Law and Justice (PIS) leader Jarosław Kaczyński called the decision to merge with The Republicans an “element of consolidation of patriotic and conservative forces.” The decision was taken by the party’s ruling body and the merger over the weekend.
Adam Bielan, who was the leader of The Republicans before its merger with PiS, said that the United Right under the leadership of PiS had topped every election since 2014. He said that in the past, the right had reacted to election defeats with rancor and division, but today “we had learned from our past mistakes and therefore have decided to deepen our integration.”
Kaczyński argued that unity was more important than ever because the right is facing an onslaught by the liberal left led by Donald Tusk, which is threatening to remove all checks and balances, introduce a cultural revolution, and relinquish Poland’s sovereignty in favor of Brussels and Berlin.
He also accused the new ruling majority of disrespecting the rule of law, media pluralism, and freedom of religion, as well as of a deep purge of Polish public administration.
The party passed a resolution defending Poland’s public media against attempts at taking them over that bypassed legislation. The resolution stated that all those who broke the law would in the future be punished for it.
It also passed a resolution protesting the recall of the members of the Commission on Russian Influence, as well as the scrapping of the committees examining the Smolensk air disaster and violations of the rights of Catholics to practice their religion.
