“Donald Tusk involved the entire state apparatus to ensure that the National Electoral Commission rejected the PiS election report. These are not normal standards, these are not democratic standards,” Anna Gembicka, a former Agriculture Minister and PiS MP, said on Telewizja wPoland.
Editor Aleksandra Jakubowska first asked MP Gembicka about Minister Marzena Okły-Drewnowicz’s statement that the PiS government had left the Polish economy in a bad state.
Some facts about the state in which we left the Polish economy. There is a graph, I don’t remember if it was drawn up by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund, where you can easily see that, strangely enough, when Law and Justice is in power, Polish GDP grows significantly, and when the PO is in power, we either have this stagnation or a slight decline. So I think that speaks for itself in terms of the state of the economy.
– emphasized the PiS politician.
As PiS, we were, above all, an efficient and effective government. Unlike the December 13 Coalition government. Because when the crisis related to the outbreak of war in Ukraine occurred, we managed to find funds for the energy shield, to reduce VAT on food and energy. And when the PO appeared, suddenly they said that “there is no money and there will be no money”. Donald Tusk is back, the VAT mafias are back. The VAT gap is back. We have already heard that there are budget deficits and that the money will get worse. And yet, before the elections, Donald Tusk said that they had such experts that when they came to power, the money would be found almost automatically. So where are these announcements now?
– she added.
“The laziest Sejm
This is the laziest Sejm, even compared to the previous PO-PSL governments. They now introduce twice as many bills as they did during the Law and Justice period. This is a fair measure, it simply shows in numbers what the Sejm does. If any bills do come up, they are usually simply about implementing EU legislation.
– said deputy Gembicka.
Just look at how many of these supposed details were fulfilled out of the hundred promised. There are probably 8 or 10 and some of them concerned non-statutory activities that did not require bills.
– she pointed.
It is not that the president automatically rejects all laws. This is an excuse for simply not working. Taking care of filling positions in state treasury companies. There should be no nepotism. There should be no admission of party activists. And almost every day we hear that another activist from the PO, PSL or Polski 2050 has taken some position. I see this in agricultural institutions, where recently it has often been seen that incompetent people who managed these agricultural agencies very poorly are returning.
– emphasized the interlocutor of Telewizja wPolska.
“If I were a member of the National Electoral Commission, I would be very worried.”
The presenter also questioned the former minister about the subsidy to PiS and the long-delayed decision of the National Electoral Commission.
If this were a lawful decision, based on and within the limits of the law, the National Electoral Commission should approve the report, because there are no grounds for rejecting it. However, we are seeing an incredible amount of pressure at the moment. Every now and then we hear, for example, from Minister Berek, we hear from Mr. Grabiec, who also strongly lobbied for the National Electoral Commission to reject the report. Moreover, several neo-TVP materials contain information that the matter has already been decided.
– said deputy Gembicka.
However, if I were a member of the National Election Commission, I would be very concerned. Because either someone is irresponsible enough to provide this kind of information before the vote, which raises even more doubts about the reliability and honesty of the National Election Commission, or someone simply creates false materials to force certain behavior. These are Eastern patterns, in which the opposition is fought with all available methods.
– she added.
Donald Tusk involved the entire state apparatus to ensure that the National Electoral Commission rejected the PiS election report. These are not normal standards, these are not democratic standards.
– emphasized Anna Gembicka.
jj/Television in Poland