Former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki addressed media reports of tensions within Law and Justice (PiS) and speculation about his political future during an an interview with Bogdan Rymanowski on the “Gość Wydarzeń” program on Polsat News.
The former prime minister vehemently denied that he was considering leaving the party or forming a new grouping.
“Law and Justice is my party,” Morawiecki emphasized, as cited in the Do Rzeczy news portal. “There’s no way we’ll split, we’re one,” he added, referring to rumors of a possible split within PiS.
The former prime minister emphasized that he only reacts when he or his associates are attacked. “Of course, I always respond if my people are treated unfairly, if I am attacked,” he said.
Morawiecki also unequivocally declared that he had no plans to form his own political party or leave PiS. The topic of leadership on the Polish right also came up during the conversation.
“The leader of the Polish right is Jarosław Kaczyński,” the former prime minister stated. “President Karol Nawrocki is, of course, already a symbolic figure,” he added, expressing satisfaction with what he called the head of state’s “assertive stance.”
Morawiecki assured that he remains in constant contact with the PiS leader. “We talk often. We are very focused on working and showing Poles what our program and our actions are,” he said.
The former prime minister also sharply criticized the current head of government, Donald Tusk. “He is a master, not to say a grandmaster, in one area – political marketing and propaganda,” Morawiecki assessed.
“I thought Jerzy Urban would be a kind of unsurpassable benchmark, but my successor has surpassed Jerzy Urban as well,” he added. When asked by the host if this comparison wasn’t exaggerated, Morawiecki replied: “A year or two ago, I would have considered it to be.”
“Today, when I see this propaganda shell, the destruction of the CPK, that they’re not building a port in Świnoujście,” he said. Referring to the government’s “Port Polska” project (formerly CPK), the former prime minister stated bluntly: “It’s a smokescreen (…) so that we don’t know what’s going on.”
