“What outrages and shocks me the most is the scandalous manner in which Prime Minister Tusk speaks about the residents of Radom. It is offensive and unworthy of a Polish politician,” said Radosław Fogiel, PiS MP, in an interview with the portal Niezalezna.pl, commenting on the ‘Tusk tapes’ released today by TV Republika.
The Tusk Tapes
TV Republika has today published the so-called Tusk tapes — recordings that may send shockwaves through the political scene. The released fragment features a conversation between Roman Giertych and Donald Tusk, recorded in 2019. The discussion touched on, among other topics, Giertych’s conflict with then-PO leader Grzegorz Schetyna, the transfer of collected signatures to Stanisław Gawłowski, and strategies concerning Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska’s presidential candidacy.
Fogiel: “This is offensive and unworthy of a Polish politician”
We asked Radosław Fogiel, a PiS MP representing the Radom region, to comment on the tapes released by TV Republika.
“Above all, as someone whose family has lived in Radom for generations and as an MP elected from this region, I am most outraged and appalled by the scandalous language Prime Minister Tusk uses when speaking about the people of Radom. It is offensive and unworthy of a Polish politician. We in Radom stood up for freedom as early as 1976, and were then contemptuously labeled as ‘troublemakers’. Today, it is clear that the same mentality still guides those in power,” said Fogiel.
In his view, “this language of contempt once again reveals what Tusk and his inner circle truly think of Poland, of smaller towns, of all those Poles who do not live in major urban centers — it is disdain and a complete disregard for their concerns.”
“Also worthy of the attention of state authorities,” he added, “are the words of a man who now presents himself as a defender of electoral procedures and democracy, yet on the tapes openly admits to transferring signatures collected for one candidate to another, along with personal data. If this is true, the legality of such a procedure must be verified,” Fogiel concluded.