-- "HUMAN RIGHTS CIRCLES ARE PEOPLE DETACHED FROM REALITY." SIENKIEWICZ ON CRITICISM OF TUSK'S ANNOUNCEMENTS - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/10/14/ -- THIS IS NOT A SUPREME COURT RESOLUTION, BUT MERELY THE POSITION OF THREE SO-CALLED "NEO-JUSTICES." ADAM BODNAR IN AN INTERVIEW WITH BARTOSZ T. WIELIŃSKI IN GAZETA WYBORCZA: “This is not a Supreme Court resolution, but merely the position of three so-called 'neo-justices.' These are individuals not authorized to sit in the Supreme Court because they were appointed incorrectly, by the so-called neo-National Judicial Council (KRS). The prosecutor's office twice filed motions for their recusal from judging, but they were not substantively considered. Therefore, this position has no legal effect.” -- WE ARE DOING WHAT IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE LAW TO RESTORE AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY AND PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE TO CITIZENS - BODNAR CONTINUES IN GW: “We must be aware of this – we are emerging today from an eight-year process of building an undemocratic state. We are doing what is possible within the law to restore an independent judiciary and prosecutor's office to citizens. I want the changes we are implementing to be permanent. That is most important to me.” -- THOSE WHO COLLABORATED WITH THESE AUTHORITIES THOUGHT IT WOULD LAST FOREVER. THAT THERE WOULD BE NO OTHER KRS, PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, OR PARLIAMENT - CLAIMS BODNAR IN GW: “Those who collaborated with these authorities thought it would last forever. That there would be no other KRS, prosecutor's office, and no other parliament. That the further game would be played by clashing factions within United Right, and the fight would be exclusively about financial privileges and other benefits. And suddenly it turned out that a change of government could be made democratically. Voters, with a 75% turnout, said that Poland according to the vision of United Right is unacceptable.” -- A YEAR AGO, ZIOBRO CALLED THE DEMOCRATIC COALITION 'FUJARS' FROM THE SEJM'S PODIUM. WE ARE SHOWING HE WAS WRONG - BODNAR CONTINUES IN GW. -- THE COMING WEEKS WILL BRING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE ACTIVITIES UNDER HIS RULE AND REVELATIONS ABOUT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PUBLIC LIFE - BODNAR AGAIN IN GW: “I think the coming weeks will bring new information regarding the prosecutor's office's activities during his rule and the revelation of various circumstances of public life. At the initiative of Prime Minister Tusk, the ministers of interior and administration, finance, and justice signed a cooperation agreement. This was a public sealing of inter-ministerial cooperation to hold predecessors financially accountable. This will bear good fruit. The 'follow the money' strategy will help uncover many interesting things.” https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,31372572,adam-bodnar-w-rozliczaniu-pis-strategia-sledz-pieniadze.html -- TUSK SURPRISES WITH MIGRATION - GW'S FRONT PAGE STORY. -- PRIME MINISTER'S SHARP COURSE. END OF THE "OPEN DOOR" POLICY - IZABELA KACPRZAK IN RZ: “Refusal of asylum for illegal immigrants, restriction of work and student visas – the government is ending the 'open door' policy.” https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art41285971-ostry-kurs-premiera-koniec-z-polityka-otwartych-drzwi -- TUSK KNOWS THAT THE FATE OF THE 2025 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS WILL BE DECIDED NOT BY HIS HARDCORE, LIBERAL, OR LEFT-WING ELECTORATE, BUT BY THE EMOTIONS OF MILLIONS OF POLES - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “For liberal elites, there is no such thing as unilaterally withdrawing from EU law. But Tusk has factored this criticism into the costs. He knows that who becomes president will be decided by whether he can control the emotions (and let's say it frankly – fears) of millions of Poles, not by the sympathy of liberal or left-wing elites.” -- THE STRATEGY OF "SMILING POPULISM" - SZUŁDRZYŃSKI CONTINUES: “Thus, the prime minister admits that he wants to fight right-wing populism of PiS and Konfederacja also with populism, but in a smiling, liberal guise.” https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art41286161-michal-szuldrzynski-konwencje-ko-i-pis-czyli-wojna-o-kontrole-nad-migracja-i-o-prezydenture -- ORGANIZATIONS TO THE PRIME MINISTER: DIFFICULT TIMES DO NOT ABSOLVE US FROM HUMANITY AND ADHERENCE TO THE LAW - OKO.PRESS: “We therefore appeal for thoughtful decisions and words, as not only all of Europe but also the majority of citizens, for whom they are an important guide for future actions, are watching and listening. Especially today in a multinational country that Poland is becoming,” write the signatories of the appeal. OKO.press is among them.” https://oko.press/organizacje-do-premiera-trudne-czasy-nie-zwalniaja-nas-z-czlowieczenstwa-i-przestrzegania-prawa -- POLAND SMILES CROOKEDLY, BUT IT IS A DEMOCRACY - KATARZYNA SKRZYDŁOWSKA-KALUKIN IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “In many matters, the famous queue at the polling station in Wrocław's Jagodno did not stand for such a Poland a year ago. There are no satisfactory changes, and Poland's smile has become a bit crooked. However, a fundamental change has occurred. A year ago, Poland retreated from the path to autocracy. We have not approached Hungary, and this is very important, even if we are far from ideal democracy.” -- SINGLE-PERSON LEADERSHIP, CREATING THE IMPRESSION THAT WITHOUT A LEADER EVERYTHING WILL COLLAPSE, IS KNOWN FROM OTHER POLITICAL OPTIONS, THOSE THAT WERE REMOVED FROM POWER A YEAR AGO, BUT POLAND HAS RETREATED FROM THE PATH TO AUTOCTRACY - SKRZYDŁOWSKA-KALUKIN CONTINUES IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “Single-person leadership, creating the impression that without a leader everything will collapse, is known from other political options, those that were removed from power a year ago. The lack of clearly satisfying changes and the smile that has become crooked are disappointing, and this cannot be denied. However, a change has occurred. A year ago, Poland retreated from the path to autocracy.” https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2024/10/10/skrzydlowska-kalukin-rok-po-wyborach-polska-usmiecha-sie-krzywo-ale-jest-demokracja/ -- THE DEPUTY MINISTER'S GROUP IN POSITIONS AT TOTALIZATOR SPORTOWY - MARCIN TERLIK AND SZYMON PIEGZA IN ONET: “In recent months, not only party activists have found work at Totalizator Sportowy. Persons commercially associated with Szymon Gawryszczak, the new board member and, at the same time, a good acquaintance of Deputy Minister of State Assets Robert Kropiwnicki, have also appeared in the state-owned company without open competitions – according to Onet's information.” https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/grupa-wiceministra-na-stolkach-w-totalizatorze-sportowym-ujawniamy-nowe-nominacje/8v419rj,79cfc278 -- NEW MANAGERS AT PGE. CHARGES, POLICE SUPERVISION, CONFISCATED PASSPORT - PAWEŁ FIGURSKI, AND PATRYK SŁOWIK IN WP.PL: “Leszek K. and Michał S. have recently taken on directorial positions in the state-controlled Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE). Both face prosecutor's charges for their activities at Orlen years ago. The prosecutor's office is applying precautionary measures against the directors.” https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/nowi-menedzerowie-w-pge-zarzuty-dozor-policyjny-odebrany-paszport-7079125137009632a -- OSTATNIE POKOLENIE (LAST GENERATION) TO PRISON? IN POLAND, AN ACTIVIST WITH A STARCHY CLOTH HAS IT WORSE THAN A DRIVER AFTER AMPHETAMINES - PAULINA JANUSZEWSKA IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: “In moments like these, I wonder if the Polish state is treating us like idiots and if it wouldn't be better to punish amateur drivers on amphetamines faster, and leave young activists alone. Then we would all be safer.” https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/ostatnie-pokolenie-do-wiezienia-w-polsce-aktywistka-ze-skrobia-ma-gorzej-niz-kierowca-po-amfetaminie/ -- BIRTHDAYS: Tomasz Sawczuk, Grzegorz Czelej, Lech Chęciński.