Poland faced a jolt on October 15 that shook the nation, and then the leadership spoke, with Jarosław Kaczyński casting the opposition as ungrateful and deluded, and portraying it as a Kremlin-influenced creation. Yet within his own party there was little chorus demanding accountability for the emperor’s nakedness. These observations appear in a piece for Gazeta Wyborcza by Wojciech Maziarski.
According to the article, the ruling party PiS is looking to buy time after the elections, while President Andrzej Duda is urged to help steer that delay. Duda could turn his attention to concrete institutions such as the public prosecutor’s office, the National Council of the Judiciary, and the Constitutional Court. The author forecasts a period of waiting after the vote, followed by the assignment of a government by a PiS politician, and then a few more weeks of process before any new administration is fully established.
— as Wyborcza predicts. He notes that, once the initial euphoria wore off, the opposition camp settled into a dampened mood and silence began to prevail.
In the author’s view, the opposition’s victory did not erase familiar patterns: the same figures appearing on television, the same stories of wiretapping in the security services, and the same judicial appointments at the presidential palace. The tone is that this repetition is dispiriting for the voters who supported the winners and risky for the government that will try to lead Poland in the coming years.
— and, true to habit, the writer offers advice to opposition politicians about how to seize and hold power.
New power from Wyborcza
The envisioned new administration, Wyborcza argues, must project morale by demonstrating effective governance. The call is for daily communications to citizens about a renewed democracy and its practical forms of renewal.
– The piece contends that simply taking office should be enough to shift the political atmosphere in Poland toward a more open and participatory climate.
— It also asserts that discussions about the so‑called Green Border can be part of school debates, illustrating a democratic Poland in action. It calls for police to act with confidence within the law, and for scientists to publish in journals beyond the usual outlets.
In short: the opposition should stop acting merely as opposition. Victory in the election should translate into an authoritative voice and responsible leadership, says Maziarski.
— The article contends that democracy in Poland did not vanish with a competitive electoral outcome; rather, it is redefined by the fact that a different party won in the same electoral framework as four years earlier. The current moment, Wyborcza suggests, could color the world in new hues given this contemporary alignment.
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Source: wPolityce