Inevitably, calls for sharper efficiency and better results from the government echo a shared voter mandate, aimed not at two decades ahead but at a four-year horizon, notes Marek Sawicki, the senior marshal of PSL. He also criticized the Warsaw mayor’s stance on religious symbols, calling the decision something he could not endorse and warning that those who challenge the cross might face consequences.
The Polish People’s Party figure has long criticized Donald Tusk in public statements, especially about migration policy.
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Yet this marks perhaps the first broad relief of criticism from the PO toward the current government and its representatives.
Investigative committees under scrutiny
In the Wirtualna Polska program Tłit, Sawicki scrutinized the work of parliamentary investigative committees, among other topics.
He suggested that if Minister Bodnar reformed the courts and Siemoniak reformed the services, the committees might become unnecessary.
He admitted that he did not rate the committees highly due to limited effectiveness.
The cross controversy
PSL politicians distance themselves from Rafał Trzaskowski’s move to challenge crosses in Warsaw offices. First the Warsaw President’s decision drew criticism from Piotr Zgorzelski; now Sawicki has voiced an even harsher stance.
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I am ashamed of this decision. Whoever fights the cross does not come out ahead. This war was started entirely without necessity, Sawicki asserted during the Tłit program.
Interestingly, he noted that Trzaskowski acted because he knows Donald Tusk, rather than Trzaskowski himself, will be the PO candidate in the presidential race.
Judicial reforms under fire
Sawicki criticized the pace of government action, especially concerning judicial reforms. He commented on the remarks of some PO politicians who opposed the Senate amendments to the National Council of the Judiciary bill, now under the President Andrzej Duda’s demands.
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They oppose it because it does not fit their chosen conflict narrative, the PSL MP noted.
Let the hawks of the Platform temper their appetite. Regardless of how the president is judged, he was elected in a general election and his vote should be considered, the politician added.
He emphasized that he expects greater efficiency and effectiveness from the government, because the voters agreed with them for a four-year period, not twenty years.
If freedom of choice and diverse management are not safeguarded, in four years a yellow card could turn into a red one, Sawicki warned.
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