“The essence of legal regulations has been questioned,” stated Jarosław Kaczyński during a special interview on wPolsce24. The leader of the Law and Justice party highlighted the responses from the ruling coalition that followed his remarks in the weekly Sieci, framing the debate over the rule of law as a broader examination of Poland’s constitutional order and how laws are understood, applied, and trusted by institutions and the public alike. The interview underscored that the discussion goes beyond a single political dispute and touches the core mechanics of legal governance.
Kaczyński outlined the steps his political bloc would pursue if a change in political leadership occurred in the country. He described plans aimed at restoring the primacy of law and rebuilding the framework within which responsible political decisions can be made. The emphasis was on reestablishing respect for legal norms and establishing safeguards to prevent similar questions from arising again, as he interpreted the current cycle of governance as vulnerable to misuse of state power. The thrust of the message was a call for a stronger, more predictable legal order that can weather political tides.
First, the law must be restored in Poland. The principle of legal validity, the notion that laws themselves carry binding force, has been undermined, he argued. The essence of legal regulation has been questioned, with consequences visible in the functioning of state institutions and everyday governance. Second, he said, it is necessary to create guarantees that will prevent such undermining from happening again. The governing coalition today won elections not by a single party but as a coalition, and the alliance may lack perfect coherence, while some actions appear to exploit the current state apparatus for political ends. This cannot continue. The constitution has failed. The legal structures have failed.
Elite consciousness
The leader of the United Right camp also spoke about what he described as a critical lack of awareness on the left-liberal side of Poland’s political conflict. He argued that a functioning, law-based democratic system relies on a shared understanding of how legal norms operate and how political power should be exercised within those limits. He suggested that this essential consciousness exists on the right, while on the broadly understood left there is a noticeable absence of such awareness. Instead, he argued there is a drive for political monopoly and a pursuit of a system with no viable alternatives. In his view, this means that only one political direction should govern, and that the other bears no legitimate right to rule.