-- SIEMONIAK: THE LIST OF PERSONS SPYED ON BY PEGASUS WILL BE SURPRISING TO THE PUBLIC IN CERTAIN ELEMENTS - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/01/26/ -- WHAT IF PIS GOES 'SOFT'? - AGATA SZCZĘŚNIAK IN OKO.PRESS: "Will they really show up in the Sejm, or are they just saying that? Can they not fulfill their promise? Or maybe they have to abandon it for their own political good? By avoiding confrontation, will PiS put the ruling camp in a more difficult situation? Regardless of the strategy they choose – 'hard' or 'soft' – it will be a challenge for the ruling camp." -- HOŁOWNIA IS TO WIN AGAINST PIS COMMUNICATIVELY – BY CLEARLY EXPLAINING WHAT HE IS DOING AND WHY TO A WIDE AUDIENCE - SZCZĘŚNIAK FURTHER IN OKO.PRESS: "At the same time, Hołownia is to win against PiS communicatively – by clearly explaining to a wide audience what he is doing and why. So far, this strategy is working. Hołownia has just broken the all-time record in the trust ranking for politicians, leaving Andrzej Duda behind (54.4 to 41.3). Surveys from various research firms also show that the ruling camp's narrative resonates with Poles." https://oko.press/kaminski-i-wasik-nie-przyszli-totalsi-pis-jak-opozycja-w-2016 -- A SCUFFLE – FOR NOW – HALF-HEARTEDLY - MAREK KĘSKRAWIEC IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: "Poles do not perceive the situation in Poland as President Kaczyński does, and the situation within PiS is also problematic, as the broad leadership clearly sees that anarchizing political life in Poland, especially with a lack of broad access to the most important media and the inability to impose their own narrative, will not bring benefits to PiS. Perhaps this is why the party did not decide on the most radical option, i.e., blocking the parliamentary podium and breaking off the proceedings. The sight of MPs being carried out of the chamber by the Marshal's guard might not have been well received by voters, who would most likely have considered the scandal in parliament as evidence of the opposition's rabble-rousing, rather than their fight for democratic principles." -- THE COALITION IS UNITED, AND FOR THE COMING MONTHS THE COMMON GOAL WILL BE TO FURTHER SINK PIS, NOT INTERNAL FIGHTS - KĘSKRAWIEC FURTHER IN TYGODNIK: "It is evident that Tusk and Hołownia (although the Third Way does not entirely support such a sharp political game, especially with the president) are not afraid of a scuffle in the Sejm, as they believe they will gain more than lose from it. The coalition is therefore still united, and for the coming months the common goal will be to further sink PiS, not internal fights. This will, of course, eventually change when the presidential elections appear on the horizon, in which Civic Coalition and the Third Way will have separate candidates: most likely Trzaskowski and Hołownia." https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/obrady-sejmu-czyli-awantura-na-razie-na-pol-gwizdka-186018 -- PIS IS ACTING AGAINST ITS DNA NOW - ADDS ANOTHER. THIS DNA IS HARD CONFRONTATION, NOT FORCES OF CALM - SOURCE QUOTED BY JACEK GĄDEK IN GAZETA.PL: "- We will win this with calmness, - assures one of the Law and Justice MPs. Another adds that they are not storming their colleagues into the Sejm building, but will fight for it primarily in the legal arena. - PiS is acting against its DNA now, - adds another. This DNA is hard confrontation, not forces of calm. Although this calmness could also be called inaction or helplessness." -- PIS IN THE SEJM IS SOFTENING. BUT THIS IS NOT A VOLUNTARY PROCESS, BUT A FORCED ONE - GĄDEK FURTHER IN GAZETA.PL: "PiS in the Sejm is softening. But this is not a voluntary process, but a forced one. Novogrodzka has no way to achieve anything on Wiejska Street. PiS is in the minority and can do little. At most, it can inflate the balloon of speculation about how PiS will try to bring its two politicians – Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik – into the Sejm building. Here and there, politicians from the United Right camp advised stocking up on tons of popcorn, while strong coffee would be needed in the Sejm." https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,30632048,pis-dziala-teraz-wbrew-swojemu-dna-kulisy-decyzji-o-braku.html -- IN THIS WAY, HE TRIES TO ESCAPE FORWARD. OPENING ANOTHER FRONT IS TO COVER UP A SERIES OF DEFEATS ELSEWHERE - KAMIL DZIUBKA IN ONE.NET: "Kaczyński knows he cannot force early elections. However, he spins a narrative about them because in this way he tries to escape forward. Opening another front is meant to cover up a series of defeats elsewhere. PiS failed to maintain control over public media. Nor did they manage to save the parliamentary seats of Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik." -- PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH POLITICAL WARFARE. THEY SIMPLY WANT TO REST – WE HEAR FROM AN IMPORTANT POLITICIAN OF THE RULING CAMP - DZIUBKA FURTHER: "It is clearly visible that, despite quite sharp rhetoric, Law and Justice has been avoiding open, even physical confrontation in parliament for some time. However, there were no scuffles. The situation repeated itself on Thursday. There is much to suggest that the answer as to why this happened is provided by surveys commissioned by the party: - We recently ordered in-depth analyses of social moods. They clearly indicate that people are fed up with political warfare. They simply want to rest. The pictures from the headquarters of public media companies, where there was a permanent scuffle a few weeks ago, were probably a turning point – we hear from an important politician of the ruling camp." https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/jaroslaw-kaczynski-otwiera-kolejny-front-to-efekt-serii-porazek/njqtk30,79cfc278 -- THE LEADER'S RECENT MEDIA APPEARANCES ARE AN AWKWARD SITUATION FOR PIS AND IMPEDE THE PROCESS OF EVENTUAL SUCCESSION - ZUZANNA DĄBROWSKA IN RZ: "The leader's recent media appearances are an awkward situation for PiS and impede the process of eventual succession. Unless the decision to dissolve PiS along with the leader's retirement has already been made." https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art39746281-zuzanna-dabrowska-prezes-kaczynski-zagonczycy-i-aspiranci -- THE LEADER OF THE LARGEST OPPOSITION PARTY IS CAPABLE OF SAYING ANYTHING, WHICH MAKES HIS WORDS LOSE WEIGHT AND HIM LOSE GRAVITAS - JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ IN RZ: "It is difficult to argue with the arguments of the PiS leader. The leader of the largest opposition party is capable of saying anything, which makes his words lose weight and him lose gravitas. Because how can one take seriously statements that early elections should be held, and before that there should be a 'transitional period with a new government,' because 'the constitution has ceased to be in force' and therefore 'various methods can be applied'?" https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art39746171-jacek-nizinkiewicz-prezes-napiera-ale-pis-sie-cofa -- ANTI-PIS HAS APPROPRIATED DEMOCRACY - RAFAŁ WOŚ IN INTERIA: "Changing laws by resolutions, bypassing the presidential veto using a mixture of shady legal solutions and raw force, imprisoning political opponents under flimsy pretexts. All of this does not fit into the instinctive understanding of democracy. It breaks its rules and crosses so many red lines that are not to be crossed. If PiS had gone even halfway to the extent that ministers Bodnar and Sienkiewicz are going every day recently, the anti-PiS supporters would have long ago declared the death of democracy. However, they give themselves permission for such actions." https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-antypis-uwlaszczyl-sie-na-demokracji-i-jest-z-siebie-bardzo-,nId,7291125 -- RESPECT FOR WORK AND MOTIVATION FOR SUCCESS ALSO DO NOT NEED TO BE TAUGHT BY TYING A CHILD TO A DESK IN THE AFTERNOONS - KATARZYNA SKRZYDŁOWSKA-KALUKIN IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: "Respect for work and motivation for success also do not need to be taught by tying a child to a desk in the afternoons. These values can be found in books, films, and even at the swimming pool; the child just needs to have time for them. The child also doesn't need to be taught that work is suffering, because it is also a passion, you just need to show it to the child – certainly not in the evening over homework." https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2024/01/25/skrzydlowska-kalukin-prace-domowe-czyli-szkolne-rewolucje-barbary-nowackiej/ -- AS BANKIER.PL HAS LEARNED, CEZARY STYPUŁKOWSKI MAY BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF PKO BP: "The list of names is expected to be longer and suggest that the path to the presidency of PKO leads through mBank, whose main shareholder is the German Commerzbank. In addition to the current CEO of mBank, his former CEO and founder Sławomir Lachowski is also among the candidates, and Jacek Obłękowski, who was associated with PKO as vice-president for 5 years before the 'good change' reforms, also appears on the list of names." -- PAPIERSKI AT PEKAO? - BANKIER FURTHER: "In the latter case, Jakub Papierski's name appears on the list of candidates for the new president. He was the vice-president of PKO BP for nearly 12 years until October 2021, supervising investment and corporate banking. This could be his return to Pekao, as he first worked there as financial director and then as CEO of CDM Pekao, the largest brokerage house in the country at that time." https://www.bankier.pl/wiadomosc/Glosny-transfer-z-mBanku-do-PKO-BP-W-najwiekszym-polskim-banku-prezesi-zmieniaja-sie-co-chwile-8684925.html -- 8 YEARS AGO Grzegorz Schetyna was elected chairman of Civic Platform. -- BIRTHDAYS: Miłada Jędrysik, Michał Jaros, Agnieszka Pasternak.