What pundits predicted from Donald Tusk’s initial calls for a single electoral list of the entire opposition has happened. There will be no joint list of opposition parties led by Platforma Obywatelska, officially appearing under the disguised name of Koalicja Obywatelska. The idea of a common front of united opposition forces failed. For a variety of reasons, the most important of which is the fear of the leaders of other parties of Donald Tusk’s innate reflex as a political vampire. He has sucked so much blood from various factions and from many leaders that they have left dried mummies in the wilderness. With plates on it, indicating their position before the alliance with Donald Tusk. And how bright their future looked. A similar fate befell Donald Tusk’s competitors in his own party, who fell victim to his bloodthirsty instinct.
After many months of threats and pleas from Donald Tusk, he himself announced that the Civic Platform (PO) would run independently. This is undoubtedly his personal failure, because the slogan “joint list” was one of the fundamental conditions, the fulfillment of which, according to the assumptions of the PO leader, would lead to victory over PiS. The theme of a joint list is present almost from the first months after Donald Tusk’s return to Polish politics in July 2021. Finally, on the first Monday of February, he capitulated to his failed initiative. Almost nine months before the planned autumn elections.
On this occasion, it is worth noting, though an afterthought, Donald Tusk’s subconscious desire for officer cuts. For the first time, nostalgia for leadership on the battlefield manifested itself in full glory almost three years ago, when Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska went to Brussels as a candidate for the presidency of Poland to receive advice and a blessing from the then “King of Europe”. At that moment, Donald Tusk uttered a phrase heard only in the military:
I’m reporting full combat readiness.
Today’s words from Donald Tusk, who affirms his independent start in his party’s election, come close to this language:
I ordered the heads of 16 PO regions to begin preparing provisional electoral lists for the Sejm.
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An expression such as “I ordered”, “I recommended” is typical of militarized uniformed services. I wonder where such unusual jargon for a citizen has established itself in Donald Tusk’s vocabulary on a daily basis? Isn’t it a coincidence that he genuinely cares about the fate of former Secret Service agents to whom Donald Tuska promised to pay back their old, high pensions?
It’s a very natural process. Someone who carefully thinks about a certain environment involuntarily adopts some of its typical features. Includes phraseology. This is not Donald Tusk’s fault.
Source: wPolityce
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