IN New Year message President Andrzej Duda spoke about the most important challenges facing Poland in 2024.
– We are dealing with a new situation in Polish politics. The president and the government are from different political camps. This is normal in a democracy. But in a democratic country, the constitution, the rule of law and good political customs must be respected. Unfortunately, in recent days, the government coalition trying to take over the public media has broken these rules. For the first time in free Poland since 1989, there was an attempt to take over public media by force, the head of state said.
The President addresses the authorities. “Political New Year's Resolutions”
– Successive announcements of making important decisions based on the resolutions of the Parliament cause serious concern. Resolutions of the Seimas do not have the legal force to be the basis for the actions of state bodies for citizens. Such actions are also clearly unconstitutional. If we agree to such a practice today, every new parliamentary majority will be able to act in this way in the future – the President said in his speech.
– I call on the government coalition to start respecting the principles of democratic law and respect citizens, regardless of their political views. These should be your political New Year's resolutions, Andrzej Duda said.
A wave of comments after Duda's speech. “And that was the statesman's message.”
“And this was the message of a statesman. A politician who is concerned about the current situation, defends the law, democratic principles and values. President Andrzej Duda precisely defined the problems and pointed out the criminals who will violate the constitution,” PiS MEP Witold Waszczykowski said. X on the social network (formerly Twitter).
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“President Andrzej Duda accuses Donald Tusk's government of violating the constitution. Speaking on TVP. What harsh words the president has to say. It is clear that cohabitation will be brutal,” said Jacek Gedek, Gazeta.pl journalist.
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Prime Minister Donald Tusk also spoke. “Next year 2023 was full of miracles. The last words of the President's speech were that we must protect the Constitution. New Year's Eve of dreams,” the head of government wrote on the social network.
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“On my part, there will never be consent to the violation of the constitution,” Andrzej Duda said in his speech.
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“Today we heard a message from a true statesman, thank you, Mr. President,” said PiS MP Anna Milchanovska.
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“The President speaks clearly and firmly about the violation of the law by Tusk's government. What a different, serious speech than yesterday's speech in the style of Tusk's “Merry Dizzy”, – said Zdislav Krasnodebski, MEP for Law and Justice.
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