On Saturday, the Law and Justice (PiS) party elected new leadership, but the president remains the same — Jarosław Kaczyński. In an interview with RMF 24, Patryk Jaki commented on the political situation following Karol Nawrocki’s victory, sharply criticized Donald Tusk, and asserted: Poles did not allow themselves to be drawn into a Romanian-style scenario.
PiS Congress Confirms the Party’s Direction
On Saturday, June 28, the Law and Justice Congress took place, during which the party’s new leadership was elected. Although there had been speculation about a possible change at the top, PiS politicians have made it clear: Jarosław Kaczyński remains the head of the party.
In an interview with RMF24, MEP Patryk Jaki confirmed that the leader of the United Right not only retained his leadership role but will continue to be a guarantor of political stability and the party’s chosen course.
“I am convinced that Jarosław Kaczyński will continue to lead the largest political camp in Poland for another term,” Jaki emphasized.
At the same time, the MEP announced changes to the PiS Presidium, which is expected to include representatives of the younger generation — politicians in their 30s and 40s.
Tusk Under Fire
Jaki also addressed Donald Tusk’s recent actions and his narrative questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election. In his view, it was a disinformation campaign unsupported by any facts. Jaki noted that the Prime Minister only changed his tone after the latest poll results were announced.
“I believe that Civic Platform’s recent bout of conspiratorial madness — claiming the election was rigged because of fringe groups, with Tusk also promoting that narrative — was completely baseless. Yesterday, after the poll came out, he changed his mind (…) But the great thing is that Poles didn’t allow what happened in Romania to be done to them, even though Tusk was preparing just that,” Jaki commented.
Supreme Court: Protests Had No Impact on the Outcome
On Friday, the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs of the Supreme Court reviewed three election protests. In each case, it found that while the reported irregularities warranted clarification, they had no effect on the final outcome of the vote, in which Karol Nawrocki defeated Rafał Trzaskowski by approximately 370,000 votes.