By announcing the big “confession” of his government ministers, Prime Minister Donald Tusk is trying to kill several birds with one stone. First, he is trying to prepare for the first anniversary of the elections on October 15. Rather than celebrating an anniversary or bragging, it is always better to show the public that you work hard. And rather than resting on your laurels, voters get a report on what was and was not achieved during the year.
What Donald Tusk wants to say to disappointed coalition voters on October 15
Second, when it comes to what goes wrong, Donald Tusk has also played his cards right. Because by announcing that he wants every minister to be held to account in detail and to meet with disillusioned communities, the Prime Minister appears to be siding with voters against his subordinates. His statement is as follows: I, together with the disillusioned citizens and communities, will now hold you to account.
In this way, the Prime Minister, instead of becoming the target of complaints, changes sides and says: I also want to hear what went wrong and, together with you, dear citizens, I will hold my ministers accountable. On the one hand, this is an attempt to erase the bad impression caused by the Prime Minister’s admission of an error regarding the referendum on the appointment of a new judge to head the work of one of the chambers of the Supreme Court.
Instead of becoming the recipient of complaints, he switches sides and says: I also want to hear what went wrong and I will hold my ministers accountable along with you, dear citizens.
On the other hand, Donald Tusk has winked at voters more than once. Shortly before the European Parliament elections, Tusk said on Castle Square that he was disappointed with the slow pace of work in his office, but it is his subordinates who are slowing everything down and he needs to get along with his coalition partners, in other words, I – just like you – would also like everything to go well and faster, but this is the coalition you have chosen. When Tusk said that it would be impossible to change the abortion law during this term, the Prime Minister also changed sides, sending a signal: if it were up to me, I would keep my election promise, but the Sejm is what it is… I am also disappointed about this, but I will not deceive you, dear citizens.
