“The law in Poland today is imperfect, and in some places it is very bad. But the way to fix it is not by breaking the law, but by winning the next elections to such an extent that we can effectively change that law. These accountability measures are moving too slowly because objective legal circumstances make it very difficult,” Donald Tusk argued during a press conference. The head of government, while staying on the topic of “law,” also attacked President Karol Nawrocki, calling him a “political saboteur.”
Minister of Justice Waldemar Żurek announced that he had instructed prosecutors to initiate criminal proceedings, among others, against employees of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, who advised President Karol Nawrocki not to administer the oath of office to judges of the Constitutional Tribunal elected by the Sejm.
“Today I made a decision – I instructed the prosecutor’s office to initiate proceedings against individuals who have publicly revealed themselves – I mean representatives of the Chancellery of the President, but possibly also other individuals who advised the president not to administer this oath,” the Prosecutor General said.
He also stated that the president, as well as officials, employees, and other advisors working in his chancellery, may have failed to fulfill their duties.
Tusk disappointed? “Accountability measures are moving too slowly”
Donald Tusk, who remains abroad, spoke today about Żurek’s actions during a press conference. He stated that “accountability measures are moving too slowly.”
“I want to act and I will always act within the law. The law in Poland today is imperfect, and in some places it is very bad. But the way to fix it is not by breaking the law, but by winning the next elections to such an extent that we can effectively change that law. These accountability measures are moving too slowly because objective legal circumstances make it very difficult. The same ultimately applies to the State Tribunal,” the prime minister said.
He described Żurek’s announcement as “non-standard and ambitious,” but added: “this is exactly what I was just talking about.” He then launched an attack on the President of Poland.
“We have a very specific political situation, where we have a blocking political saboteur in the form of the president with his veto, we have his entire team, his entire chancellery, all his advisors, who from morning to night do nothing but harm Poland and the Polish government, and in this specific matter – not only in my opinion, I think we all feel it – the refusal to administer the oath is an obvious violation of the president’s duties. He has obligations toward the state, not privileges, so evidently Minister Żurek has found grounds to make such decisions,” Tusk said.
Adam Andruszkiewicz, Deputy Head of the Chancellery of the President, was asked about the prime minister’s remarks on TV Republika.
“Unlike Mr. Tusk, we work from morning to night in the interest of the Polish state. Mr. Tusk is known for being a certified lazy man. As you can see, he is mainly engaged in pushing cheap messaging to his hard electorate. He probably wants to please ‘Silni Razem’ so they applaud him on X. The thing is, ‘Silni Razem’ and X are not reality,” he responded.
He added: “The reality is that we work every day to ensure that good laws – which are being frozen by comrade Czarzasty, such as lowering energy prices for Poles – actually come into force in Poland. Unfortunately, we have the government we have today, and those proposals that are good for Poles are not being implemented because the government is blocking them.”