The participants on the program Woronicza 17 on TVP Info discussed, among other topics, the reported move to replace the Polish ambassador to NATO shortly before the Alliance Summit, a plan that President Andrzej Duda reportedly opposed.
The report suggested that an effort to alter the ambassador’s position was taking place just as the NATO anniversary summit approached, with Ambassador Szatkowski actively preparing Poland’s stance. This was described as a deeply problematic, anti-state situation by observers on the program.
– emphasized Blazej Poboży, presidential advisor.
According to the Constitution, the President is responsible for appointing and dismissing ambassadors, Poboży noted.
“The government has the right to appoint ambassadors it trusts.”
Speakers on the program argued that the government carries the primary responsibility for foreign policy and has the prerogative to appoint trusted representatives, not Szatkowski alone.
– replied Marcin Bosacki, member of parliament from KO, in response to the claims about Szatkowski.
Observers suggested that Szatkowski should not be trusted, with a former defense minister cited as having information that was reportedly shared with the President. The speaker recalled Siemoniak’s assertion that Szatkowski should not have been Poland’s ambassador to NATO.
– recalled Ryszard Czarnecki, member of the European Parliament from PiS, responding to Bosacki’s remarks.
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— Siemoniak’s critical remarks about Szatkowski, asserting that the knowledge in question was not public and that Szatkowski should not have become ambassador.
— Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ambassador Tomasz Szatkowski will return to Poland at the end of May. His mission is ending, not canceled.
– ONLY HERE. The case of the ambassador to NATO. Ćwik notes that there is a move to reduce the president’s role to that of someone who merely agrees with everything.
Source: wPolityce