-- 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAREK EDELMAN'S DEATH. https://www.centrumdialogu.com/dzien-marka-edelmana -- HE ONCE TOLD ME: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE AFRAID ALL DAY, BUT KNOWING THAT A DROP OF HAPPINESS AWAITED YOU AT NIGHT – one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a distinguished cardiologist, and an opposition activist was recalled on Polish Radio by the director of a documentary film about his life. https://www.polskieradio.pl/8/2222/Artykul/2375881,Jolanta-Dylewska-Marek-Edelman-podkreslal-znaczenie-milosci-w-getcie -- ACCORDING TO POLITICO, VANCE WON THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DEBATE: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/02/vance-walz-who-won-vp-debate-roundtable-00181905 -- J.D. VANCE SHOWED A POLISHED FACE OF TRUMPIZISM - WRITES MACIEJ CZARNECKI IN GW: https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,31352074,tim-walz-i-j-d-vance-zmierzyli-sie-w-debacie-wiceprezydenckiej.html -- CIVIC COALITION AND LAW AND JUSTICE ALMOST TIED - IBRIS POLL FOR RZ: “Civic Coalition remains in first place with 33.1 percent. Compared to a similar poll conducted for ‘Rzeczpospolita’ at the end of August, Donald Tusk’s party lost 0.4 percentage points. PiS, on the other hand, gained 1 percentage point and now has 32.9 percent. This reduces the gap between the two largest groupings to just 0.2 percentage points.” https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art41227721-nowy-sondaz-partyjny-ko-i-pis-niemal-na-rowni -- DESPITE SHOUTING IN THE SEJM, THE PIS ATTACKS WERE ROUTINE, LACKING STRENGTH AND CONVICTION - MARIUSZ JANICKI IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “All these insinuations and fabrications have had a noticeably weaker effect than until recently. Political gold is proving to be tombac for now. Despite shouting in the Sejm, the PiS attacks were routine, somehow lacking strength and conviction.” -- IF THIS OFFENSIVE BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS TEAM CONTINUES, AND PIS IS SKILLFULLY MARGINALIZED, CIVIC PLATFORM MAY MAINTAIN ITS LEAD OVER THE MAIN OPPONENT - JANICKI CONTINUES IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “If this offensive by the prime minister and his team continues, and PiS is skillfully marginalized, Civic Platform may maintain the lead over its main opponent, which had already begun to shrink. Much will depend on the second stage of the flood, i.e., the efficiency in removing its consequences.” -- THE "NORMALSI" FROM THE NARRATIVE OF SOME COMMENTATORS DID NOT COINCIDENTALLY FAIL TO FORM THEIR OWN GROUPING, WHICH WOULD BE THE EASIEST. BUT THEY DON'T NEED IT BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE ANY "ANTI-TUSK" PARTY TO CHOOSE FROM - CONTINUES THE FIRST DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “There will never be an agreement from the democratic 'totals' for this, because there is no symmetry here. And it's not about PiS and PO specifically – that's who represents the options now – but about the systems of constitutional values that these formations propose. Because the 'normalsi' from the narrative of some commentators did not coincidentally fail to form their own grouping, which would have been the easiest. But they don't need it, because they already have any 'anti-Tusk' party to choose from. As the well-known formula goes: there are no accidents, only signs.” https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2272739,1,polityczny-tombak.read -- DESPITE GREAT EFFORT, PIS POLITICIANS HAVE HARDLY SUCCEEDED IN CONVINCING VOTERS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS EXTREMELY INCOMPETENT DURING THE FLOOD - PIOTR ŚMIŁOWICZ IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “The catastrophe revealed above all its theatrical artificiality. For example, PiS politicians, despite great efforts, have hardly succeeded in convincing voters that the government was extremely incompetent during the flood – and that Donald Tusk misled us by saying there was no great threat. The ritualistic nature of these accusations was more than evident, as evidenced by the latest polls, according to which the main opposition party’s ratings have not increased.” -- ALREADY ON THE ISSUE OF REAL ACTIONS, THE CONFLICTING CAMPS DECIDED ON SURPRISINGLY HARMONIOUS COOPERATION - ŚMIŁOWICZ CONTINUES: “Although the debate was again full of ritualistic exchanges of political blows, regarding real actions, the conflicting camps decided on surprisingly harmonious cooperation. The ruling majority did not reject the PiS flood bill in the first reading, and PiS parliamentarians supported its government version in committee.” https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/w-lustrze-powodziowej-wody-co-ostatnia-katastrofa-mowi-nam-o-donaldzie-tusku-i-polskiej-polityce -- "AN ACCIDENT AT WORK, WHAT'S MEANT TO BE, WON'T DROWN". WIECZOREK ON MP MATYSIAK'S FAILED ATTEMPT FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/10/02/ -- TO EFFECTIVELY INVALIDATE THE AUGUST 2ND DOCUMENT, SOLORZ WOULD HAVE TO PROVE "DECEIT" AND IDENTIFY THE GUILTY PARTIES - WOJCIECH CZUCHNOWSKI, AGNIESZKA KUBLIK, AND DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “Currently, a court dispute is underway in Liechtenstein between Solorz and his daughter and sons regarding the effectiveness of the August 2nd statement and its withdrawal on August 13th. The proceedings began on August 26th. On September 10th, the court issued five temporary injunctions that freeze the current situation. There is also a request to appoint a curator for both foundations during the dispute. What happens next is unknown. To effectively invalidate the August 2nd document, Solorz would have to prove "deceit" and identify the guilty parties. That is, to incriminate his daughter and sons.” -- SOLORZ'S DAUGHTER PERSONALLY VISITED HIS HOUSES, WHERE SHE EXPECTED TO FIND HIM, TRACKED THE LOCATION OF THE YACHT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON - GW AUTHORS CONTINUE: “Solorz also loves his grandchildren and is very interested in them. Aleksandra is deeply affected by being isolated from her father along with her sons recently. In recent weeks, she has been the most persistent in trying to contact her father. She personally visited his houses, where she expected to find him, and tracked the locations of the yacht he might have been on. From people serving in the houses, boats, and planes, she received information that they too were having difficulty contacting Solorz, and Justyna Kulka ensured that no one spoke to him directly.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31352685,jak-solorz-odwolal-sukcesje-kulisy-wojny-o-wladze-nad-imperium.html -- EVERYTHING INDICATES THAT BOTH FOUNDATIONS WILL BE PLACED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A CURATOR, SO THE SOLORZ FAMILY WILL EFFECTIVELY LOSE OPERATIONAL CONTROL OVER THE POLSAT GROUP - ANDRZEJ STANKIEWICZ IN ONE: “At the moment, the situation is a stalemate. Given the sharp conflict within the family, the court in Liechtenstein has blocked all changes to the statutes of the TIVI and SOLKOMTEL foundations. Therefore, on the one hand, the children have not taken control of the assets, but on the other hand, Solorz has not managed to implement personnel changes and bring in his people. Everything indicates that both foundations will be placed under the supervision of a curator, and thus the Solorz family will effectively lose operational control over the Polsat Group.” -- THE FIRST SHOWDOWN WILL OCCUR IN LESS THAN A WEEK - STANKIEWICZ CONTINUES: “An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of Cyfrowy Polsat has been called for October 8th. The agenda includes the replacement of the supervisory board.” https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/kulisy-wojny-o-imperium-zygmunta-solorza-ujawniamy-dzieci-szukaja-miliardera/q80e1jx,79cfc278 -- THE SUCCESSION CONCERNS SOLORZ'S ENTIRE EMPIRE; THE FAMILY FEUD COULD RUIN IT. IT MAY ALSO HAVE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES - JOANNA SOLSKA IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “If Gawryluk does not run, but Kulka’s faction wins the war in the business family, the 'neutral' Polsat could become helpful to a PiS candidate, as it did for Duda once. This power struggle within Solorz's empire therefore also has this significance. Perhaps the most important.” -- SOLSKA ON THE MUNICH CLINIC THREAD: “And now seriously: – Over ten years ago, Solorz donated 100 million euros to the Neurological Clinic in Munich. His colleagues overlooked this gesture; I took it as a signal. He must have known about his illness back then. He made Tobias the nominal head of Polsat, but he himself remained the actual one. Perhaps he believed that the moment when his health would force him to resign from managing the company would come later? Or perhaps he seriously thought about succession then and wanted to see how his son would cope in the role of his father’s formal successor? In business circles, it was said that Tobias was not capable of replacing his father; he struggled.” https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2272761,1,gra-o-tron-u-zygmunta-solorza-co-dalej-z-polsatem-i-calym-jego-imperium-kto-tu-walczy-i-o-co.read -- THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRESIDENT AGREE ONLY ON THE FACT THAT THE NATIONAL PROSECUTOR IS NAMED DARIUSZ. THIS DISPUTE SHOWS THE CATASTROPHIC STATE WE ARE IN - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “The Middle East is burning, bombs are falling on Ukraine: do we have time for constitutional chaos? There is a risk that we will fall into extreme relativism, and the concept of the rule of law will either mean nothing or will be understood differently by various sides of the political dispute. The constitutional crisis must be stopped by political means.” https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art41228011-michal-szuldrzynski-spor-o-prokuratora-krajowego-zagraza-bezpieczenstwu-panstwa -- A PARLIAMENTARY COUPLE COLLECTS ALMOST PLN 8,000 MONTHLY FROM THE SEJM FOR RENTING AN APARTMENT IN A LUXURIOUS LOCATION - WOJCIECH KARPIESZUK IN GW: “Kinga Gajewska and Arkadiusz Myrcha, a parliamentary couple from Civic Coalition, spend almost PLN 8,000 in parliamentary housing allowances monthly on renting an apartment. Even for Warsaw, this is a considerable amount. Can the housing allowances paid by the Sejm be used to rent an apartment priced in the higher segment?” https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,31351236,prawie-8-tysiecy-z-sejmu-na-wynajem-mieszkania-dla-parlamentarnego.html -- 27 YEARS AGO, TVN television station was launched. -- BIRTHDAYS: Marcin Horała, Ludwik Rakowski.