“Kołodziejczak recently gave Robert Bąkiewicz a high five of the Independence March, which most PO supporters regard as a nationalist-fascist march. The leader of Agrounia is also known for lyrics about “Russia is the main customer”. All of this may demotivate voters from Donald Tusk’s party more than motivate them to go to the polls.” – says Dr. Bartosz Rydliński, political scientist, in an interview with the wPolityce.pl portal.
wPolityce.pl: How to judge Michał Kolodziejczak’s independent start on the KO list?
Dr. Bartosz Rydlinski: Michał Kołodziejczak’s start can, of course, be understood as an attempt by Donald Tusk to go beyond the traditional electoral base. However, it is a risky move. Civic platform has had enough of intelligent voters who may remember the Agrounia protests where pig heads were scattered in the streets of Warsaw
PSL’s Piotr Zgorzelski emphasizes that this is a lonely start for Michał Kołodziejczak, not as leader of Agrounia. Did Kolodziejczak leave his people behind?
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Kołodziejczak recently gave Robert Bąkiewicz a high five of the Independence March, which most PO supporters regard as a nationalist-fascist march. The leader of Agrounia is also known for lyrics about “Russia is the main customer”. All of this may demotivate voters from Donald Tusk’s party more than motivate them to go to the polls.
Why does PSL emphasize this? Is there a political agenda here?
PSL and Piotr Zgorzelski themselves are certainly in contact with Agrounia activists, who, according to media reports, are surprised by their leader’s political turn.
Zgorzelski ironically wishes Kolodziejski all the best? The latter accused him in response of submitting a proposal to join forces, but “it didn’t work out”. Now how can the political forces be shaped in the polls and beyond on Election Day?
I wouldn’t be surprised if the farmers would like to invite some of Agrounia’s effective activists to their lists at this point. Their votes may prove more valuable to PSL than Kołodziejczak’s independent start on the list of the Liberal and Urban Citizens’ Coalition.
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Edyta Holdynska spoke
Source: wPolityce