“At the start, Radosław Sikorski declared that his speech would be devoted to matters of the utmost importance. Yet he very quickly moved on to a ruthless attack against the office and the person of President Nawrocki. We were one step away from a massacre; an act of sabotage on the railway could have killed many people, and what is the government doing? Looking for a pretext to continue its political war,” says Radosław Fogiel, deputy chairman of the Sejm’s Foreign Affairs Committee, in an interview with Niezależna.pl, commenting on yesterday’s appearance of the foreign minister in the Sejm.
Instead of presenting information on actions taken in relation to the capture of saboteurs working for the Kremlin, who carried out acts of sabotage over the weekend on railway line No. 7, Warsaw-Lublin, we heard mainly a stream of grievances from the head of Polish diplomacy, Radosław Sikorski, directed, among others, at President Karol Nawrocki. During yesterday’s Sejm speech, the foreign minister accused the Polish leader of Eurosceptic views and statements.
“On behalf of the Prime Minister, I declare that when you [Karol Nawrocki – ed.] speak in an anti-EU spirit, you do not represent Poland’s position, but only your own and that of your office. Not even that of your voters, since you did not run under the banner of a Polexit [the alleged aim of taking Poland out of the European Union – ed.]” Sikorski said.
“You have the right, Mr. President, to your nationalist views. But if you want to put them into practice, you should have sought the position of prime minister, because the constitutional role for which the nation elected you does not allow you to shape Poland’s foreign policy according to your personal whims,” he thundered in another part of his address.
“I appeal to Minister Sikorski for restraint. This is not the time for arguments or internal emotions. This is a difficult moment for Poland’s security,” noted presidential minister Marcin Przydacz.
“This government is incapable of thinking and acting in the interest of the state”
Niezależna.pl asked Radosław Fogiel, PiS MP and deputy chairman of the Sejm’s Foreign Affairs Committee, to comment on Minister Sikorski’s speech in the Sejm.
“Radosław Sikorski spoke a day after Donald Tusk stated that Poland had fallen victim to a sabotage attack. At the beginning of his remarks, he assured that he would discuss matters of the highest importance. He let slip – apparently by accident – that in the aftermath of the sabotage on the railway, it was a miracle no one was harmed. So it was a miracle that decided the outcome, not the competence of the government or the security services. Then he moved on to a full-scale attack on the office and person of President Nawrocki,” the interviewee points out.
“This shows that even in the face of a massive threat to Poland, the most important thing for this government is its political skirmish. We were a step away from a massacre, many people could have died – and what does the government do? It looks for a pretext to attack the president. This confirms that we are dealing with people who cannot think in terms of the state’s interest,” he adds.
“We are well aware of Sikorski’s unfulfilled presidential ambitions. His own party did not decide to nominate him, even though in his own mind, he could see himself in the Presidential Palace. That is probably also why he is attacking President Nawrocki,” Fogiel continues.
“President Nawrocki has the strongest mandate – derived from a direct and most recent election. He also enjoys the highest public support. The fact that the government fights him at every turn shows that our external enemies may be rubbing their hands, seeing how inept Donald Tusk’s team is,” the PiS MP stresses.
“This is not the first time such a situation has occurred. It was similar when PiS was in power and a dummy missile fell on Polish territory, only to be found months later in a forest. At that time, the current ruling camp – then the opposition – did not focus on the fact that Russia had violated Polish airspace. They used the incident as a pretext to attack the defense minister and to submit a motion of no confidence against him. How did the Kremlin interpret it then? All they need to do is drop a mock missile with a cement-filled warhead, and the Poles immediately start waging a political war among themselves. It is hard to imagine a cheaper way of destabilizing another country,” our interlocutor concludes.