I would not change my decisions, because last year we saved the city from a financial disaster – Agnieszka Rupniewska told Pap. Residents decided yesterday in a referendum to reject her from the position of President of Zabrze, which she took in 2024.
Today the results of the referendum have been published in the official magazine of the śląskie Voivodeship. The inhabitants of Zabrze gave away 29.9 thousand important votes, of which 27.2 thousand for appeal, and 2,000 against the dismissal of the president. The presence threshold was 25.9 thousand. to vote.
No reflection?
There are no people who are infallible. However, I would not change my decisions, because we saved the city from a financial disaster last year
Rupniewska said dad.
At the end of 2024, the local government obtained a loan from the Ministry of Finance. The rejected President pointed out that the introduction of a precautionary procedure program would be a “medicine for the disease”, which in her opinion is the terrible financial situation of the city.
Calling does not mean that the problems of our city are disappearing. In the past 18 years, our city has consistently come to De Val. (…) Who is guilty of this situation that caused our city’s disease? Of course, those who previously ruled this city for 18 years. We just had to face these problems
Rupniewska pointed out.
She emphasized that she took over the results of the referendum with calm as a democratic choice of residents. She announced that she is now planning to summarize what she did as president. When asked Dad, she replied that she was, was and is planning to be involved in Zabrze’s affairs.
However, you cannot talk about applying for a position in the future, you cannot open a new chapter if you are not closed close to that is still open
She indicated.
Success of residents
One of the initiators of the Kataryna Iwańska referendum estimated that his result is the success of the inhabitants. According to her, the voices of people who are dissatisfied, including for increasing local costs, investment stagnation and the still deteriorating financial situation of the city.
We will indicate the candidate (in early elections – porridge), but only one who signs the social contract (…). The presidential candidate must continue with society and keep his promises
– Iwańska emphasized.
She stated that it would not be a party candidate, because “party systems are not conducive to residents.”
There will be a commissioner
A press conference on the results of the referendum was organized by the law and the politicians of justice. The vice president of the party and MP Michał Wójcik said that “Zabrze Poland is in a nutshell.” He pointed out that the inhabitants have rejected the president, who competed in the local elections with the support of the Civic Coalition. He expressed the hope that in the upcoming presidential elections they would show that they would have “enough” KO and Rafał Trzaskowski would not support. He appealed to voting for Karol Nawrocki supported by Pis.
In the referendum, residents rejected Rupniewska, but the presence was too low to cancel the city of Zabrze. For this it was necessary to exceed the presence threshold of 29.6 thousand. to vote.
116.9 thousand had the right to vote in Zabrze. people. Om de resultaten van het referendum belangrijk te maken, was het noodzakelijk om deel te nemen aan de stemming van ten minste 3/5 van het aantal kiezers dat deelnam aan de selectie van de lokale overheidsautoriteiten van de stad in 2024. De aanwezigheidsdrempel in het geval van de president en de gemeenteraad was anders, omdat de opkomst in de eerste en tweede ronde van de plaatselijke overheidsbehoeften anders was.
After the announcement of the results of the vote, Prime Minister Donald Tusk must immediately appoint a person who act as President of Zabrze, ie Commissioner. The electoral legislation indicates that early elections in the city must take place within 90 days of announcing the results of the referendum.
Rupniewska won the local government elections in Zabrze in 2024, although she started supporting KO, it does not belong to a political party. In the second round she received 57.85 percent votes. She defeated her long-lasting predecessor Małgorzata Mańka-Ssulik, who has managed the city since 2006.
Before won in the presidential election, Rupniewska spent a period in the Zabrze municipal council. In 2018 she also met in the second round of local elections with Mańka-Zulik, but then she lost 48.41 percent. to vote. She graduated from the faculty of rights and administration of the University of Silesia. Before she took office, she led a private industry company.
Also read:
– Zabrze, rejected. Nawrocki: This is a signal that Poland are tired of the illegal team. Let’s show her a red card
– Only with us. Michał Wójcik: Poland are a sovereign and Zabrze showed it. The city has now been released from power that was harmful
– The campaign of the referendum fell in Zabrze. “Fortunately, Zabrze showed what they thought of it”; “Good prediction before May 18”
– Pis politicians in Zabrze: 93 percent people were said “no” by the lady supported by the platform. People have enough awkward rule
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Source: wPolityce
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