-- BODNAR: PIS'S FUNDRAISING IS LAWFUL - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/09/03/ -- PIS IS PAVING THE WAY FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DEFEAT - JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ IN RZ: “Jarosław Kaczyński assumes that after the decision of the National Electoral Commission (PKW), his party's candidate will not become head of state. The party would have to invest tens of millions of zlotys in one person, which could turn out to be a non-refundable investment. Worse still, there is no ideal candidate.” -- PIS IS SUFFERING FROM CADRE ATROPHY, LACKS AN ANDRZEJ DUDA BIS AND MUST CREATE A LEGEND THAT "TUSK'S PKW" ROBBED IT OF VICTORY - NIZINKIEWICZ FURTHER IN RZ: “The poor have not been spared. Rumors of PiS's demise are exaggerated. The party will cope, and perhaps even gain political vigor. What's worse is that it suffers from cadre atrophy, lacks an Andrzej Duda bis, and must create a legend that "Tusk's PKW" robbed it of victory. When you have nothing to offer, legends and myths sell best.” https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art41058641-jacek-nizinkiewicz-pis-nie-ma-silnego-kandydata-i-tworzy-grunt-pod-przegrane-wybory-prezydenckie -- IF EVERYONE ELSE, THE PRIME MINISTER SHOULD ALSO DO A SELF-EXAMINATION. THERE IS TOO LITTLE DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE AT THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, THE PRIME MINISTER'S DOMINANCE PREVAILS, IT IS DECIDEDLY TOO GREAT - MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE CZESŁAW SIEKIERSKI IN SE: “If everyone else, then the Prime Minister should also do a self-examination. There is too little discussion and dialogue at the Council of Ministers, the Prime Minister's dominance prevails, it is decidedly too great. I am happy to share with the Prime Minister what I have done and what I have not done; I am a believer and I will gladly confess.” https://polityka.se.pl/wiadomosci/czeslaw-siekierski-odpowiada-szefowi-rzadu-on-rowniez-powinien-zrobic-rachunek-sumienia-aa-aMJF-L4cn-7WgL.html -- 35 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS BELIEVE THAT THE ACTIONS OF THE RULING COALITION AIMED AT ACCOUNTING FOR THE PERIOD OF UNITED RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVING THE RULE OF LAW, WHILE 33 PERCENT BELIEVE THEY WORSEN THE RULE OF LAW AND DEEPEN INSTITUTIONAL CHAOS IN THE COUNTRY - ACCORDING TO A CBOS POLL: https://i.pl/sondaz-cbos-polacy-oceniaja-rozliczenia-czasow-rzadow-zjednoczonej-prawicy/ar/c1p2-26727387 -- 56 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS CONSIDER THE PKW'S DECISION TO BE JUSTIFIED, 36.7 PERCENT DISAGREE WITH IT, AND 7.3 PERCENT HAVE NO OPINION - RZ POLL: https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art41064111-sondaz-czy-pis-powinien-stracic-subwencje-polacy-bez-litosci-dla-partii-kaczynskiego -- ONE CAN SAY: HE WHO SOWS THE WIND REAPS THE WHIRLWIND. AFTER PIS RUTHLESSLY DEALT WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL, THE WAY IT TRIED TO SUPPRESS THE SUPREME COURT AND THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, IT IS DIFFICULT TO FEEL EMPATHY - MAREK KĘSKRAWIEC IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “But even if – as in the case of the way Tusk's people took over public media and the prosecutor's office – a person who respects the law unconditionally feels distaste for the actions of the new government, on the other hand, one can say: he who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind. After PiS ruthlessly dealt with the Constitutional Tribunal, and the way it tried to suppress the Supreme Court and the prosecutor's office, it is difficult to feel empathy for Jarosław Kaczyński, even if he has to face empty party coffers soon. After all, the harsh decision of the PKW is also a consequence of the PiS leader's actions.” -- THE NEW GOVERNMENT IS PLAYING TO DESTROY PIS - KĘSKRAWIEC FURTHER IN TP: “The National Electoral Commission has brought the largest opposition party to the brink of financial ruin. PiS will not benefit from the help of a loyal chamber in the Supreme Court – Tusk has decided to defeat Kaczyński with his own weapon.” https://tygodnikpowszechny.pl/nowa-wladza-gra-na-zniszczenie-pis-188167 -- TUSK WANTS TO DEFUSE CRITICISM AND SHOW THAT HE IS ON THE SIDE OF VOTERS DISAPPOINTED WITH THE PACE OF CHANGE - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “In this way, the Prime Minister, instead of becoming the recipient of complaints, changes sides and says: I also want to hear what went wrong, and I will hold my ministers accountable along with you, dear citizens. On the one hand, this is an attempt to erase the bad impression made by the Prime Minister's admission of a mistake regarding the countersignature of the appointment of a neo-judge to lead the work of one of the chambers of the Supreme Court.” -- TUSK RECOGNIZED THAT THE PKW'S DECISION WAS CONSIDERED TOO HARSH BY SOME VOTERS, WHICH IS WHY HE EMPHASIZES THAT IT IS NOT REVENGE - SZUŁDRZYŃSKI FURTHER IN RZ: https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art41060781-michal-szuldrzynski-spowiedz-ministrow-tuska-czyli-premier-staje-po-stronie-rozczarowanych-wyborcow -- THE CHURCH FUND WAS SUPPOSED TO DISAPPEAR, BUT IT'S IN THE BUDGET - NATALIA SAWKA IN OKO.PRESS: “One of the Civic Coalition's promises is the liquidation of the Church Fund. Politicians clearly declared that they wanted to stop financing the Church Fund from the state budget, but it seems that liquidation will not happen for now.” https://oko.press/fundusz-koscielny-mial-zniknac-a-jest-w-budzecie -- JUDYTA WATOŁA ON THE STAFF DEALING WITH E-HEALTH - WRITES IN GW: “The problem with the Demediuk couple is their lack of competence in healthcare. Wojciech Demediuk is an electrical engineer who came to the ministry from a construction company and frankly admitted to his new subordinates that he doesn't know about healthcare. Iwona Demediuk is a lawyer who most recently worked in the Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Waterway Transport.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31272979,centrum-e-zdrowia-ma-nowa-dyrektorke-w-przeszlosci-zaslynela.html -- BUDGET 2025, OR THE CONTINUATION OF STARVING THE PUBLIC SECTOR - PIOTR WÓJCIK IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: “We will sleep through another year that we could have used for the modernization of public services and the entire public sector. Unfortunately, it will remain in stagnation, and talented people will continue to leave higher education and the civil service, discouraged by dramatically low wages. Patients, discouraged by long queues, will leave public healthcare, which will mean the progressive privatization of medical care in Poland.” -- IF THE RULERS OF POLAND CONTINUE TO PRETEND THAT TAXES DO NOT NEED TO BE RAISED FOR HIGH EARNERS AND PRIVILEGES FOR THE WEALTHIEST DO NOT NEED TO BE ABOLISHED - WÓJCIK'S CONCLUSION: “And this state of affairs will continue if the rulers of Poland continue to pretend that taxes do not need to be raised for high earners and tax and contribution privileges for the wealthiest do not need to be abolished.” https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/budzet-2025-czyli-glodzenia-budzetowki-ciag-dalszy/ -- BIRTHDAYS: Jacek Karnowski, Michał Karnowski, Izabela Leszczyna.