Today's State of Play
-- ON FRIDAY, KAROL NAWROCKI WILL FLY TO DALLAS FOR CPAC WHERE HE WILL DELIVER A SPEECH - DOROTA GAWRYLUK REPORTED HER FINDINGS ON THE PROGRAM "KALEJDOSKOP WYDARZEŃ" ON POLSAT NEWS. He will also visit a T-35 factory in Texas.
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-polsat-news-karol-nawrocki-poleci-do-usa-podano-date,nId,23188513
-- MORAWIECKI IS ALSO FLYING TO CPAC IN DALLAS:
https://x.com/CPAC/status/2035117352698720422?s=20
-- HOW PiS AND KO KILLED THE CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL - PIOTR ZAREMBA ON INTERIA: “Each of these versions means that the Tribunal, recognized by everyone, does not exist. PiS started the manipulation of its composition, and it was during their time, although only for a moment, that the government did not publish its rulings. The current coalition has gone further, playing with election deadlines and first boycotting it, and then suddenly lifting the boycott solely by the will of Prime Minister Tusk and Minister Waldemar Żurek”.
-- THE NAIL IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL'S COFFIN - ZAREMBA CONTINUES: “However, if he does not accept the oaths, he will provoke an inter-party war that will, one way or another, be the nail in the coffin of the Tribunal. Both major parties have worked towards such an outcome: first PO-KO, and then PiS have tried to make a party takeover of this institution. It all ends in general embarrassment. However, I don't see anyone being ashamed of it”.
-- IF THE RIGHT WINS THE 2027 ELECTIONS, IT MAY DO WHAT DONALD TUSK'S CAMP IS DOING NOW - ZAREMBA CONTINUES: “And what if the coalition carries out the operation of swearing in new members of the Constitutional Tribunal without the president's involvement? MP Marcelina Zawisza of the Together party is right: until now, one side did not recognize the Tribunal as existing. Now the roles will be reversed. The right will start to think so. What today will have symbolic significance. But if the right wins the 2027 elections, it can do what Donald Tusk's camp is doing now. Not announcing the Tribunal's judgments and not adhering to them. Pretending it doesn't exist”.
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-jak-pis-i-ko-zabily-trybunal-konstytucyjny,nId,23188270
-- THE COALITION, INSISTING THAT EVERYTHING IS LEGALLY AND PROCEDURALLY IN ORDER, IS HELPING US GREATLY - SAY OUR INTERLOCUTORS FROM THE PALACE - KAMILA BARANOWSKA ON INTERIA: “For now, there is nothing to suggest that the president wants to rush to accept the oaths. Especially since - as his colleagues tell us - the ruling coalition has provided an excellent pretext to refrain from doing so. - The coalition, by insisting that everything is legally and procedurally in order, is helping us greatly - admit our interlocutors from the Palace. - In a situation where the law has been broken, the president, as a legalist, cannot take any action. After all, if he accepts the oaths from improperly elected judges, he will only increase the chaos in the Tribunal, as their election can be challenged in the future - explains a presidential aide to us”.
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-czarzasty-sam-wystawil-pilke-nawrockiemu-nowy-etap-sporu-o-s,nId,23188238
-- WE ARE FACING INCREASINGLY CONFRONTATIONAL COHABITATION. NEITHER THE PRESIDENT NOR THE PRIME MINISTER IS BACKING DOWN, AND THE PALACE HAS - SERIOUSLY NOW - BEGUN THE GAME FOR THE RIGHT'S VICTORY IN 2027 - IWONA SZPALA AND AGATA KONDZIŃSKA IN GW: “After the veto, both sides opted for maximum polarization, resorting to arguments: traitors of Poland versus servants of Germany, who are exposing Poles to gigantic financial burdens. Money from SAFE, i.e., billions in loans for the army, is guaranteed to Poland by Brussels anyway. After Nawrocki's veto, politicians from the government's leadership say it will be longer and harder, but the money will flow”.
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32674874,tusk-ma-plan-jak-najmniej-prezydenta.html
-- PiS HAS STARTED TO CATCH UP - PIOTR PACEWICZ IN OKO PRESS: “So it seems that in mid-March, PiS is making up for some of the losses it suffered after the 2023 elections, and the upward trend for both Confederation parties has at least slowed down. Of course, we need to wait for the next polls, but it is worth warning (including the author of this text) against hasty conclusions already”.
-- THE PUBLICITY SURROUNDING CZARNEK BENEFITS PiS - PACEWICZ CONTINUES: “Firstly, even if there is some 'Czarnek effect,' it may be temporary. Internet-era communication has immediate effects, but public opinion is impatient and gets bored easily. Przemysław Czarnek, whose latest revelations are flying around the internet like flares at independence marches, may have his five minutes, but there are still 19-20 months until the elections. Of course, there could also be an opposite cumulative effect – Czarnek will work like a bull, traveling all over Poland, Confederation will attack him as a member of the PiS establishment, liberal media will ridicule him... He may continue to be talked about, and this favors populists”.
-- UNLESS IT'S NOT ABOUT CZARNEK, BUT ABOUT SAFE: “Perhaps it's not about Czarnek at all, but about the SAFE program. The division on this loud and controversial issue, which is emerging today, fits into the climate of the KO (government) versus PiS duopoly, and President Nawrocki stands in the same line as Kaczyński here. With such intensified polarization, Confederation cannot play on being an anti-system force, opposing both the current KO authorities and their predecessors from PiS. Thus, Menzten – not to mention Braun – has been marginalized in the dispute that shapes political attitudes”.
https://oko.press/kaczynski-kusi-czarnkiem-wyborcow-konfederacji-co-na-to-sondaze
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