“He cut off funding to the main opposition party, took over public media, seized control of the prosecutor’s office and the judiciary, and even blocked advertisers in the media,” enumerated former Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Gliński. He was, of course, referring to the actions taken by Donald Tusk since December 13, 2023, when he assumed power.
Recently, the presidential election campaign for 2025 has gained momentum, in part due to TV Republika and its two televised debates. “Has the campaign gained energy?” Piotr Gliński, a Law and Justice (PiS) MP and former deputy prime minister, was asked on RMF FM. “It certainly has gained energy—not only the campaign itself, but I believe Polish democracy has become more lively because, over the past year and a half, Donald Tusk has effectively blocked democracy,” Gliński remarked.
“He cut off funding to the main opposition party, took over public media, seized control of the prosecutor’s office and the judiciary, and even restricted media advertisers. In short, democracy in Poland was not functioning properly,”
listed the opposition MP.
In Gliński’s assessment, the current campaign serves as a referendum on the evaluation of Donald Tusk’s government, which is now receiving more negative than positive assessments. “This is a government that, incidentally, has failed to fulfil its broad electoral promises,” he said. And what is its objective?
“Donald Tusk has opted for a monopoly in politics. Consequently, his apparent aim is to outlaw the Law and Justice party entirely, to deprive the Polish opposition of the right to function—because that is what the situation suggests. He wants to imprison us—that’s what Tusk is after. And at the same time, he is devouring his coalition partners and losing his parliamentary majority,”
Gliński concluded.