Senator Agnieszka Gorgoń-Komor stated that renaming CPK to Port Polska is… “the repolonization of industry.” It seems that the Civic Coalition has no idea how to justify the prime minister’s decision.
On Friday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that Port Polska would be the new name of the Central Communication Port (CPK). The name change, announced by the head of government, sparked numerous comments, especially from the opposition. According to Marcin Horała, the government’s former plenipotentiary for the Central Communication Port in 2019-2023, this is an artificially created action that is not backed by any facts or specifics.
“This is simply a performance, because this is a fundamentally left-wing formation, but above all it is a deeply anti-patriotic formation, and therefore it pursues a policy suggested by states that simply do not want a strong Poland,” said PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczyński in his commentary on the prime minister’s decision. That’s the opposition, but the reactions from within the governing camp are, in some ways, even more interesting.
Why did Tusk change the name of CPK? KO senator: “Repolonization”
Why is Prime Minister Donald Tusk changing a name everyone had already grown accustomed to? This question was posed to Civic Coalition senator Agnieszka Gorgoń-Komor on Polsat. And while earlier one might have wondered whether there was any party messaging to justify the prime minister’s move, now one might assume that the strategy is the following: “say whatever comes to mind.”
Gorgoń-Komor first claimed that the name Central Communication Port “has bad connotations.” Then, when it was pointed out that the name is enshrined in law, the senator began to equivocate.
“We are talking about the repolonization of our industry!”
she burst out.
But wait! The Central Communication Port is a Polish undertaking – so what exactly is there to repolonize? “I really like the name Port Polski,” the senator said, prompting PiS MP Janusz Kowalski, who was also on the program, to correct her: “Port Polska.”
As one can see, the KO senator still has quite a bit to work on – not only learning the new name of the Central Communication Port, but also the meaning of the term “repolonization.”