-- SPYCHALSKI ON THE PRESIDENT'S PARTICIPATION IN DEBATES AND THE PROGRAMMATIC CONVENTION: https://300polityka.pl/live/2020/02/26/ -- JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI ON THE SCENARIO OF GOVERNING WITH AN OPPOSITION PRESIDENT: THERE IS NO QUESTION OF EARLY ELECTIONS - in an interview with Gazeta Polska: “Zjednoczona Prawica (United Right) has the strongest electoral mandate in years to govern; we will continue to implement our electoral program even with an opposition president. There is certainly no question of any early elections. We have a stable majority in the Sejm, and nothing will change that. It is possible to govern with a president from a competing political option. It is, of course, more difficult, but I assure you it is possible.” -- KACZYŃSKI ON LICHOCKA: A CAMPAIGN COMPLICATION: “Above all, we should all, without exception, keep our emotions in check. This event undoubtedly should not have happened, and today it is being used against us – and in this sense, it is a complication in the President’s campaign. However, we are not naive and we know that the action of cynically, even ruthlessly, exploiting people's emotions towards those suffering from cancer was planned much earlier, certainly a few weeks ago. It would have happened then too, even if there hadn't been the incident with the MP.” https://vod.gazetapolska.pl/22178-jaroslaw-kaczynski-w-pierwszym-wywiadzie-po-konwencji -- WHO IN THE RULING CAMP BENEFITS FROM DUDA'S DEFEAT? - PAWEŁ WROŃSKI IN GW: “But for Zbigniew Ziobro, who in Zjednoczona Prawica relies on young, dynamic, radical individuals and offers them a fast career path, Andrzej Duda as president is not particularly helpful, and may even be a hindrance. Zbigniew Ziobro’s grouping appears to have a coherent plan to penetrate state structures and present itself as the “new, competent right,” which wishes to complete the “good-change revolution” distorted by the incompetence of the “old PiS members” and opportunists. Zbigniew Ziobro is also looking to the future, i.e., the situation in 2023 during the parliamentary elections; in the event of a struggle for power within Zjednoczona Prawica, Andrzej Duda will not be on his side, or at least will not be his asset.” -- ZIOBRO EMERGED VICTORIOUS FROM THE JUSTICE SYSTEM CONFRONTATION - WROŃSKI CONTINUES: “After years, one can say that Ziobro emerged victorious from this confrontation in the eyes of PiS. The laws prepared by the president did not solve the problem, but only introduced confusion. Now, Ziobro decides what the “judiciary reform” looks like. Now, in a favorable situation, he would want more.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,25728898,ostatnia-wieczerza-w-jachrance-komu-w-obozie-wladzy-porazka.html -- 90% OF POLES KNOW ABOUT LICHOCKA'S GESTURE - MICHAŁ DANIELEWSKI ON THE IPSOS SURVEY FOR OKO.PRESS CONCLUDED ON FEBRUARY 22: “As can be seen, the “recognition” of Lichocka’s gesture is as high as 90%! In other words, the OKO.press study shows that almost all Poles have heard about the gesture of the PiS MP. And again: such a result theoretically seems obvious, but practice shows that it is a superficial obviousness.” https://oko.press/sondaz-oko-press-90-proc-polakow-wie-o-gescie-lichockiej/ -- THE FIRST PRESIDENT IS FOR AND EVEN AGAINST - MAŁGORZATA KRYSZKIEWICZ AND PATRYK SŁOWIK IN DGP: “Małgorzata Gersdorf believes that the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court is not a court. Despite this, she transferred several cases to it for adjudication. However, it now turns out that this observation did not prevent Prof. Gersdorf from transferring cases to the Disciplinary Chamber. This happened, among others, in the case of Krakow judges who wanted the Criminal Chamber to rule in their proceedings. The same was true in the immunity case of a judge from Łódź. The local court, after the Supreme Court's resolution, had doubts whether the Disciplinary Chamber was competent to adjudicate. It decided to ask the First President about it. She, in turn, indicated that the answer to the question of whether the Disciplinary Chamber is a court should be given by... the Disciplinary Chamber itself.” https://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/wydarzenia/artykuly/6446065,sn-pierwsza-prezes-gersdorf.html -- MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI ON MEDIA MACHINES AND HOW THE RIGHT KNOWS HOW TO WIN AGAINST HATE: “But there is also another side to the coin: earlier campaigns are remembered poorly, if at all. They are unfamiliar with the experience of fighting for an absolute majority under the fire of the TVN empire, Michnik's machine, and German media sorties. It is therefore worth recalling the conclusions and principles thanks to which the right was able to survive such an onslaught and win.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/488596-hejt-idzie-straszny-ale-prawica-wie-jak-z-nim-wygrywac -- SHE WOULD BE PRESIDENT OF THE FEW, LIKE FROM A NEOLIBERAL BROCHURE: “In summary, Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska tells us that 'he who does not work, shall not eat.' A vision of society from a neoliberal brochure, outdated even at the time it was written. And what about fertility, the demographic crisis? What about social cohesion, as important as prosperity? Finally, what about solidarity and justice? And this terribly false thesis that social programs kill people's aspirations in Poland. It is the exact opposite: they activate and enable these aspirations! If Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska wins, she will be not so much a 'true president' as a president of the few.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/488506-kto-nie-pracuje-ten-nie-je-bylaby-prezydentem-nielicznych -- TURCZYNOWICZ ENRAGED PiS - JUSTYNA DOBROSZ-ORACZ AND RAFAŁ WÓJCIK IN GW: “The president's campaign manager angered PiS parliamentarians at the convention in Jachranka. Accusations were made that instead of presenting an electoral strategy, she focused on self-promotion. Those gathered were so irritated that after a few minutes they began chanting: 'Andrzej Duda!' Only then did Turczynowicz-Kieryłło finish her speech.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,25730434,wybory-prezydenckie-2020-turczynowicz-kieryllo-rozjuszyla-poslow.html -- A PARTY KISS ON THE FOREHEAD MAY HARM THE PRESIDENT - ZUZANNA DĄBROWSKA IN RZ: “Will the party leader's words ensure Andrzej Duda's re-election? If PiS parliamentarians manage to 'go with the party leader's words' to the people, to which they have just been obliged, it will have an impact. Undoubtedly. Unless it turns out that after a long period in power, the MPs and senators of the ruling party have little to say to the people. In that case, a party kiss on the forehead may strongly harm Andrzej Duda.” https://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/200229574-Zuzanna-Dabrowska-Partia-caluje-w-czolo.html -- HOW DUDA TRICKED DUDA - WHAT THE WITHDRAWAL FROM PENSION BENEFITS MEANS - LESZEK KOSTRZEWSKI IN GW: “PiS has finally admitted: we no longer have money for further social expenditures. And it has signaled to Andrzej Duda that he must manage the campaign without additional promises. (...) The head of 'Solidarity,' however, has no complaints about being deceived. Quite the contrary – at every opportunity, he thanks the president for his stance and for considering the union's opinion.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,155290,25729821,jak-duda-ogral-dude.html -- EPIDEMIC AS A TEST OF POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “It is also clear that opposition politicians have the right and duty to hold the government accountable for how they fulfill their obligations. But what neither the one nor the other is allowed to do is mislead citizens and spread disinformation to society. Disinformation in the case of the opposition is unjustified panic-mongering, while in the case of the government, it is downplaying the threat. Therefore, it is worth appealing at this point to politicians in Poland – regardless of whether they are currently in power or in opposition – for responsibility. Although, remembering how just a few days ago politicians of all options made cancer patients hostages to a political war, I would not be overly optimistic that such an appeal will bring positive results.” https://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/302259900-Michal-Szuldrzynski-Epidemia-testem-odpowiedzialnosci.html -- GW ON THE FRONT PAGE ABOUT PATRYCJA KOTECKA: “His testimony is hundreds of pages long. 'Wyborcza' has several interrogations. Like any cooperating witness, 'Broda' begins by listing the crimes he participated in and can testify about. A significant part of the interrogation from July 2, 2009, is devoted to Kotecka and her connections with the Warsaw underworld at the turn of the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century. We present these testimonies in full. (...) The response came on January 7. 'I did not participate in any crimes and have nothing to do with that world,' wrote Ziobro's wife. She added a warning: 'Disseminating such information is a deliberate violation of my personal rights and will be met with decisive legal action.'” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,25731005,niebezpieczne-zwiazki-patrycji-koteckiej-jaka-jest-przeszlosc.html -- FALSE TESTIMONY OF A CHEAT AND RAPIST, CHECKED OVER MANY YEARS OF PO RULE - STATEMENT BY PATRYCJA KOTECKA: “The publication is based on the false testimony of a cheat and rapist nicknamed 'Broda,' given 12 years ago, which has been repeatedly verified by the prosecutor's office, including during many years of Civic Platform rule. 'Gazeta Wyborcza' refers to a fabricator who has already misled the prosecutor's office more than once, for example, in the case of the murder of Police General Marek Papała, when he falsely accused the wife of a minister in the PO government of ordering the murder. Today, after many years of convictions, Piotr K. is still a notorious criminal wanted by Interpol with two arrest warrants, suspected of, among other things, fraud and rape in Ukraine.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/488628-oswiadczenie-p-koteckiejzaprzeczam-klamliwym-informacjom -- BIRTHDAYS: Roman Malinowski, Andrzej Celiński, Ryszard Kalisz, Piotr Skwirowski, Michał Marcinkiewicz, Beata Bublewicz, Michał Tracz, Maciej Zalewski.