In 2019, Roman Giertych had a conversation with Stanisław Gawłowski regarding the online promotion of a letter written by Maciej Giertych, the lawyer’s father. “I have a request—see if this Kamil from Onet could post my father’s letter from my Facebook page,” Giertych said to Gawłowski. The contents of the conversation were revealed today by TV Republika.
Conversation Between Giertych and Gawłowski: Topic – Letter by Giertych’s Father
Ahead of the 2019 parliamentary elections, the website natemat.pl, owned by Tomasz Lis, published a letter by Maciej Giertych, the father of Roman Giertych.
“Dear Fellow Citizens,
The most important election in years is approaching. Motivated by a sense of duty, I would like to warn all my compatriots against voting for PiS in this election. I am writing to lay Catholic citizens of our country, because, unfortunately, the advice they are receiving from the hierarchy, clergy, and Catholic media on this matter is misguided and, with extraordinary arrogance, intrudes upon the freedom of the laity,” – wrote Giertych Sr.
TV Republika has now disclosed the behind-the-scenes details surrounding the publication of the letter. One of the released conversations is the one between Stanisław Gawłowski and Roman Giertych.
Transcript:
S.G.: Hello?
R.G.: Stasiu?
S.G.: Hi.
R.G.: Listen, what time are you coming over tomorrow?
S.G.: 11:00 AM, as we agreed.
R.G.: Good. Listen, I have a favor to ask—could you try to get that Kamil from Onet to post my father’s letter from my Facebook page? I don’t know if you’ve read it.
S.G.: Your father’s? No, but I’ll read it right away and talk to him.
R.G.: Please do. Read it and talk to him—it’s a very important letter, as you’ll see for yourself. Wyborcza will be running it tomorrow, but I’d prefer it to spread beforehand, so it doesn’t look like Wyborcza is the one distributing it.
S.G.: Alright, alright, I’ll take care of it. I’ll try to get it out either tonight or first thing in the morning.
R.G.: Okay.
TV Republika also disclosed another conversation involving Giertych and a colleague, concerning further promotion of his father’s letter.
R.G.: Hello?
Colleague: Hello? So, here’s what could be done. First, by setting parameters such as marital status—married, engaged. Second, hobbies and interests—politics and religion. There were a lot of interest categories: new technologies, etc. Third, family and relationships—motherhood, marriage, fatherhood, parenting, family. That yielded a group of 500,000 people in the country. We could further narrow it down with demographic data—limit it to big cities, small towns, or leave it broad. So these would be people interested in both religion and politics. We could remove politics to narrow it down further.
R.G.: No, let’s keep it as is.
Colleague: The target group—politics, religion, marriage, motherhood, fatherhood, parenting, family—totals 500,000. Should we proceed?
R.G.: Yes. How much would it cost?
Colleague: As much as you’re willing to spend. This only defines the target group. You decide how much to spend on distribution. The location data would cover all of Poland.