Natalia Jabłońska voiced bewilderment on Monday after learning she had been removed from the Confederacy’s list, noting the move placed her in a difficult position amid dog welfare debates. In an interview on Polsat News, she also announced her exit from Grzegorz Braun’s faction, the Confederation of the Polish Crown.
On Sunday, Krzysztof Bosak, a leading figure within the Confederation, disclosed that Jabłońska’s faction had been dropped from the roster. He described her remarks about banning dog slaughter as an unnecessary stance and called them unusual.
Jabłońska’s surprise
During a Polsat News broadcast, the prospective Confederation Sejm candidate for district 37 (Konin) revealed she had learned, via Twitter, that Witold Tumanowicz, the Confederation’s chief of staff, had also been removed from the list.
Jabłońska said she contacted the Korona leadership, the immediate superiors, to understand the situation and discovered they had no influence over the decision, learning of it only afterward.
She added that her own removal from Grzegorz Braun’s Konfederacja Korony Polskiej party was tied to her intention to participate in the Polsat News program.
Dog enthusiasts reached out, expressing concerns that the situation could escalate and impact dogs, suggesting towns might face demonstrations or harsher actions. Jabłońska noted that no Confederation members publicly defended her and she was not allowed to clarify a short statement taken out of context. Media coverage suggested she would back proposals to harm dogs, a narrative she disputed. She requested a chance to appear on the show but was told not to attend, with a warning that her status within the Crown faction could be jeopardized.
The potential candidate questions the authorities’ decision
Jabłońska explained that she did not understand why she was removed from the Confederation roster, followed by the exclusion of Grzegorz Braun from the party.
The delisting appeared, in her view, to hinge on the belief that she was pushing a controversial issue that could jeopardize the campaign concerning dogs. She suggested the move might be an effort to place her before dog advocates, yet the accusations continued to target other Confederation members.
Jabłońska reiterated that her remark about the ban on dog slaughter being unnecessary stemmed from the observation that such practices are not common in their culture, so telling people what they can eat or cannot eat misses the point.
Earlier, Piotr Cezary Lisiecki, a longtime activist within the Confederation and National Movement, posted on Facebook claiming that dog slaughter and the ban on trading dog meat were introduced in the European Economic Community in 1986. Jabłońska, a lawyer and potential Sejm candidate for constituency 37 (Konin), commented that the assertion was unnecessary, adding that meat remains meat.
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Source: wPolityce