Today's State of Play

STATE OF PLAY: Res Futura: 96% of online comments critical of Ziobro, Bartkiewicz in RZ: Ziobro without the sheriff's badge proved to be no cowboy

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-- POLITICAL PLAN FOR FRIDAY: PRESIDENT ON ENERGY PRICES, PARLIAMENT AGAIN ON ZIOBRO AND SUSPENSION OF ASYLUM RIGHTS, KOSINIAK WITH HEAD OF ITALIAN MO D - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live

-- AMENDMENT ABOLISHING THE OBLIGATION FOR KNF TO IMPOSE FINES ON INSURANCE COMPANIES FOR DELAYS IN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT - ANNOUNCED BY THE PRESIDENT'S CHANCERY ON THURSDAY. In the president's assessment, this could contribute to the spread of negative practices among insurers.
https://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-ustawa-bez-podpisu-jest-weto-prezydenta-nawrockiego,nId,8038476

-- RES FUTURA ANALYSIS OF ONLINE COMMENTS:
Comments supporting Zbigniew Ziobro: 4%
Comments critical of Zbigniew Ziobro: 96%
“Extreme emotions prevail in the debate: rage, contempt, a sense of injustice, and strong social tension. Zbigniew Ziobro's image on social media can be described as unequivocally negative, with a very high level of polarization and expectations of severe punishment.”
https://x.com/Polityka_wSieci/status/1986681589858803990

-- EMPTY SEATS OF PIS DURING PARLIAMENTARY REPORT - WOJCIECH CZUCHNOWSKI IN GW: “During the session, the plenary hall was almost empty. There were no PiS MPs.” 
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32383848,zbyszek-kradl-i-sa-klopoty-puste-lawy-pis-podczas-sejmowego.html

-- SUCH A SPLIT VOTE ON THE MOTION IS A THEATER FOR THE RULING COALITION'S ELECTORATE. AND IT WILL LIKELY BE THE FINAL ACT OF HOLDING ZIOBRO ACCOUNTABLE, BECAUSE RETURNING FROM HUNGARY TO CONFRONT THE JUDICIARY, HE RISKS ARREST, WHICH HE FEARS LIKE FIRE - EWA SIEDLECKA ON TYGODNIK POLITYKA PORTAL: “Friday, the second act: voting on each of the 26 charges separately. Splitting the motion like this is, in turn, theater for the ruling coalition's electorate. And it will likely be the final act of holding Ziobro accountable, because returning from Hungary to confront the judiciary, he risks arrest, which he fears like fire. And it's hard to be surprised: both during the first PiS government and later, in the years 2016–23, as Minister of Justice, he made efforts to ensure that 'prison conditions were such that criminals would be afraid to return to them' (and ideally, not to be released at all).”
https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2321509,1,wegierska-metoda-ziobry-w-polsce-ryzykuje-areszt-ktorego-boi-sie-jak-ognia

-- ZIOBRO WITHOUT THE SHERIFF'S BADGE PROVED TO BE NO COWBOY - ARTUR BARTKIEWICZ IN RZ: “Zbigniew Ziobro had the opportunity to show he's a real cowboy even when he lost his sheriff's badge. He could have stood face to face with his persecutors and, looking them straight in the eye, faced the charges against him. He could have prepared some dramatic bon mot for that moment, like: 'You can arrest me, but you won't silence the truth.' He could have done all of that, and for a long time, it seemed he even wanted to. But in the end, he decided he would watch the commission's proceedings, of which he is to be the main character, over Hungarian goulash, and would refute the charges in the greenhouse conditions of a press conference organized for friendly media, under the umbrella that Viktor Orbán extends over his PiS allies.”

-- HE PROVED AT MOST THAT WHEN POLITICIANS SAY THEY ARE TOUGH – THEY MEAN IT - BARTKIEWICZ CONTINUES IN RZ: “Ziobro might have convinced someone about the oppressiveness of the Tusk regime if he had allowed himself to be arrested (although it's still not certain that the court would have granted the arrest warrant). By remaining on the beautiful, blue Danube with his associate from the Fund for Justice, Marcin Romanowski, he proved at most that when politicians say they are tough – they mean it. It was supposed to be a tragedy, but it's a farce again.”
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art43298901-artur-bartkiewicz-zbigniew-ziobro-bez-odznaki-szeryfa-nie-okazal-sie-kowbojem

-- A LIST OF HOSPITALS THAT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR TREATMENT UNDER DRUG PROGRAMS. SOME OF THEM STOPPED TREATING PATIENTS FOR THIS REASON - JANUSZ CIESZYŃSKI
https://x.com/jciesz/status/1986680264450302458

-- BIRTHDAYS: Krzysztof Kilian turns 67, Robert Kwiatkowski, Marcin Zaborski, Anna Gembicka, Anita Błochowiak.
 


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