The mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski, was apparently unable to respond substantively to the allegations made by the PiS candidate for this position, Dr. Tobiasz Bochenski. In an interview with Monika Olejnik on TVN24, he opted for an attack instead of a substantive answer. “The party leader is doing everything he can to prevent the normal functioning of the local government, instead of cooperating with it. He is only concerned with politics instead of real work,” the mayor of Warsaw argued.
When asked on the ‘Kropka nad i’ program if he is ready to run for re-election in the upcoming local government elections, Trzaskowski replied:
Correct. This is what we discuss.
I think the first episode will be next weekend and then we’ll talk about the tagline
– he said when asked about the election slogan.
Part of our electorate believes that a lot has already been done in the House of Representatives elections. But it is important for me to convey the message that the next elections are not important. If we want to end the PiS era, we must win the local elections. PiS destroyed not only the media, the judiciary, but also the local government. That is why these next elections are just as important to fully regain democracy and have decisions made as close to the citizens as possible, because PiS wanted to centralize the state.
– he said.
When asked if he was afraid of competing with Dr. Tobiasz Bocheński, the PiS candidate for the presidency of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski admitted that he treats all his opponents seriously, including Bocheński. If he means it, is he ready for a substantive discussion? A statement on TVN24 shows that this is probably not necessarily the case!
When Mr. Tobiasz Bocheński was the voivode, I felt it was a pity that he did not behave like a state official, but was simply a party leader. Apparently he was preparing for this position
– said the mayor of the capital.
The party leader does everything he can to prevent the normal functioning of local government, instead of cooperating with it. He is only concerned with politics instead of real work. The voivode tried to prevent us from making very important decisions, including: paid parking zones or was on the side of the nationalists when I wanted the subsequent anniversaries of the Warsaw Uprising to be celebrated primarily by the insurgents and to honor, and would not use this holiday to promote the ideology
– added the guest of “Kropka nad i”, forgetting that he himself uses the Warsaw insurgents for the current political dispute, he usually takes photos, meets and talks with those who are part of the last living heroes of the 1 uprising August 1944, who share the views of his faction.
Nationalists and insurgents
Referring to the prosecutor’s investigation into his decision regarding the Warsaw Uprising organized by nationalists, he replied:
I am surprised by this kind of decision, because this is not a day that should be dominated by nationalists who spread certain slogans and where the insurgents clearly said that this should not be a day for them.
Naturally, he did not mention which specific slogans he was talking about and whether nationalists were spreading them at this event.
After a year and a half, before Minister Bodnar decided to work with this partisan public prosecutor’s office, this type of procedure is opened.
– he said.
The presenter came up with surprising conclusions, bordering on conspiracy theories.
Start of Tobiasz Bocheński’s election campaign, help for the PiS candidate?
she asked.
I think that was exactly the point. To leave behind an extremely politicized prosecutor’s office that would launch this type of investigation and try to prevent our country from achieving the rule of law and full democracy. This is just an example
– said Trzaskowski.
Does Trzaskowski play a psychologist?
The President was also asked about President Andrzej Duda’s position and his announcement that until the ruling coalition recognizes that Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik are parliamentarians, he will refer further decisions to the Constitutional Court.
I regret this because the President has sent a positive signal from the beginning. And suddenly he’s still insisting on defending two people who broke the law and who belong in jail
– he emphasized.
Is Mr. President saying today that these gentlemen are Members of Parliament, when all the lawyers are saying that this is not the case?
– well, the point is that not all lawyers…
The president faces a simple choice: either he will always support PiS and Jarosław Kaczyński, which he does not have to do now, or he will retain some independence. And this is the president’s choice. Maybe when he calms down he will be ready to make decisions. is very emotional, I think this issue will clearly end soon and the president will no longer be subject to these emotions
– emphasized Rafał Trzaskowski, who was clearly trying to play a psychologist, which – as we know – he is not.
The President’s statement on Crimea
Monika Olejnik hoped, even though President Andrzej Duda explained his words about Crimea, and moreover, he had long said many times that Crimea is part of Ukraine, that her interlocutor would also attack the head of state.
I would like to refer here to the maturity of Radosław Sikorski, who said that since the President has corrected these words, I consider the matter closed.
— Rafał Trzaskowski surprised the journalist.
It was a clear mistake that the president tried to correct. We can poke a finger in the president’s eye, but if we want to calm the situation at least in these fundamental matters, it is not in our interest to accuse the president of this mistake.
– emphasized the mayor of Warsaw.
When asked what if Andrzej Duda really thinks that, Trzaskowski replied:
I hope the president has drawn conclusions from this. We know, we assume he doesn’t think so.
At the same time, Monika Olejnik tried to wonder out loud ‘what President Zelensky thought about it’. The same President Zelensky, with whom President Duda was and has been since the first days of Russian aggression? Perhaps it is better to let the Ukrainian leader himself speak on this subject, because it is not known whether he would like editor Olejnik to speak on his behalf?
In foreign policy and security, let us try to speak with one voice. If the president made a mistake, a clear mistake, and he has clearly corrected his mistake, let’s put a period here.
– Trzaskowski closed the topic.
The TVN24 journalist, who still welcomes her guests and viewers “in the free media”, tried to be more platformist than the vice-chairman of PO, as well as the head of diplomacy of this group, mentioned by Trzaskowski. If the President of Warsaw were to take his opponent in the upcoming elections seriously, he could rather refer to Tobiasz Bocheński’s accusations about the daily affairs of Warsaw residents. However, this was missing.
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Source: wPolityce