“I think there are things that haven’t seen the light of day yet. The Marshal’s words about not criticizing the Union can be turned into fairy tales. It’s a matter of some advantages for the fact that he moved to another group,” Małgorzata Wassermann said on Radio ZET, when asked about the transition of Silesian Voivodeship Marshal Jakub Chełstowski and three councilors to the side of the opposition.
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Every city and province is important. This sometimes happens, you have to accept it and learn from it. We reign on
– said the MP for Law and Justice.
Beata Lubecka, the interviewer, asked Wassermann about the situation in 2018, when Wojciech Kałuża joined PiS in 2018 and became Deputy Marshal of Silesia. Was it political corruption? asked the reporter.
Majority building does not mean political corruption. In politics you have to build a majority. If someone is on the other side of the barricade, or in the middle, he is convinced by arguments of what is good for a particular region and he changes color and a new coalition is formed. That’s how it is in politics
said the MP.
Wassermann stated that Chełstowski’s arguments, explaining his move to the opposition side, that he is fed up with PiS’s attacks on the European Union and local government, among other things, are “true nonsense”.
I know that the situation in Silesia has been tense for some time, but stories of attacks on the EU and the marshal’s attendant discomfort can be placed in the middle of fairy tales. Of course we sometimes speak critically of the EU. I myself have many topics, for example, the lack of money from KPO to this day cannot be justified in any other way than discrimination against Poland as a country. I hope min. Sęk will find common denominators and this money will come to us
she stressed.
Of course I want to be in the EU. Poland is, was and will be in the EU. There is no exit, but that does not mean that you can accept everything that is proposed there uncritically
she added.
Is the revolution of the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship a sign that “PiS is falling apart”?
I don’t get that impression, on the contrary, when I talk to people, everyone is ready to work, full of strength and believe that we have a tough but victorious campaign ahead
she said.
Personnel changes occur for a variety of reasons, sometimes personal or professional. Sometimes someone does not function well in one position, which does not mean that he or she does not function well in another
– added.
Election 2023
Wassermann was also asked about PiS’s chances of winning the next parliamentary election.
I take into account all the difficulties we have with war, inflation. I think that the Poles will think carefully about what has happened in the last 7 years, how their situation has changed, mainly materially, and will take it into account
she rated.
Have them remember what programs the PO and PSL have proposed and make everyone think what would happen in Covid and in a situation like now? PiS led society with dry feet through COVID. I am of course not talking about the sick or the dead, but about the economic situation. When it comes to inflation, not a week goes by without us working on a new solution. I myself am a member of the Treasury and Energy Committee, where we deal with these accounts
she added.
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Source: wPolityce
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