-- TUSK FIRMLY EXCLUDES PARTICIPATION, “POLAND IS READY”. TUSK AND NITRAS ON ORGANIZING THE OLYMPIC GAMES - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/08/16/ -- THE TRAGEDY ON WORONICZA WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT. ON URBAN HIGHWAYS WE ASSIST DEATH - MARCEL WANDAS IN OKO.PRESS: “The accident occurred on one of the ‘urban highways.’ There is no shortage of wide arteries like Woronicza in Poland. They have pedestrian crossings, intersections, and traffic lights, but their width can encourage high speeds and give an illusion of safety similar to a highway. (...) Despite this, Warsaw is trying to combat urban ‘pato-highways.’ The audit itself, which pointed to problems on Woronicza, is a step in the right direction — Woźniak tells us. For two years, the capital has been introducing 30 km/h zones on some streets, an area where speeds cannot exceed 30 km/h. Eventually, the zone is to cover as much as 90 percent of the city.” https://oko.press/woronicza-wypadek-smiertelny-piesi -- WARSAW COUNCILORS HOARDED MUNICIPAL COMPANIES, SOME EARNED IN AS MANY AS THREE. "IT BORDERS ON POLITICAL CORRUPTION" - MAGDALENA KOZIOŁ IN GW: “Current Deputy Minister of Justice Bartłomiej Ciążyński from The Left earned not in one, but in three Warsaw companies, Jarosław Charłampowicz from Civic Platform – in two. Nearly half, as many as 16 councilors from the previous term, worked in municipal companies or earned extra there.” https://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,31228889,wroclawscy-radni-obsiedli-miejskie-spolki-niektorzy-zarabiali.html -- JACEK SASIN, FOR WHOM THE AGENCY WAS SUPPOSED TO UNDERTAKE – IN EXCHANGE FOR A GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE KGHM FOUNDATION – THE PRODUCTION OF A SERIES OF CAMPAIGN GADGETS, CLAIMS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ONET THAT HE DID NOT CONTROL WHO PRODUCED WHAT FOR HIM AND WHERE. HE INDICATES HIS FORMER COLLEAGUE KAMIL KOWALECZKA AS THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS - JACEK HARŁUKOWICZ IN ONET: https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/onet-ujawnia-nie-tylko-jacek-sasin-jak-spolka-berm-za-publiczne-pieniadze-wspomogla/jeynely,79cfc278 -- FOR THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY (PIS), THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ARE BECOMING A LAST STAND, AN ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE TO BUILD A SYSTEM WITHOUT THE RIGHT, WITHOUT OPPOSITION - PIOTR ZAREMBA IN INTERIA: “At the same time, for PiS, the presidential elections are becoming a last stand. If a politician from the current coalition, according to the latest rumors perhaps Tusk himself, wins the presidential palace, the last brakes will be removed. The last institutions independent of the current authorities will be liquidated, Minister Bodnar will give us a purge in the courts, and under the pretext of fighting ‘hate speech,’ regular censorship will be established. An attempt will be made to build a system without the right, without opposition.” -- KACZYŃSKI COULD FIND OUT WHO THE CONFEDERATION IS ABLE TO SWALLOW IN THE SECOND ROUND, AND WHO DEFINITELY NOT. BUT SUCH CONVERSATIONS WILL PROBABLY NOT HAPPEN - ZAREMBA FURTHER: “And yet, a meeting, probably more than one, of the leaders of PiS and the Confederation would be useful – precisely in a smoke-filled room. That’s where the limits of compromise for both sides could be learned. There, Kaczyński could find out who the Confederation is able to swallow in the second round, and who definitely not. But such conversations will probably not happen. The mutual resentments are too great. Confederation members still show their wounds from the eight years of PiS rule, with their exclusion from public media at the forefront. And PiS members, at least a significant portion of them, believe that Bosak and Mentzen are allies of the current coalition.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-prawybory-bosaka-gnebienie-szydlo-prawica-w-pulapce,nId,7758253 -- TUSK, SPEAKING ABOUT PIS SCAMS, SENT A SIGNAL TO POTENTIAL SMALL CROWN WITNESSES - DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “By doing so, he sent a signal to potential small crown witnesses: don’t count on your emails being deleted, you’d better report to the prosecutor’s office.” -- KACZYŃSKI DID NOT CONTROL THIS IN SOME CASES, IN OTHERS HE ALLOWED IT, HOPING TO MAINTAIN POWER AND OBEDIENCE IN HIS CAMP THANKS TO IT - WIELOWIEYSKA FURTHER: “The anti-PiS electorate demands the arrest of loud PiS figures. Meanwhile, in some cases, these are ordinary gangsters. They preyed on public property with the tacit approval of PiS, exploiting the chaos that reigned in institutions during the right-wing government. This was the case at the National Centre for Research and Development, where gigantic thefts occurred. Kaczyński did not control this in some cases, and in others he allowed it, hoping that by doing so he would maintain power and obedience in his camp.” -- THERE IS A LOT OF CONCRETES AND EVIDENCE - WIELOWIEYSKA'S CONCLUSION: “Now we await the results of the accountability processes conducted by the new government. There is no doubt that they will bear no resemblance to the embarrassing performances of Szydło and her ministers in 2016, because there is a great deal of concrete evidence and proof.” https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,31226821,donald-tusk-mowiac-o-przekretach-pis-wyslal-sygnal-do-potencjalnych.html -- RZ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF BOGUSŁAW CHRABOTA CALLS MARCIN MASTALEREK THE PRESIDENT’S MENTOR: “Andrzej Duda, whose term ends in 2025, has finally gained political maturity. He has also found a partner (and mentor) in Marcin Mastalerek. Both know perfectly well that they will not find a significant place for themselves in Jarosław Kaczyński’s PiS. What’s more, they also know perfectly well that the aging and increasingly frail Kaczyński is incapable of changing the profile and strategy of his party to gain elementary cooperativeness. And it is this cooperation that may be the key to the right regaining power. With Kaczyński, it is simply impossible. He has worked towards this certainty for the last 30 years.” -- DUDA IS DOOMED TO POLISH POLITICS AND UNDOUBTEDLY WILL DO EVERYTHING TO FIND HIS PLACE IN IT - EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF RZ FURTHER: “Andrzej Duda has one more great asset in this game – personal popularity and an unceasing capital of trust among right-wing voters. Of course, he does not believe in any career on the European or world stage. He is doomed to Polish politics and will undoubtedly do everything to find his place in it. Therefore, one can be certain that the main confrontation on the right will be a duel between Duda and Kaczyński.” -- IN THE OPINION OF RZ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, TRZASKOWSKI’S POSITION IS MELTING - TUSK IS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, SIKORSKI IS PRIME MINISTER: “Whether we like it or not, Rafał Trzaskowski’s position is melting away. The echo of the ill-considered decision to remove crosses from Warsaw offices seriously pushes away the prospect of his presidency. Only two politicians from Civic Platform fit the role of counter-candidates: the incumbent prime minister and the minister of foreign affairs. Given the glass ceiling over Radosław Sikorski, Donald Tusk has a better chance, and the presidency is a matter of life and death for the Platform. So, who could lead the government after Tusk? A difficult question, because the bench is dramatically short. Practically a one-man show. I bet on Sikorski. Only he has enough strength, knowledge, competence, and international respect to step (barely) into Donald Tusk’s shoes. Provided he expands his influence in the party and can restrain his tongue. It’s difficult, but possible.” https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art40969601-boguslaw-chrabota-duda-nowym-kaczynskim-tusk-prezydentem-sikorski-premierem-scenariusz-na-2025-rok -- THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO HEART FOR HISTORICAL POLICY. IT IS TIME TO REMEMBER IT - RAFAŁ KALUKIN IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “This is, of course, only one fragment of the desired project, as the political narratives dominated by the right also demand realization. After the experience of PiS rule, there is no doubt that history is too serious a field to leave solely to historians. Because the state holds the most symbolic tools – all those anniversaries, monuments, museums. And while it should use them with moderation, it should do so thoughtfully, with common sense. It is time to remember the politics of memory.” https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2266555,1,powrot-do-przeszlosci-wladza-nie-ma-serca-do-polityki-historycznej-czas-sobie-o-niej-przypomniec.read -- THERE IS NO SYSTEMIC THINKING, ACTIONS ARE PUNTUAL. WE ARE LEFT WITH THE IMAGE OF HOW THE FRENCH DID IT ON THE D-DAY ANNIVERSARY - ESTERA FLIEGER IN RZ: “However, it is too early to trumpet the end of ‘warm water in the tap’ policy. ‘Apparently, even the artistic setting prepared to honor the Polish presidency in the EU will be cut,’ writes Rafał Kalukin in ‘Polityka.’ After all, one can always make an EU flag out of chocolate. What’s more, Donald Tusk – if he actively participated in the anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising – reportedly lacks the will to give proper significance to the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II: Rafał Kalukin reveals that Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, the mayor of Gdańsk, was dismissed by the prime minister with a brush-off when she suggested seeking the presence of the presidents of Germany and France. Thus, there is no systemic thinking, actions are punctual. We are left with the image of how the French did it on the D-Day anniversary.” https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art40976681-estera-flieger-15-sierpnia-czyli-liberalowie-poczuli-dume-narodowa -- IT IS TRUE, I ACTUALLY FEEL THAT THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT DID SOMETHING ON THIS MATTER - WOJCIECH SAWICKI, CREATOR OF THE PROJECT LIFE ON WHEELZ IN CONVERSATION WITH KASIA BIELECKA IN GW: “It is true, I actually feel that the previous government did something on this matter. At the same time, it can definitely be criticized for its rhetoric. The previous rulers spoke about people with disabilities not as active, independent individuals. They said ‘they need to be helped,’ ‘they need to be provided with care’ out of pity or empathy. And this only reinforces the perception of people with disabilities as victims, helpless people. And language shapes reality, so it’s no wonder that employers are afraid to hire people with disabilities, or it’s harder for us to enter into relationships and start families. That is also why I try to write not about ‘disabled people,’ but about ‘people with disabilities.’ Because this puts the person first, not their disability.” https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,159911,31167333,aktywista-to-pis-doprowadzil-do-przelomu-kopernikanskiego-w.html -- KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ’S FLIGHT OF FANCY. WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT CONFLICT TO EXPLODE - ALEKSANDRA PEZDA IN NEWSWEEK: “The Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Ministry of National Defense apparently cannot stand in his own shoes. Instead of minding his own strategic ministry, he dangerously duplicates ideas from others. (...) Minister Czarnek proclaimed then that he was investing in young people ‘so that they can proudly refer to their own culture, history, achievements of Poland, and also feel pride in being Polish, the Polish language and national symbols.’ Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz refers to the same values today, in almost the same words.” https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/odlot-kosiniaka-kamysza-tylko-czekac-az-wybuchnie-kolejny-konflikt/ygpk61l -- BIRTHDAYS: Krystyna Mokrosińska, Jacek Karnowski, Jan Łopata.