-- HUNTERS MASSACRE WOLVES IN ROZTOCZE: One was shot in the leg, another was just a puppy. Two more wolves were killed. https://oko.press/jednemu-odstrzelili-noge-drugi-byl-dopiero-szczeniakiem-zabito-kolejne-dwa-wilki/ -- NIK MANIPULATES REPORT ON BANAS AND THE NATIONAL REVENUE ADMINISTRATION - IZABELA KACPRZAK GRAŻYNA ZAWADKA IN RZ: “NIK is withholding the publication of a report critical of the National Revenue Administration (KAS) reform. It targets the author – the new head of the Supreme Audit Office. For several days, 'Rzeczpospolita' has been trying to find out why neither the Supreme Audit Office nor the Ministry of Finance has published the post-control statement on the 'State of Organization of the National Revenue Administration' in the public information bulletin – despite being obliged to do so. We know that the NIK report is critical and – adding spice to the matter – assesses the work of the current head of the Office, Marian Banaś. Formally, he has been on unpaid leave since September 25th pending clarification by the Central Anticorruption Bureau (CBA) of doubts regarding his financial statements. NIK is headed by the sole Deputy President, Małgorzata Motylow, appointed by Banaś.” https://www.rp.pl/Polityka/310039877-Raport-ws-KAS-uderza-w-Banasia-NIK-go-nie-publikuje.html -- BANAS' SON'S COMPANY RECEIVED 700 THOUSAND PLN FROM PUBLIC FUNDS FOR TENEMENT HOUSE RENOVATION - OKO.PRESS: “Marian Banaś was gifted a tenement house in Krakow by an acquaintance. Banaś's son's company received approximately PLN 81,000 from the EU and state budget for its renovation. For the renovation of another tenement house, it received at least PLN 482,000 in subsidies and PLN 151,000 in loans from two funds managing public money. It also took out approximately PLN 2.3 million in loans from a state-controlled bank.” https://oko.press/syn-banasia-700-tys-zl/ -- I VOMIT THIS TCZEW - SŁAWOMIR NEUMANN IN CONVERSATION WITH A PO ACTIVIST ON A TAPE REVEALED BY TVP INFO: “'If you're in Civic Platform, I'll defend you like hell for independence,' 'Tczew is full of morons, I puke Tczew,' 'KOD is nothing, it's no force, an appendage' – says the head of the Civic Platform-KO club, Sławomir Neumann, in backstage party discussions. TVP Info publishes recordings from one of the meeting participants, revealing the behind-the-scenes of brutal political games within Civic Platform.” https://www.tvp.info/44676278/brudna-polityczna-gra-po-tvp-info-ujawnia-tasmy-neumanna -- NEUMANN ON ADAMOWICZ: “'The only guest is Adamowicz, who has absolutely mega damning information that could lead to him being taken away in handcuffs' – said the Civic Platform politician in a conversation with a local party activist. Neumann assured that the party would stand united behind anyone facing legal problems. The condition, however, is membership in Civic Platform.” https://www.tvp.info/44685968/adamowicz-moglby-wyjsc-w-kajdankach-mimo-tej-wiedzy-po-poparla-go-w-ii-turze- -- NEUMANN DENIES ACCUSATIONS ONLINE: “In a conversation with Onet today, Neumann assures that he was not referring to all residents of Tczew at the time. – I was talking about Civic Platform activists who were constantly arguing. Besides, the person who recorded that conversation was also expelled from the party. I didn't like those arguments, hence those words.” -- NEUMANN ON ILLEGAL RECORDING: “Neumann also says that the recording of this conversation is 'illegal' and that it was 'private.' – In the conversation, I describe how PiS uses the services to fight the opposition. And indeed, even now, two years later, it is the truth. Nothing has changed. My fears from two years ago have been confirmed by life.” https://trojmiasto.onet.pl/slawomir-neumann-dla-onetu-pis-musi-czuc-sie-niepewnie-ze-uzywa-takich-tanich-chwytow/bt87rd9 -- NITRAS ON THE PIS PROPAGANDA DEPARTMENT IN TVP - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/10/04/ -- A BLOW TO NEUMANN IS ALSO DEALT BY THE LOCAL GAZETA WYBORCZA, RATING HIM A 'D' WITH TWO MINUSES IN THE MP RANKING: “The head of the Civic Coalition parliamentary club focuses on activity in Warsaw. In Pomerania, his parliamentary activity was in a minimal form. He did not utilize approximately PLN 140,000 for running his parliamentary office during this term. As reported by right-wing media, he used funds from the Chancellery of the Sejm for private needs (he would have to return them at the end of the term). He paid his employees poorly, and his office did not operate full-time. He did not initiate actions in defense of Pomerania's interests, although he participated in some. It must be admitted that he worked hard during the local government campaign. He went around to local government officials urging them to distance themselves from Paweł Adamowicz, because, as he claimed, 'he would withdraw from the election anyway.' When he didn't withdraw, he warned against voting for Adamowicz because he might face a 'third round,' meaning the loss of his mandate in case of losing a court case. What is the point if Adamowicz's lawyers proved that a potential negative outcome does not carry such sanctions, and furthermore, several years would pass until a legally binding verdict.” -- ACCORDING TO GW, AGNIESZKA POMASKA IS THE BEST MP IN THE GDAŃSK DISTRICT - "MR. GRZEGORZ PROBABLY HAS A DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT," WRITES KRZYSZTOF KATKA: “The activity of Civic Platform in Gdańsk is primarily based on her and Senator Bogdan Borusewicz. Hardworking in the Sejm, she has hundreds of interpellations, speeches, and questions to her name. She campaigns for environmental protection and works in the EU committee. She is brave and active in opposition, for which she faced a wave of hate. She succeeded in getting two haters convicted. Visible in protests in defense of the rule of law. She is not afraid of Archbishop Głodź, nor confrontations with PiS. In our ranking, she is the best Civic Platform MP in Pomerania. 'Mr. Grzegorz probably has a different assessment' because she received third place on the electoral list.” http://trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl/trojmiasto/7,35612,252622,oceniamy-poslow-z-pomorza-neumann-z-dwoja-na-szynach-sellin.html -- GW ON ARDANOWSKI'S TAPES AND PSL'S DEMAND FOR A SELECT COMMITTEE: “'The Agricultural Property Agency, staffed with PiS officials, is sick, EU funds are at risk, and this cannot be blamed on the predecessors,' said Minister of Agriculture Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski at a closed meeting. After the recording was made public, the Polish People's Party (PSL) is demanding the urgent establishment of a parliamentary committee of inquiry.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,25267782,tasma-prawdy-ardanowskiego-psl-mowi-wprost-ze-dodatkowych.html -- IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A KNOCKOUT, BUT IT TURNED OUT AS IT DID - DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA ON BUDKA'S PHARMACY RECEIPT: “A pharmacy receipt – it was supposed to be a knockout, but it turned out as it did. And there was a bad taste left. The matter of the 2000 PLN pharmacy receipt proves that ambiguous matters should not be used in political combat.” -- DO NOT USE THE ISSUE OF REIMBURSED MEDICINES IN THE CAMPAIGN; IT'S A PULLING OF THE ROPE BETWEEN OFFICIALS AND CONCERNS - WIELOWIEYSKA CONTINUES: “I would not use the issue of reimbursed medicines in the election campaign at all, because it is a very complicated and delicate matter. There is still a tug-of-war between officials and pharmaceutical concerns who want to extract as much money as possible from the state. And that is their wolfish right, but the state, in turn, must make very difficult choices related to the selection of medicines for reimbursement. Often, the justification for a specific medicine and the conditions under which reimbursement is granted can only be assessed by a highly qualified specialist. This cannot be resolved in a short election debate.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,25266263,paragon-z-apteki-mial-byc-nokaut-a-wyszlo-jak-wyszlo-i.html -- THERE IS NO SALVATION FOR THE OPPOSITION IN THESE ELECTIONS - PROF. JANUSZ CZAPIŃSKI IN CONVERSATION WITH MAGDALENA RIGAMONTI IN DGP: “The opposition can do nothing. This is the wind of Polish history. It needs to blow through, there needs to be a strong draft, and we will return to these types of questions perhaps in a year, not necessarily in four years. Now there is no salvation for the opposition in these elections. Their outcome is already predetermined. It was predetermined a year ago and earlier.” -- CZAPIŃSKI ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH SCHETYNA: “No, we just talked. Before the European elections, Grzegorz Schetyna was very eager to form one coalition for both the EU and national parliamentary elections. I talked him out of it then. I explained that everyone in opposition to the ruling party has one common European motive, namely restoring Poland's good position in the EU. But when it comes to national elections, there is essentially no common motive, because each party fights for its identity, has its own vision of how national policy should look. I told Schetyna: cut off this idea of building a broad coalition for national elections, it makes no sense. And the next day on the radio, one of the Civic Platform politicians repeated my words about cutting it off. Earlier, Grzegorz Schetyna asked me for advice several times. First, when he was in a terrible slump, when Donald Tusk buried him, hid him.” https://forsal.pl/artykuly/1433223,czapinski-nie-ma-zadnego-ratunku-dla-opozycji-w-tych-wyborach-wywiad.html -- EXCISE REVENUE FOR HEALTHCARE - PROF. TOMASZ GRODZKI, KO SENATOR IN CONVERSATION WITH WIADOMO.CO: “We will not increase contributions. We have a comprehensive plan divided into segments that can be implemented immediately, e.g., reducing bureaucracy, which is cost-free, through those that need to be done quickly, to those that require investment. More than a year ago, in the 'Pact for Health,' we indicated where the money could come from. We need to ask ourselves if, in the budget of a 38-million nation, it still has to be 4.6 or 4.7 percent of GDP, when we could allocate money from excise taxes on tobacco products, stimulants, and alcohol and add it to healthcare. Perhaps it's worth considering if we need a shooting range in every county for PLN 2.6 billion. Do we need to subsidize so-called public television with over a billion zlotys? -- PRIVATELY, YOU CAN CURE A COLD, NOT CANCER - GRODZKI CONTINUES: “Private healthcare is a small percentage; privately, you can treat teeth, varicose veins, or a cold, but a serious resection of the colon, pancreas, stomach, or lungs cannot be done. We have reached a point where no one is satisfied: patients, young doctors, older doctors, hospital directors. Let me remind you that halfway through this year, hospital debts increased as much as for the entire last year, and no one is reacting to it. There is also a shortage of medicines. Let me also remind you that when there was a shortage of several medicines during Arłukowicz's time, he invited health ministers from half of Europe for talks, and the medicines were available within a few days. Now, since summer, the drug crisis cannot be resolved. Crises in healthcare have always existed, but I don't remember such a deep one, and I have been working for 36 years.” https://wiadomo.co/prof-tomasz-grodzki-wiemy-jak-naprawic-ochrone-zdrowia/?fbclid=IwAR2W4LnKm9REDSLEsQBROUlhi-L0I9REn9SCF-3AJtC7TNtfp27i7QmDork -- LUDWIK DORN ON JACK KURSKI: “However, even in such a situation, the current opposition is not legally helpless. If its electoral committees act as aggrieved parties, they will have significant rights. After all the court appeals against the prosecutor's office's decisions not to initiate or to dismiss proceedings, at the end of the road is the so-called subsidiary indictment filed by the aggrieved parties, which will be considered by the court, provided it recognizes their procedural legitimacy to act in this role. There is a chance for this, and if it happens, a bright prospect will open up for us that we can speak of the current president of TVP without fear of being sued for defamation, first as 'accused Jacek K.', and later – 'criminal Jacek Kurski.' This dream can be turned into reality.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,25265168,postawmy-kurskiego-przed-sadem-polemika-z-wielowieyska.html -- IWONA SZPALA ON THE LEFT'S CAMPAIGN IN WESTERN POLAND: “Left-wing voters are mobilized; declarations of participation in the vote reach 100 percent here. The Left is therefore seeking new votes – it hopes to find them among PiS voters, in regions west of the Vistula River. (...) – We are receiving a greater credit of trust than our political competitors; voters are saying: 'Let's give them a chance to prove themselves.' Interestingly, people with different political preferences also hold this opinion, including those from PiS, who see us in parliament – says a politician from Wiosna (Spring).” -- GW SAVES TRÓJKA'S PINK BERETS: http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,25267901,berety-skazane-na-zmielenie-ocalone-trojka-nie-zniszczy-swoich.html -- BIRTHDAYS: Krzysztof Czabański, Dorota Wysocka-Schnepf, Monika Wielichowska, Zbigniew Rynasiewicz, Domicela Kopaczewska, Zdzisław Chmielewski, Marek Rząsa, Piotr Całbecki.