I was not told why I was taken off the list. This is a bit of a strange situation, because I have already collected signatures, said Małgorzata Zych, who lost her recommendation in the Senate elections on Friday and will not be a candidate from any of the groups that make up the Senate Pact. He believes this is the fault of “pro-Bander circles in Poland”.
The PSL candidate had to call Putin a “war criminal”.
In the upcoming election, Zych would run for Senate recommended by PSL as part of Senate pact in 54th district, which includes: Stalowa Wola in Podkarpacie.
In the previous elections, in 2019, Zych came out of the list of the Confederation, until recently she was also the leader of the Confederation Club in Tarnobrzeg. She worked closely with Grzegorz Braun, a member of parliament from this party, and co-organized the conference “Stop Ukrainization of Poland” in Tarnobrzeg.
On Tuesday at the Campus Polska Przyszłości in Olsztyn, PSL President Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz was asked why people who cannot label Putin as a criminal even today are on the lists of the democratic opposition. Kosiniak-Kamysz replied that if Zych did not make a clear statement condemning Vladimir Putin for what he did in Ukraine, “she will not be our candidate.”
In response to these words, Zych released a statement on Wednesday calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal.” In a statement, Zych wrote, among other things, that she unequivocally condemns “Russia’s brutal aggression against Ukraine”.
“The crimes committed by the Russians make Vladimir Putin, who is responsible for this aggression, a war criminal. All crimes committed during this war must be held accountable and the perpetrators must be punished.”
she stressed.
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Finally, the former activist of the Confederacy was thanked
Zych appeared at the PSL convention in Rzeszów on Friday. In an interview with PAP, she said that on her way to Rzeszów, she learned from the PSL’s Deputy Chairman of the Sejm, Piotr Zgorzelski, that she would not run for the Senate.
I’m sorry that happened. Despite previous statements that my statement (from Wednesday – PAP) on Putin closes the case and that I will be a candidate
– she added (as PAP checked, this statement is no longer on Małgorzata Zych’s Twitter account).
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It pours oil. He blames “pro-Banderalist circles”
According to Zych, the circles that “unleashed the campaign against her are Action Democracy.”
It cooperates with the organization Euromaidan Warszawa – it is a Ukrainian organization in Poland
she said.
I’m sorry this happened, but I’m glad I was able to enjoy those moments when I was a candidate. It is a great honor that PSL trusted me. I regret that this happened, that they gave in to the pressure that, in my opinion, was exerted by the pro-Bandera milieu in Poland. They do not allow people like me, that is, those who fight for the commemoration, for the truth about the massacre in Volhynia, to condemn these events in Volhynia.
she told PAP.
According to Zych, if the Poles hear that she has been removed from the list of candidates, “they will decide for themselves what kind of people can run for office today.”
This case is very disturbing to me and I am very sorry that this happened. I know what the conditions are like in Poland, who decides on the selection of candidates, I know what the selection is like here
she stressed.
When asked about further collaboration with PSL, Zych replied that she was optimistic in this regard.
My family has been connected to PSL for generations. I’m close to the values that PSL has written into its program
stated Zych.
There is also talk of ‘foreign interests’
Zych also published a bizarre, even conspiracy, article on Twitter:
My removal from the #Senat lists is proof that the electoral campaign in Poland is being influenced by foreign interests. Pityński was right: “In Poland there is a blood transfusion from Polish to Ukrainian.”
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olk/PAP/Twitter
Source: wPolityce