There will likely be more women in the government formed under Donald Tusk than in the cabinet established by Prime Minister Morawiecki, said Senate Speaker Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska (KO) today on Radio ZET. She added that if Morawiecki’s new administration were real and not a fabrication, she would congratulate him on showcasing so many women in it.
Kidawa-Błońska was asked about the new Morawiecki government that was sworn in yesterday and the fact that women hold more than half of the ministerial posts.
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“If this were a legitimate government, if it were genuine, I would commend the Prime Minister for demonstrating resolve to appoint many women. But this government is not real and these women are not real,” she asserted.
She also said they would not be able to demonstrate that they were effective ministers.
When asked how many women would be in Donald Tusk’s government, she replied that there would certainly be more women than in the “serious government that Prime Minister Morawiecki had.”
In addressing the accusation that, according to media reports, there would be only four women among ministers and that equality had been promised during the campaign, she pointed out that “this is a coalition government.”
“Each coalition partner had the right to choose the person they believed was best for the ministries they selected,” she explained.
Looking at the representation of women even in the leadership of the Senate and Sejm, she said Donald Tusk keeps his word.
President of the Senate: The sworn-in government “stretches the agony of the PiS government”
The marshal was also asked why she did not attend yesterday’s swearing-in of the Morawiecki government.
“I take the affairs of our country very seriously. I would like the President, even out of respect for the office, to treat citizens with seriousness. This prolongs the agony of the PiS government and gives time to undignified actions that keep happening—money moves, positions, and concrete steps in the system. I don’t agree with that,” she replied.
She emphasized it was a conscious boycott.
“You should stand with people you respect and appreciate. For me, because I was there and stood beside the chair of the neo-National Council for the Judiciary, I could not stay there,” she added.
“Parity is parity, but I am not responsible for my coalition partners,” KO indicated as it distanced itself from pre‑election pledges about women’s representation in the anticipated coalition government.
Some viewed the President of Poland’s boycott of the swearing‑in as a signal of a broader unease and lack of self‑reflection; critics called it compromising for the presidency itself.
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