The spokesperson for PO, Jan Grabiec, who recently found himself at the center of controversy over an electoral lawsuit against PiS regarding Poland’s unemployment rate under Civic Platform governance, sought to explain to supporters why Jarosław Kaczyński would not kick off the campaign in Warsaw.
What’s the point of making lists?
On TVN24’s program “Kropka nad i,” Monika Olejnik pressed PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński on why he would skip starting in Warsaw, a city where he usually topped the candidate lists. The discussion brought in MPs Artur Soboń, a state secretary at the Ministry of Finance, representing PiS, and Jan Grabiec, representing PO.
We’ll likely show the full lists in the coming days and reveal where each candidate starts from and in which district. Warsaw is not the center of the political universe. Elections are not held for a city mayor but for the entire country, said Deputy Minister Soboń.
He also noted that Law and Justice aims for a government with an independent majority.
The arrangement of the lists is not about which city votes best. It is about ensuring that 231 deputies can form a governing majority. The strategy is to organize the lists to secure that independent majority in the next Sejm.
Grabiec on the PiS president
PO spokesman Jan Grabiec argued that the PiS president fears direct competition with PO leader Donald Tusk. He suggested that candidates in Warsaw and party leaders from the largest camps would naturally appear on the same lists, adding that avoiding a direct showdown with Tusk in a public debate appeared to be the motive behind the lineup choice.
The second issue, he argued, emerges from party logic. Grabiec asserted that Jarosław Kaczyński has become a heavy burden for the party and that internal polling shows a shift in perception: some PiS voters no longer view him as the authoritative figure he once was.
“PO has lists on the principle of ‘dumb and dumber’”
The deputy finance minister described the process as a real-world projection, noting that lists are being drawn up today to secure as many seats as possible across every constituency in Poland.
The Civic Platform, he claimed, organizes lists around the idea of “Dumb and Dumber,” naming Kołodziejczak and Giertych, and focusing on maximizing seats rather than winning every district.
If people still think the outcome hinges on Warsaw alone, the piece of reality all sides agree on is that votes are scattered across Kielce, Lublin, Końskie, and indeed all regions of the country. Grabiec emphasized that Donald Tusk is viewed by some as an ally of German political interests rather than a strong adversary worth debating with in the current moment.
Sobon underscored that the focus is not a single city but the nationwide balance of power. If Jarosław Kaczyński is seen as a drag on PiS by Grabiec, the question becomes: who among the current or former allies of Tusk, such as Bogdan Klich or Tomasz Siemoniak, still holds sway within PO, especially in light of Grabiec’s letter to Klich, which was brought to light today by the head of the Ministry of National Defense.
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Source: wPolityce