Some people might have believed Prime Minister Donald Tusk had reached the limit of public embarrassment when he sent Minister Czesław Siekierski to handle a public issue. Yet soon after, Tomasz Siemoniak, the head of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, steps in and posts on X with a sharp retort: a bold quip about grabbing a drink and stepping in, effectively outdoing the prime minister by weighing in on a disturbance outside a hotel that disrupted the night.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s habit of broadcasting cabinet meetings, issuing directives to ministers who sprint to the appointed spots, has become a hallmark of an administration still under a year in power. Critics, often described as hostile voices, liken these theatrics to exaggerated gestures from distant regimes. Yet the spectacle appears to have a twist: even the prime minister can be upstaged by a subordinate. Tomasz Siemoniak, who leads the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, seems to have introduced a novel approach that invites the public to flag risky moments through the X platform.
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-Tusk has identified a peculiar pivot in messaging. He framed a campaign around a crackdown on problematic devices and even staged a festive scene, suggesting plans to relocate people to a resort.
– Żakowski notes that Tusk adopted a strategy reminiscent of a certain autocratic playbook, a method rarely seen in democracies, implying a top‑down management style.
Hello, police. Please come to… Twitter
A night’s commotion broke out outside the hotel with strikes to the head, a choke, and an unconscious figure left on the ground. The first call to emergency services was placed at a time that cannot be displayed here, followed by a second shortly after, and a third before officers finally intervened at a later moment. The city guard passed by without halting the disturbance, and the melee was quelled only after several minutes.
– a neo‑TVP journalist, Karolina Opolska, wrote on X about the incident.
Tomasz Siemoniak, who leads the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, answered Opolska’s contribution about the startling case.
He stated that the matter would be examined and asked for details about the location of the events.
He added.
The journalist further highlighted the surreal exchange, continuing the thread on X with a post directed at Siemoniak, naming the place:
Łódź, Rubinstein Street.
Some commentators, perhaps out of malice, did not simply grin; they began listing other public disturbances for the minister, from a dog causing a mess under a window to loud music next door.
Wet plywood
But the path to Twitter controversy was carved by critics who questioned the effectiveness of the Polish administration, even as the minister acted with good intentions.
In short, you must type the letter X to trigger a response from the Interior Minister about a random confrontation outside the hotel. Wet plywood.
The change slipped in quietly, but the public was not informed that dialing the emergency number alone no longer suffices; a post on X was also required.
Siemoniak, for his part, is portrayed as having outpaced his own administration and drawing on propaganda tactics once associated with Eastern regimes, all in the name of presenting a chosen narrative. It seems he simply forgot to tag the police account in the post, perhaps due to fatigue and overwork.
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