The President’s veto of two laws, the reform of the judiciary, the ruling party PiS has destroyed the Unity of the government camp. Moderate MPs should explore the opportunities for a President’s party.
Now open against his Mentor Jaroslaw Kaczynski – the Polish President Andzej Duda
Almost a week after a storm in the South of gdańsk are always cut off even 3500 households from the power supply. Beaten three days it lasted, until the first government in respect of representatives to the Victims of the devastating storm in the North of Poland up. A storm had claimed six deaths, around 4000 houses destroyed and damaged, as well as an area of 38,000 hectares of forest. On Tuesday (15. August) was an auxiliary action of the army, before the local firefighters were using the Damage control alone.
Meanwhile, the late reaction of Warsaw, as well as the fact that, as before, households are cut off from power in Poland to a political issue. The reason for the delay, many see in the wing of the party “law and justice” (PiS) to fight. Since then, the state President Andrzej Duda stopped at the end of July against two Central laws, the reform of the judiciary a Veto, it is Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s party in government in an uproar. There had previously been nobody takeover of almost 20 months of party leader Kaczynski dared to disagree.
Cracks in the government camp
After the Veto but solid the Deputy Prime Minister and education Minister, Jaroslaw Gowin, with Duda joined, while justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro criticised the President sharply. Ziobro gives up since his return to Kaczynski, the PiS he had in 2011, cleaved, particularly radical. Also other members who want to favor Kaczynski, especially, outdo themselves since then, with attacks on the rebellious Duda.
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Officially there is “no war on the party leadership”, the PiS emphasized every day. In the party there is a rumbling, however, nevertheless. This is encouraged at the Moment in addition, due to the holiday absence of party leader Kaczynski. This has pulled in the forests to the North of Poland. “The Veto was a big mistake,” had Kaczynski criticized prior to his departure on vacation, but also the hope expressed that it would be a “slip-up” Dudas, and the President would now be put back in place everything according to the Wishes of the PiS.
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Duda had announced, until the fall of their own legislative proposals for the law on the Supreme court and that the judge of the district court (KRS) and the Sejm – the Parliament – to submit. The presidential Palace tried since then to emphasize every couple of days, the judicial reform was needed, and they wanted to go “in the same direction as the government”. However, Duda has made the middle of August, in his traditional speech on the day of the Polish army, so far, only quietly then smoldering conflict with the Minister of defense Antoni Antoni macierewicz (PiS) on the subject of and even publicly accused of treating the army as his private army.
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Also fixed conflicts with foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski (PiS) to message are long lineups again become current. As President of Duda is not only the commander-in-chief in times of peace, he also has a say in foreign policy a lot. However, had Duda in the two areas of Kaczynski’s Ministers often go unchallenged pass.
Speculation about a new party
In the circles of the marginalised liberal Opposition hopes on an open fracture in the PiS government, and a President’s party are already awake. This could be built according to Polish media reports, together with the right-wing populist party Kukiz’15 of the eponymous rock musician. According to the government, friendly media, it should have already been exploratory discussions between supporters of different camps and Dudas.
Dudas stronger role is also important because he hopes to be in 2020 re-elected President. So far, support for the PiS for his second term was secure. Meanwhile, some hardliners in the Kaczynski-warehouse Express but doubt. Apparently, they want to put Duda with such threats under pressure, and again Kaczynski’s hard-line.
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It is still completely unclear, such as Dudas justice reform proposals fail and how the PiS will react to this. Since there are no time limits for a vote, it is speculated that in Warsaw about whether Dudas could land proposals simply in the drawer. Kaczynski hopes, therefore, in the next parliamentary elections to a constitutional majority in Parliament, as you know today will be great role model in European politics, Viktor Orban in Hungary. On the Goodwill of the President, he would be instructed to never more.