Some KO politicians are loudly demanding that the president skip the winning party and immediately entrust the task of forming the government to Donald Tusk. They argue that the KO+TD+NL coalition is the only real coalition in the new Sejm. I would like to point out another real coalition, which would also be much more beneficial for Poland.
The Third Way, which achieved an unexpectedly good result, got an extraordinary opportunity to end the Polish-Polish War: war – destroying Polish democracy, weakening the Polish state and disrupting the nerves of its citizens. Wouldn’t it be better to live in a country where political forces can work together in the international arena, reach agreements on matters that are part of Poland’s raison d’être, and where everyone praises the well-functioning Polish democracy both internally and externally? Rhetorical question.
This requires recognition that Polish democracy works brilliantly, as evidenced by the last electionsthat various kinds of mutual accusations were exaggerated, heated and dictated by bad emotions, that many political mistakes were made by both sides, that no one is blameless when it comes to the senseless and destructive Polish-Polish war.
And that is why Third Way decides to form a coalition government with Law and Justice. A government that will continue many good actions of PiS (during the election campaign almost everyone accepted different PiS ideas and even proposed their improvements and developments), and that will ensure that the bad things that appeared in the PiS government (and which seemed like a lot)) no longer took place. Most Poles who want to live in peace, not accompanied by quarrels and bad emotions, will like this very much. This will certainly appeal to Third Way voters, who were attracted by the vision of harmony and ending the PiS-anti-PiS conflict. Following this path would mean the fulfillment of this promise and the choice of a true third way.
Let us note that the formation of the KO+TD+NL government will not end the Polish-Polish war, but will begin its next phase.. Without breaking the PiS-Anti-Pisk division, there can be no end to the conflict that is dramatically and senselessly dividing Polish society in two. The Third Way represents a truly extraordinary opportunity.
Now realistic. I realize that there is little chance that the Third Way will choose this option. I think various forms of blindness, short-sightedness and lack of true vision will prevail. And also simple stupidity – unfortunately it can already be seen in several statements. However, there is a good chance that the Third Way will find this view useful – in negotiations! It is completely clear that the possibility of forming a coalition with PiS significantly strengthens the country’s negotiating position. I understand that the leaders of the Third Way did not take this into account before the election, just as they probably did not think much about the situation in which they, and not the Confederacy, would become the ones dealing the cards on which everything depended. And this is precisely the situation, contrary to opinion polls, that has arisen, or rather will arise, as soon as the possibility of a coalition with PiS is presented or suggested by TD leaders as a possible option.
It is realistic that for this purpose TD leaders will first agree to participate in the negotiations as a whole, with previously agreed requirements – because it simply significantly strengthens their negotiating position. They have the opportunity to first agree on how much they will demand and how much influence they want to have over future governments. If things go this way, and this is not only real, but even very likely, there is a real chance that as a result of negotiations and frictions a scenario will become reality that will mean the real end of the Polish-Polish war. .
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Source: wPolityce