-- ZERO ORGANIZATION, ZERO INFORMATION - GW headline on the virus. -- NO CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR FAMILY DOCTORS, LACK OF BASIC EQUIPMENT - DISPOSABLE GOWNS AND MASKS - front page of DGP. https://serwisy.gazetaprawna.pl/zdrowie/artykuly/1455927,koronawirus-w-polsce-jak-postepowac.html -- ADAM MICHNIK ON THE MAY PLEBISCITE - says in an interview with Agnieszka Kublik for wyborcza.pl: “Because they will have the character of a plebiscite. In 1989, it was also a plebiscite – it wasn't that important who was better or worse on the Solidarity list. It was inviolable and obvious that what mattered was whether the vote was for maintaining the formation that ruled the dictatorial system in power, or for rejecting that formation. And it's similar today. Do we want to continue blindly going nowhere and become a country of grotesque semi-dictatorship, where people will chant on the streets 'the whole of Poland laughs at you, fraudsters and thieves'?”. -- LAWLESSNESS AND INJUSTICE - MICHNIK CONTINUES: “It is no accident that lying is today the natural weapon of Law and Justice. Once, when I was still a very young man, a publication called 'Prawo i Życie' (Law and Life) came out. And it was the most subservient publication in '68, with the most fascist content. And we used to say: 'lawlessness and abuse.' Today, one would probably have to say of PiS: lawlessness and injustice.” -- MICHNIK TELLS KUBLIK THAT UNDER GOMUŁKA AND JARUZELSKI THERE WAS NO SUCH ARROGANCE, INSOLENCE, CONTEMPT FOR LAW AND CUSTOM: “One can say that the Gomułka, Gierek, or Jaruzelski regime was not a piece of cake and caviar. It was tough at times. However, there was nothing as unprecedented as this unheard-of arrogance, insolence, contempt for law and custom. Back then, I knew that the verdict in my case and that of my friends – Jacek Kuroń or Władysław Frasyniuk – would be handed down in the Central Committee, not in court. Today, I know that if the courts are taken over, it will be handed down in Nowogrodzka Street. I know that. But that my illegally tapped conversations would be published on television or online?! Well, that didn't happen. That's complete Orwell. That's an absolute violation of the elementary principle of coexistence between a citizen and their state.” -- PIS'S INCOMPETENT CAMPAIGN WILL LEAD DUDZ TO DEFEAT, WHICH I WISH FOR HIM - MICHNIK CONTINUES: “But every sensible Pole will know that by voting for Kidawa-Błońska, they will be voting for an honest, competent, independent person, but one who can also count on the support of outstanding people. On this list of outstanding people, at one of the first places, or perhaps even the first, is Donald Tusk. So, these are some desperate moves of a rather incompetent PiS campaign, which in my opinion will lead Andrzej Duda to defeat. Which I sincerely wish for him.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,82983,25734926,adam-michnik-nieporadna-kampania-pis-u-doprowadzi-dude-do-kleski.html -- FUR FARMERS WITH RYDZYK'S SUPPORT WANT TO CHECKMATE DUDA - JACEK GĄDEK IN GAZETA.PL: “Wójcik, however, has the money to build his political weight. For his industry – fur farming – it's a matter of survival. Why? In the campaign, Andrzej Duda will be fighting for farmers' votes, and the fur magnate wants to represent them, but in return for supporting Duda, he will expect a declaration on preserving the fur industry. Because after the elections, PiS is to return to the law abolishing fur farms in Poland, as Jarosław Kaczyński personally wants it. And then the president – his veto – will be the last barrier against the law.” https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,25733696,nowy-ruch-spoleczny-na-wsi-zaufany-czlowiek-o-rydzyka-moze.html -- NO SIGNATURE? - Tomasz Żółciak and Grzegorz Osiecki in DGP: “Our sources in the government and the president's circle assure that a veto of the bill or sending it to the Constitutional Tribunal is being considered. (...) For these reasons, the thesis that the president will sign it, as it would mean funding media that clearly support him in the ongoing election campaign with substantial money, is less likely than a few weeks ago. – At this moment, all options are on the table – admits a high-ranking PiS politician to us.” https://serwisy.gazetaprawna.pl/media/artykuly/1455965,dotacja-dla-tvp-czy-bedzie-weto-dudy.html -- AGAINST THESE 2 BILLION, WE PLACE 1.2 BILLION COLLECTED BY WOŚP - JERZY OWSIAK IN AN INTERVIEW WITH RZ: “This is a lot of money. Recently, when someone asked how much money the Ministry of Health spent on equipment in 2019, it turned out to be around PLN 718 million, and we spent PLN 158 million. One in five devices is ours, and we were accused that our support is just a fraction. In medicine, thanks to the Orchestra, PLN 1 billion 126 million has appeared over 27 years. The system has faltered, and in this system, someone suddenly comes and says they are a miracle worker and pulls out 2 billion as if they were lying under the table. Against these 2 billion, we place PLN 1 billion 126 million, for which we purchased 62,000 devices. To this was added Ms. Lichocka's gesture, which showed 'we won, and you lost.' Death won over life.” -- I RATE DUDZ'S 5 YEARS VERY BADLY - OWSIAK CONTINUES IN RZ: “I don't expect anything. Because it will also be the result of his five-year term. The president should not agree to this, he should stand up for the sick, there is no doubt about that. But I rate these five years of Andrzej Duda's presidency very badly. During this time, he has not built himself up, his position, nor a connection with Poles, nor the respect that would show that the office of the president is an external representation of Poland. President Duda's decision today has purely electoral value. How he behaves will not be a consequence of his previous convictions regarding health. The president is a man who has never shown that he cares about the health of Poles. He is young, vigorous, skis, perhaps he does not need healthcare, and I wish him that he doesn't need it for as long as possible, but it's a shame that this vigor doesn't translate into caring for Poles, for Polish healthcare. And in my opinion, the health of Poles is going downhill towards collapse.” https://www.rp.pl/Wywiady-i-rozmowy/302269917-Owsiak-5-lat-zlej-prezydentury-Andrzeja-Dudy.html -- PIS'S CAMPAIGN IS RUN BY FAT CATS - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “The shape of the presidential campaign staff is the best summary of Andrzej Duda's five-year presidency. He failed to build a separate center of power or his own circle. When the campaign began, he had to ask Law and Justice for money, staff, and ideas. Veterans like Adam Bielan, Beata Szydło, or Joachim Brudziński took charge of the election campaign. Not by chance, they are a trio of MEPs. In 2015, Duda's campaign was run by a new team of ambitious politicians hungry for success. Today, it's made up of well-fed cats who no longer have such ambitions.” -- WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON A SHOW, AND SO WHAT? - SZUŁDRZYŃSKI QUOTES A PiS POLITICIAN ON PAD'S CONVENTION: “Even PiS MPs notice that something is going wrong. Duda's inaugural convention did not bring a breakthrough. – We spent a lot of money – one of them told me after it – we put on a great show. But the most important thing wasn't said: why exactly should Poles vote for Duda again. Four years ago, we presented new proposals. And now? Will Poles vote for Andrzej just because he traveled to all the counties? Is that supposed to mobilize people? – asked my interlocutor.” https://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/200229470-Michal-Szuldrzynski-Gdy-kampanie-robia-tluste-koty.html -- THE RULING CAMP IS TRIPPING OVER ITS OWN FEET - JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ IN RZ: “The ruling camp is tripping over its own feet and behaving as if it's sabotaging its candidate's campaign. There is a risk that keeping Turczynowicz-Kieryłło in office may harm Duda. Especially since matters from her past will surface, which could lead to her person being overexposed in the media, like Mariana Banas. What will PiS do? The campaign staff will remove Turczynowicz-Kieryłło from sight for a while or push her away entirely if the publicity around her starts to harm Duda. It's strange that such an important person in the president's staff wasn't vetted and rhetorically tested by the party.” -- NIZINKIEWICZ ON THE FACT THAT IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL A POLL THAT NO LONGER SHOWS DUDA AS THE FAVORITE: “One opinion poll has already indicated, based on respondent votes, that Duda would lose to Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz in the second round. It's only a matter of time before the first poll appears showing that Duda is not the favorite of the election. All the more so as PiS is literally meddling in weakening the president's position.” https://www.rp.pl/Analizy/302269916-Jacek-Nizinkiewicz-Femme-fatale-Andrzeja-Dudy.html -- LICHOCKA DEFENDS PRESIDENT DUDA - Izabela Kacprzak in RZ: “Despite the scandal, PiS did not remove Joanna Lichocka from the function of rapporteur for the Sejm's resolution condemning whistling at President Duda. The face of the resolution, which condemns the 'hooligan attack,' is a deputy who caused one of the biggest scandals in parliament.” https://archiwum.rp.pl/artykul/1423086-Lichocka-broni-godnosci-prezydenta-Dudy.html -- ZIOBRO'S PEOPLE DEFEND ANTISEMITES - PUNISHMENT FOR PROSECUTING MIĘDLAR - Jacek Harłukowicz on the front page of GW: “Prosecutor Małgorzata Kalecińska, who decided to detain Jacek Międlar, lost her position as head of the Wrocław Old Town prosecutor's office. – The order came from the National Prosecutor's Office – say our sources. (...) – She was informed that the decision to dismiss her was made at the National Prosecutor's Office and is related to the December detention of former priest Jacek Międlar – we heard from several people close to her.” https://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,25735330,prokurator-zdymisjonowana-przez-ludzi-ziobry-za-sciganie.html -- NO, NO, AND NO, NO FORCE WILL DRAG KRRiT TO THE TELEVISION TO WATCH THE NEWS - Elżbieta Rutkowska in DGP: “No, no, and no. KRRiT has dug its heels in, and no force will drag it to the television. The presidential campaign is heating up day by day; Andrzej Duda, fighting for re-election, is smiling at Poles on public television – but the body that, according to the constitution, 'guards freedom of speech, the right to information, and the public interest in radio and television,' has decided to guard with closed eyes. I even understand that. It's no pleasure to watch the on-screen performances of Jacek Kurski's employees. Especially during an election campaign, when the layer of glaze in reports about the ruling party becomes even thicker, and even longer fangs grow from the ominous maw of the 'total opposition' than usual. Out of a sense of duty – after all, I write about the media – I sometimes watch, though. How much more obligated should the National Council feel. Especially in the current political situation.” https://serwisy.gazetaprawna.pl/media/artykuly/1455973,rutkowska-o-tvp-i-wiadomosciach.html -- THE HOŁOWNIA REPUBLIC - JACEK ŻAKOWSKI IN GW: “A state is not a single-use toy. It is built over generations and can be destroyed in a few years. Lack of experience, knowledge, and humility is enough. Serious people in serious countries know this. It's not enough to have advisors, which Hołownia often refers to when he doesn't know how to answer.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,25734453,polska-republika-holowniowa.html -- THIS IS NOT A CELEBRITY'S WHIM, I HAVE SHOWN COMPETENCE IN ACTION, I AM MAINTAINING 500+ AND THE RETIREMENT AGE - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2020/02/27/#post-552535 -- ANNIVERSARY OF THIS DAY IN 1957 – the first issue of the weekly POLITYKA was published on the day the second government of Cyrankiewicz was appointed. -- BIRTHDAYS: Marek Grela, Roman Giertych, Robert Socha, Paweł Szefernaker, Andrzej Folwarczny.