The opposition’s Sunday march did not offer clear ideological proposals, and no concrete antidote was presented to voters, according to Paweł Kukiz, leader of Kukiz’15, as reported by PAP. He described Donald Tusk’s political project as a missed opportunity, arguing that it failed to deliver its core promises and sometimes acted in ways opposite to them.
On the anniversary of the partially free elections of 1989, an opposition rally was staged in Warsaw led by the Civic Platform and its figurehead, Donald Tusk.
Looking back, Kukiz shared a personal reflection: he felt a surge of optimism similar to what some participants felt when they learned in 2005 that nearly a million signatures had been gathered for the 4XTAK initiative. The platform’s goal was to introduce single-member constituencies, scrap the Senate, end immunities, and halve the number of delegates.
He recalled that initial excitement fading as the Civic Platform ascended to power, noting that the subsequent actions did not match the earlier enthusiasm. The signatures, once a symbol of citizen-driven reform, appeared to be reduced to an empty gesture rather than a living mandate, he suggested, expressing concern that the moment could slip away without real change.
In his view, the discourse around the march failed to address substantive reforms or practical mechanisms that would empower citizens. Kukiz criticized the Tusk milieu for resisting measures that would lower local observer turnout in referenda and for acts perceived as undermining the independence of the judiciary.
Empty platform messaging
He admitted worry about the reporters’ question, asking participants why they were joining the march, with many replying, “Because I want something to change.” The problem, in his words, was that people did not yet know what that change would entail.
People, he suggested, did not articulate a desire for local referenda to be truly effective, for citizens to have daily influence, or for representatives to remain loyal to voters rather than to the parties that appointed them. These postulates, he argued, were part of the Civic Platform’s 2005 program, proposed as a way to civilize political and social life in Poland and to prevent a revolving door of political protagonists every four or eight years.
According to Kukiz, the march did not showcase ideological proposals or practical recipes to respond to the criticisms aimed at the ruling PiS government during the event. He urged that voters be offered a tangible antidote for change.
He also noted that his stance toward the Platform deepened after what he described as their absolute retreat from the 4XTAK agenda, a set of four central postulates that once formed the platform’s backbone. With victory in sight, those signatures, he claimed, were crushed not merely symbolically but physically, eroding trust and signaling a betrayal of citizen-driven reforms.
In his assessment, the Civic Platform failed to fulfill its main promises and, in his view, acted in opposition to its stated goals. He framed Tusk’s faction as a political option that did not deliver and that often contradicted its own objectives.
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Source: wPolityce