state of play: 06/30/2025
STATE OF PLAY: Bodnar Counting Votes with Prosecutors, Tusk Vanishes, Internet Ablaze Over Germans Driving Immigrants to Poland
-- THREE GOVERNMENT CRISES OVER THE WEEKEND:
1. Unrest on the German border.
2. Failed search for the killer who shot his daughter and her husband, and seriously wounded his mother-in-law in Stara Wieś, Małopolskie Voivodeship.
3. PSL approaches local government officials from PO with an offer and submits a bill to abolish term limits, despite it having no chance of being signed by President Nawrocki.
-- DONALD TUSK, USUALLY ACTIVE ON X, REMAINED SILENT. NEW GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON: 2 tweets and one retweet.
-- KANAŁ ZERO: German police are taking refugees to the Polish border... and leaving them there without help. It's the residents who have to call emergency services to deal with the abandoned people. Sometimes refugees try to seek help from local communities, but not everyone is always able to assist them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uoTzRFND3o
-- KRZYSZTOF BOSAK ON BOGDAN RYMANOWSKI'S SHOW:
- Are you calling on Border Guard officers not to follow their superiors' orders?
- Those that serve Germany, not Poland - YES!
https://x.com/WolnoscTV/status/1939279730328432641
-- PLEASE STOP PRETENDING THIS IS HAPPENING WITHOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S KNOWLEDGE! THIS IS HAPPENING WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE! YOU ARE ASSISTING IN THIS! - BOSAK AGAIN ON RYMANOWSKI'S SHOW:
https://x.com/WolnoscTV/status/1939252254411800693
-- SŁAWOMIR MENTZEN: When Tusk said a month ago that after the lost elections, the government would get to work, I never thought that work would involve pushing Giertych's conspiracy theories on people and helping Germans dump immigrants in Poland.
https://x.com/SlawomirMentzen/status/1939279730328432641
-- UNFORTUNATELY, TUSK IS RULING AND GERMANY DOES WHAT IT WANTS IN OUR COUNTRY - MENTZEN AGAIN:
If Konfederacja were in power, every German police officer attempting to bring immigrants to us would be arrested, their patrol car confiscated, and the immigrant immediately deported. Unfortunately, Tusk is in power and Germany does what it wants here.
https://x.com/SlawomirMentzen/status/1939393500379803903
-- IF LAW AND JUSTICE WINS THE ELECTION AND RETURNS TO POWER, A SPECIAL MINISTRY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WILL BE ESTABLISHED. WE WILL SEND ALL THE "ENGINEERS" AWAY WITHIN 72 HOURS - MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI:
If Law and Justice wins the election and returns to power, a special ministry for illegal immigration will be established. We will send all the "engineers" away within 72 hours, at the latest within a week or two. We will not allow ourselves to be treated by Germany as we have been so far. This ministry will have special powers. There will be outcry in Brussels and Berlin, but Poland will not pay the price for the stupidity of EU bureaucrats.
https://x.com/MorawieckiM/status/1939278919288361323
-- YOU ARE DISMISSING A HUGE THREAT, YOU ARE INDIFFERENTLY WATCHING ORDINARY RESIDENTS REPLACE THE STATE IN DEFENDING THE BORDER - MARIUSZ BŁASZCZAK:
Law and Justice has been appealing for the restoration of control on the German border for a long time. Karol Nawrocki appealed for this during the campaign. The mass transfer of illegal migrants to our side is not a problem that appeared yesterday. For months, you have been turning a blind eye to this, dismissing a huge threat, and indifferently watching as ordinary residents replace the state in defending the border. And do not hide behind the backs of officers and soldiers. You are responsible for this; it is happening because of you.
https://x.com/mblaszczak/status/1939377454981791863
-- WE DEMAND THE RESTORATION OF CONTROL ON THE GERMAN BORDER! - PAWEŁ SZEFERNAKER RECALLED HIS SEJM SPEECH FROM MARCH:
https://x.com/szefernaker/status/1939245992265601337
-- THIS SCRABBLE BEFORE THE ELECTION LOOKS LIKE MICKEY MOUSE COMPARED TO THE CHAOS AROUND THE BORDER EVENTS. THE SECOND IS A POLITICAL TSUNAMI - MICHAŁ MAJEWSKI:
https://x.com/MajewskiMichal/status/1939408303911829829
-- PSL WILL SUBMIT A BILL ABOLISHING TERM LIMITS:
The PSL parliamentary club will submit a bill abolishing term limits for village mayors, town mayors, and city presidents.
https://x.com/KosiniakKamysz/status/1939035313013432403
-- BŁASZCZAK: THE ACTIVITY OF VILLAGE MAYORS, TOWN MAYORS, AND CITY PRESIDENTS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO TWO TERMS - 300LIVE:
https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/06/30/
-- THERE WILL BE A RECOUNT OF VOTES. BODNAR IS CREATING AN INVESTIGATIVE TEAM THAT WILL SCRUTINIZE 296 COMMISSIONS - WOJCIECH CZUCHNOWSKI AND AGNIESZKA KUBLIK IN GW:
"Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar is appointing an investigative team that will recount votes in district election commissions. Investigators will check the results in 296 commissions. – Orders for regional prosecutors will be issued immediately on Monday – says our source from the close circle of the Prosecutor General and Minister of Justice."
-- THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE HAS GROUNDS TO GET INVOLVED IN RECOUNTING VOTES - WRITE GW AUTHORS:
"As Bodnar's spokesperson, Prosecutor Anna Adamiak, explained to 'Wyborcza' in an interview with Ewa Ivanova, 'a prosecutor can inspect voting cards based on other laws, i.e., the Code of Criminal Procedure'.
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32064676,bedzie-ponowne-liczenie-glosow-bodnar-tworzy-zespol-sledczy.html
-- IT'S NO WONDER YOUNG RIGHT-WING VOTERS SEE JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI'S GROUP AS A PARTY OF FAT CATS - MICHAŁ PŁOCIŃSKI IN RZ:
"At the PiS Congress in Przysucha, there was no sign of change. It's no wonder that young right-wing voters see Jarosław Kaczyński's group as a party of fat cats, solely interested in power for power's sake. There is a lack of vitality in PiS today. PiS remains PiS; voters have received ideological recycling. The young lions have, of course, stood by Jarosław Kaczyński, still the undisputed leader of the right, at least the geriatric part of it."
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art42617811-michal-plocinski-pis-czyli-prawica-geriatryczna-czy-jaroslaw-kaczynski-zdola-jeszcze-wlac-w-nia-zycie
-- THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AGAINST THE "TUSK REGIME" ACTS AS A UNIFYING PILL. FACTIONAL FIGHTS WITHIN PIS HAVE TEMPORARILY SUBSIDED. AT LEAST FOR THE DURATION OF THE CONGRESS - AGATA SZCĘŚNIAK ON OKO.PRESS:
"In his speech, Kaczyński mentioned Mateusz Morawiecki but not Przemysław Czarnek. Both are vying for power within the party, but the prospect of taking over has receded. First, PiS must win power in the country, and both politicians will be needed. The PiS leader is sending Czarnek to Karol Nawrocki's chancellery. As some whisper: to prevent him from starting party rivalries too soon, which could hinder the party's return to power."
https://oko.press/mamy-dobry-powiew-dobry-wiatr-pis-zaczal-walke-o-zdobycie-wladzy-w-2027
-- BIRTHDAYS: Paweł Szrot, Czesław Śleziak, Mirosława Kątna, Agnieszka Jucewicz, Adam Andruszkiewicz.
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