I was struck by the words of Jan Grabiec, head of Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Chancellery, which were quoted a few days ago by Polish news out Super Express.
“We are hired by voters to do their dirty work,” said one of the most important ministers of Tusk’s government.
Grabiec was referring to the wave of prosecutions and imprisonments seen against conservatives since Donald Tusk took power.
If Mr. Grabiec says something like this so publicly, what thoughts are circulating in the dark corners of his mind? And what do others, less politically experienced, think?
Mr. Minister, I apologize for being so frank, but you’ve got something very wrong. You were hired by voters because in the election campaign, you promised that things would be even better, much better than they were under Law and Justice. Greater social transfers, a better budget, lower taxes, student dorms for only one złoty (23 euro cents) and a 1,000 zloty credit for each student, and so on. You’ve misled people with these claims, not with some promise of “dirty work”! And in every area of Polish government and society, your results are dramatically worse. The economy is squealing, slaughtered by amateurs, and the state is once again becoming a feeding ground for oligarchs and external forces.
If there is truly dirty work to be done somewhere, it is in the flood areas, where there are still mountains of sludge, garbage, thousands of ruined buildings, and desperate, helpless people.
True, Poles were intimidated by the show arrest of an internet user who wrote the truth about looters and the lack of help, but what does that change? How long do you intend to rule with fear? Our reporters are in the flood zone, and see that you have left flood victims without adequate aid. Only 60 families received amounts of “up to 200,000 zlotys” for home renovation. Your bureaucracy sucked in the rest of this money. If you don’t know how to provide urgent and quick help, ask Morawiecki and Sasin, they knew how to do it during a pandemic or after the outbreak of war.
By the way, go to a construction store and see the prices, ask about the prices of renovation services. Even the whole 200,000 zloty for a completely destroyed house is simply a joke, you can’t renovate and rebuild anything that is covered in industrial chemicals due to catastrophic flooding.
It is precisely when we look at the inept and deceitful policy of the Tusk team towards Poland and Poles that it becomes clear why the system of illegal prosecutorial repression and media violence is being developed in this manner. This government has nothing else to offer. Many voters already know this, already understand what a fatal mistake they made.
Let us note: As soon as it turned out that Father Michał and the two women, Urszula and Karolina, could no longer be kept in the detention center, the alleged “report” about the Smolensk subcommission was thrown out by the government’s propagandists. These are the same people who did nothing to explain this greatest national tragedy after 1945, who, like idiots, believed (wanted to believe? had to?) in the stories about the good, sensitive Putin, are today pursuing those who tried to find the truth about an air disaster many in Poland believe was perpetrated by Russia. Truly disgusting. Former Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz deserves thanks from the Polish state and the Poles for his effort and work.
The report on the subcommittee did not catch on well, so the hounds were let loose after Mr. Szopa and Minister Romanowski. As long as someone was in jail, as long as the media dealt with it, as long as there was no talk about Poland’s huge debt, ongoing theft, the drop in tax revenues, the abandoned urgent investments such as nuclear power, the high prices and unemployment, which will hit in the wake of the factory closures, and the drop in investment.
The system of repression will continue because this government has nothing else to offer, but free Poles have shown it that it is not omnipotent. The images of Father Michał being released are encouraging.
A good, faithful, honest priest withstood the great test. Two brave, courageous, honest ladies also stood down naked oppression.
The authorities thought they would show the Poles a “millionaire priest,” frame him for theft, and instead showed what a great job many priests do. Social pressure has set the boundaries of lawlessness. It is still very far from the rule of law, but it exists to some extent.
And that is good news. Free Poles must remain mobilized, however. The system will not end its assault.
