENATE LISTS ON MONDAY, ZANDBERG ON PIS FAILING WITH CONTRACTS - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/08/23/ -- WILL POLES STILL SWALLOW LIES? - MONIKA OLEJNIK IN GW: "Those who live in the bubble of government media don't even know what's happening. They don't realize that if you displease them, they can destroy you. It doesn't matter if you're a farmer, a doctor, an official. As we can see, the methods are perfectly honed."http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,25110789,za-dobro-nie-wsadzaja.html -- PIS SHOULD CONDUCT AN AUDIT OF WHO CAUSED THE MOST PROBLEMS - MARCIN FIJOŁEK: "When summarizing the last four years, the Law and Justice camp should conduct a thorough audit in at least several dimensions: to check, solidly and without emotion, who failed, who caused the greatest number of problems (as I mentioned - understood in many contexts and across various fields), and finally, what conclusions to draw to avoid sliding down the slippery slope, which PiS is still relatively far from today. Nevertheless, a potential and probable second term will be a much more difficult period than the past four years – in every respect. Investments (and reflections) made in all the aforementioned matters today, in times of relative peace, will yield an unexpected but very positive harvest when things are no longer so simple. -- ROOT OUT SUCH ATTITUDES WITH A RED-HOT IRON - FIJOŁEK FURTHER: "The clash of fencing with grand slogans, pathetic words, and references to legendary figures (like 'Inka') with the greyness of everyday life. 'A cow that bellows a lot often gives little milk' – that's what they used to say in my village, and the rulers should keep this principle in mind (not only the first, but also the second, third, and even the fourth estate would benefit from it). The episode of awarding oneself Hussar figurines with a quote from an undying nurse ('Behave as you should') is a distorted, and to the extreme of absurdity, mirror image of attitudes that must be eradicated entirely and burned out with a hot iron. If not for moral and ethical reasons, then at least for pragmatic ones – because ridicule is probably the worst possible outcome of the efforts of a given group of officials, judges, politicians, journalists, etc."https://wpolityce.pl/m/polityka/460421-kadry-standardy-troublemakerzy-i-wewnetrzny-audyt -- PERHAPS THE BIGGEST CRISIS IN ZIOBRO'S CAREER - TOMASZ ŻÓŁCIAK IN DGP: "We are witnessing perhaps the biggest crisis in Zbigniew Ziobro's political career. The scandal involving an organized hate system, managed by people subordinate to him in the Ministry of Justice, could undermine his position in the United Right." -- OUR VOTERS VOTE FOR PIS, NOT COALITION PARTNERS - A RIGHT-WING POLITICIAN IN ŻÓŁCIAK'S ARTICLE: "Our supporters vote primarily for PiS. If someone from our coalition partners is missing from the lists, no one will likely shed a tear for them – this is how a Law and Justice politician from government circles summarizes the situation of Zbigniew Ziobro (his Solidarna Polska and Jarosław Gowin's Porozumienie, together with PiS, form the ruling United Right)."https://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/opinie/artykuly/605782,piebiak-afera-ziobro-kariera-najwiekszy-kryzys-pis-poswiecenie-ministra-wynik-wyborczy.html -- PERHAPS IWANIEC WAS ALSO ON THE KRS SUPPORT LISTS - ROMAN GRACZYK IN INTERIA: "When the Supreme Administrative Court ordered the Chancellery of the Sejm to publish the lists of individuals who provided recommendations for candidates to the new National Council of the Judiciary (KRS), and the Chancellery evaded this obligation through a legal loophole, it was clear that politically inconvenient names were on those lists, e.g., newly recruited employees of the Ministry of Justice. Now the question arises whether the name of Jakub Iwaniec is also on these lists."https://fakty.interia.pl/opinie/graczyk/news-afera-i-co-dalej,nId,3162199 -- AFTER THE ELECTIONS, KACZYŃSKI SHOULD DRAIN THIS SWAMP - PIOTR TRUDNOWSKI, PRESIDENT OF THE JAGIELLONIAN CLUB: "Swamp. There is no better word to summarize the fragments of correspondence from the 'hater Emi' arsenal, being revealed by the media. This is clear evidence that the reform of the judiciary has ended in a spectacular failure for the United Right. Instead of more efficient courts, the elimination of pathologies, and the creation of a legal 'counter-elite,' we clearly see a caricature of a pathological 'neo-caste.' At the moment, the scandal will not change the electoral dynamics, but it could become a catalyst for a completely new arrangement of the United Right camp after a potential victory in October." -- TRUDNOWSKI ASKS ABOUT THE MINISTRY'S STAFF AFTER THE ELECTIONS: "The Piebiak scandal could be the last straw, making it possible that after the autumn elections and a potential PiS victory, the personal composition of the ministry will be different than in this term, which until recently seemed almost impossible. The Ministry of Justice without Ziobro would be a great victory for Morawiecki." -- TRUDNOWSKI ON THE KACZYŃSKI PREMIERSHIP OPTION: "This would depend, in addition to the personal will and desire of the PiS leader, on the election results, which could provide additional justification for such a change. The 'premiership' scenario is conceivable both in a situation where PiS would need a formal coalition partner (and Kaczyński would have better control within the government) and in a scenario where the United Right would gain unprecedented support, for example, 3/5 or more seats in the Sejm. In that case, the PiS leader in the government could be responsible for 'utilizing historic trust.' As always, the main obstacle to 'better change' is the tyranny of the status quo."https://klubjagiellonski.pl/2019/08/22/neo-kasta-zamiast-kontr-elity-po-wyborach-kaczynski-powinien-osuszyc-to-bagno/ -- TOMASZ PIETRYGA IN EZ ON THE SERIAL COMPROMISE OF THE ELITE EXCHANGE - writes in RZ: "And when it seemed that PiS and its allies had managed to reorganize the judicial institutions through legislation, cementing them with new staff, these institutions, thanks to Emilia, are starting to crumble at lightning speed. It is evident that the new elites have not lived up to their role. They were supposed to free the judiciary from the 'hated caste,' from pathologies, to make it better, closer to citizens. Now they are being serially discredited in their eyes after subsequent media reports. The entire responsibility falls on Zbigniew Ziobro, who oversaw the operation of exchanging judicial elites."https://www.rp.pl/Opinie/308229892-Desant-na-sady-sie-nie-udal---komentuje-Tomasz-Pietryga.html -- ZIOBRO'S CASTE EXPOSED - GW'S FRONT PAGE: "According to our sources in PiS, Zbigniew Ziobro initially tried to defend Deputy Minister Piebiak, 'but once the decision for his resignation was made, he's putting on a brave face.'" -- GW WRITES ABOUT THE ATTEMPTS TO DEFEND PIEBIAK: "According to our sources in PiS, Ziobro initially tried to defend Piebiak, 'but once the decision for his resignation was made, he's putting on a brave face.' Now he explains himself daily at the party headquarters on Nowogrodzka street regarding new revelations in the media. However, there is no question of the Solidarna Polska leader's resignation. – That would disrupt the balance of power. It's not only about the United Right's coalition agreement, but also about Ziobro's influence in state-owned companies and in Rydzyk's media and TVP – says a politician from the ruling camp." -- GW ON PIS AWAITING POLLS: "PiS is waiting for the polls. – At this stage, it hasn't hit us hard yet, but it could lower the mobilization of our voters and mobilize undecided voters. They will read, think, slam their fist on the table, and go vote for the opposition. Kaczyński fears this – says a politician from the ruling camp."http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,25111925,kasta-ziobry-obnazona-kolejne-szczegoly-operacji-uderzajacej.html -- PIS FEMALE CANDIDATES ARGUED IN FRONT OF CAMERAS: "Before a press conference presenting Law and Justice candidates for the Sejm from the Podlaskie region, an angry exchange took place between PiS MP Bernadeta Krynicka and former Deputy Mayor of Łomża, Agnieszka Muzyk. The reason was both women's desire to speak."http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,25112541,kandydatki-pis-do-sejmu-poklocily-sie-przed-konferencja-w-lomzy.html -- I WOULD NOT WANT THE NORMAL PEOPLE TO LEAN TOWARDS PIS - AGATA BIELIK-ROBSON IN KRYTYKA: "I also have my agenda: I would very much not want discouraged Polish 'normals' to shift to the right and cast their vote for PiS in the next elections, thus worsening the fate of LGBT people for the next few years, or perhaps longer. Therefore, I earnestly ask not to bombard readers with some nonsense about my 'aristocratism' that disdains politics in the quiet of the garden and library. On the contrary: in my liberal third option, there is more Realpolitik than in all the actions of activists who live only for politics because, perhaps, they know nothing else."https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/bielik-robson-odpowiedz-markiewce/ -- BIRTHDAYS: Antoni Mężydło (65), Radosław Gawlik, Marian Krzaklewski, Waldemar Dąbrowski, Lech Garlicki, Andrzej Grzyb, Paulina Olak, Maciej Zakrocki.