Today the Million Hearts March, organized by the Civic Coalition, takes place through the streets of Warsaw. This caused significant disruption to traffic in Warsaw. The demonstrators walk through Marszałkowska, Świętokrzyska and Jana Pawła II streets to the “Radosława” roundabout. Our reporter, Maciej Zemła, is on his way. We invite you to follow Donald Tusk’s event coverage.
12:49. No more speeches on stage. The march has begun
Donald Tusk’s march has begun. Organizers say there are likely a million participants.
12:47. Jerzy Owsiak speaks from the stage
Keep this walk deep in your hearts so that you can meet at the polls on October 15th. Women, vote too, this is our country!
– said the leader of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Love.
I love you for being here, just wait a minute and let’s go!
– Owsiak shouted.
12:47. Tusk spoke again
We are built to win, we have the power!
– he said Donald Tusk.
Piłsudski said that violence without justice and freedom is simply violence and tyranny, but freedom and justice without violence is childishness and talkativeness, and is really useless unless there are people willing to fight for it. (…) Before we start, (…) I invite a perhaps unexpected guest to the stage: Jerzy Owsiak!
– he said.
12:43. The youngest KO candidate in the elections spoke from the stage
See you at the polls. Victoria means victory
– said Victoria. Donald Tusk got her name wrong when he announced her on stage, which he later explained.
12:40 pm. Jaki: ‘Currently weak turnout in Warsaw, far below expectations’
Safe Poland in Katowice. For now, turnout in Warsaw is low and far below expectations
– he wrote on Twitter Patrick JakiPiS Member of the European Parliament, politician of sovereign Poland.
12:37. More vulgar slogans can be seen during the march
Our reporter’s photos clearly show that there is no shortage of vulgar slogans during Donald Tusk’s march.
12:33. Michał Kołodziejczak speaks from the podium
It’s good to see you all here and that we are here together. (…) We have one goal, and that goal is Poland. Never let anyone tell you that Poland is not yours. You are the owners of Poland, not some party that is now in power and is starting to think that Poland is its property. This is not the case and will never be the case, because Poland is ours, yours
– he said Michał Kołodziejczak.
I promise your blood, sweat and tears. We will win!
– added.
12:32. Michał Kobosko and Ryszard Petru during the March of Tusk
Although the leaders of the Third Way did not appear at Donald Tusk’s march in Warsaw, Ryszard Petru and Michał Kobosko boasted of their presence at the event.
12:21. Robert Biedroń and Włodzimierz Czarzasty appear on stage
I am here because I believe that the opposition must work together. I am here because I believe that the opposition will form a joint government after the elections. I believe that this government will be formed by Trzecia Droga, KO and Lewica, and therefore all three parties should join the Sejm.
– he said Włodzimierz Tsarzasty. The rest of his speech was largely anti-church.
I dream of a country where the clergy will never tell us who to love, especially because these wounds come from Dąbrowa Górnicza! I want the clergy to pay taxes! (…) I want the concordat to be changed, and if we don’t change it, then dissolve it
– said the deputy head of the New Left.
Today the heart of Poland beats here, at the Women’s Rights Roundabout in Warsaw, because women will win these elections!
– he emphasized at Rondo Dmowskiego Robert Biedron.
The future of Poland is here! There is darkness in Żoliborz that (…) divides the Poles, but today here in Warsaw there is hope and there is more among us than this hatred of Żoliborz, and that is why we will win!
– Biedroń shouted.
12:20. Vulgar slogans during the march of Tusk
It turns out that Donald Tusk’s march was full of vulgar slogans, including the one with eight stars.
12:06. Rafał Trzaskowski speaks
We are marching towards a completely new Poland. I see that millions have woken up and that is the most important thing. (…) We want a Poland where no one tries to censor the culture we are so proud of. These elections are of fundamental importance, we promise you a Poland of freedom, a Poland where no one has to be ashamed of the government, which is a total shame, regardless of reality.
– he said Rafal Trzaskowski.
12:02. Donald Tusk speaks on stage
The impossible becomes possible. A breakthrough moment is coming in the history of our homeland. (…). Today there is a big change, we start the Million Hearts March in Warsaw. (…) Few fled the capital that day, they did not want to see us (…) No one can stop this force, change for the better is inevitable. Our President is with us today: Rafał Trzaskowski
– he said Donald Tusk.
11:57. Traffic disruptions due to Donald Tusk’s march
Traffic has already been suspended due to Sunday’s Million Hearts March in Warsaw. on Marszałkowska Street, Plac Konstytucji and Al. Jerozolimskie.
Trams do not run along ul. Marszałkowska between Plac Konstytucji and Plac Bankowy.
In turn, the Warsaw Public Transport (WTP) website reminds that on Sundays the metro trains will run more frequently – as during the weekday peak, and about 100 additional buses and trams will be deployed on the routes.
WTP also reported that special informants are present at critical places to instruct them on how best to move around Warsaw.
Tusk’s announcement about the organization of the next march
Tusk announced the organization of the “Million Hearts March” on October 1 in Warsaw in July, commenting on the police intervention against Ms. Joanna from Krakow. The Platform Leader emphasized that it would be a march that would give everyone certainty of victory. “We will not allow evil to prevail in our daily lives,” the head of PO said at the time.
In an interview with TOK.FM, Ms. Joanna admitted that she did not go to the “Million Hearts March” and was not invited to the demonstration, neither by Donald Tusk nor by the organizers of the march.
The head of the Left Club, Krzysztof Gawkowski, announced that left-wing politicians will appear at the march in Warsaw because “the opposition must show that it is united for a common goal.” Meanwhile, the leaders of the Third Way – PSL President Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and Poland 2050 leader Szymon Hołownia – planned a series of meetings with voters and a tour of Poland for the weekend of September 30 and October 1.
According to them, the opposition must mobilize as many voters as possible throughout the country, but not everyone can come to a major metropolis.
We keep our fingers crossed for the Civic Coalition march, which will take place in Warsaw and throughout Poland
– they said at a press conference last week. They also noted that representatives of the Third Way would appear at the march in Warsaw.
The demonstrators who gathered in the center of the capital around noon came to Warsaw from all over the country; most of those present have characteristic white and red hearts, some also have banners with the slogans: “Out of Orlen”, “PiS is evil!”, “Free courts”, “PiS=Drożyzna”, “Law and Order”, ” Happy It’s time for a long road”, “On October 15 we will regain Poland”, “Changes are necessary”.
March participants also hold Polish, EU and rainbow flags and KOD banners.
The grounds include: chairman of the Civic Platform Donald Tusk.
After the opening part of the march, attendees walk through Marszałkowska, Świętokrzyska and Jana Pawła II streets to Rondo Radosława. The march is scheduled to end at 4 p.m.
Other groups also planned activities for October 1. Law and Justice announced a conference in Katowice.
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Source: wPolityce