On Saturday in Suwałki (Podlaskie Voivodeship), former Prime Minister Beata Szydło voiced her support for Karol Nawrocki in his campaign for the presidency of Poland. She called on Law and Justice (PiS) supporters to persuade undecided voters to back Nawrocki and to mobilize them to participate in the second round of elections, scheduled for June 1.
Earlier that day, Beata Szydło visited Podlaskie, starting in Mońki before heading to Suwałki, where she met with local residents. She was accompanied by MPs Jacek Sasin and Jarosław Zieliński.
A Call to Poles
During the meeting in Suwałki, the former prime minister said:
“We must convince those who have doubts, those who voted for other candidates in the first round—above all, we must convince everyone that they need to go out and vote.”
Szydło emphasized that the upcoming election is a turning point for the country.
“Right now, we are making a decision about the future of our country. We cannot allow Trzaskowski to win and just hope things will somehow work out. They won’t,” she said.
She urged voters to fully commit to securing victory for Karol Nawrocki. At the same time, she criticized Rafał Trzaskowski and the leadership of Donald Tusk. According to her, Nawrocki’s win would mean “removing Tusk from power.”
The PiS MEP stated bluntly:
“Trzaskowski will do whatever Tusk tells him to—he’ll sign any document Tusk puts in front of him. And Tusk will do whatever the German chancellor or Brussels dictates to him over the phone—and there are no good solutions for Poland coming from there.”
In closing, she recalled Andrzej Duda’s presidential victory ten years ago:
“We did it then, and we’ll do it again,” she assured.