Law and Justice has refreshed the electoral material addressing unemployment during the PO-PSL government era. Observers note that, despite protests from Civic Coalition politicians who accused PiS of spreading falsehoods, the unemployment figures from those years remained markedly higher than generally claimed. The controversy centers on how voters perceive the job market during that coalition’s governance and which data sources are trusted by the public and by campaign teams alike.
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The deputy head of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, Paweł Szefernaker, shared new campaign material on social media that references Poland’s jobless rate under the PO-PSL coalition government. The material cites statistics from the Central Bureau of Statistics as the data source and frames the issue of unemployment within a political narrative aimed at contrasting past and current conditions.
In response to claims raised by PO politicians, the material also appeared on Twitter from Przemysław Kabata, a district representative for FM PiS. His post questioned whether the platform understood that the aim in addressing unemployment is to lower the rate, not to raise it, underscoring the ongoing debate between parties about how unemployment data should be interpreted and presented to voters.
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— An assessment of the social policy during the PO-PSL years shows a campaign spot about unemployment from the Tusk era. The message highlights a large number of people without work and frames the period as challenging for the labor market. A video accompanies this claim to illustrate points about joblessness during that time.
– The prime minister has commented on the labor market situation, noting that unemployment was high under Tusk and that, according to some critics, the issue was significant enough to drive aspects of policy and public discourse beyond national borders, with remarks suggesting outward movement as part of the context of the unemployment conversation.
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