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delphiandomine   
10 Dec 2015
News / "We will not hesitate to shoot Kaczyński dead" - KOD Facebook page [164]

It was a fake profile. The fact that you're trying to deny this says everything about the pathetic attempts by PiS to discredit KOD.

Still, all is fine - if it's now being brought up in the Sejm, then it shows that PiS are terrified of KOD.
delphiandomine   
10 Dec 2015
News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

And when you attend do not forget that where the KOD supporters stand is where the ZOMO once stood.

Absolute nonsense. Remember, it's PiS that appointed an ex-PZPR prosecutor to lead the human rights commission, not KOD.

Better yet, f*ck KOD and joint PiS' patriotic march on 13th December.

Decent patriotic Poles should join KOD and get rid of this PRL-bis government as soon as possible. Patriotism isn't about shouting and abusing people on the streets - it's about being a decent human being who respects everyone and respects their country.
delphiandomine   
10 Dec 2015
News / "We will not hesitate to shoot Kaczyński dead" - KOD Facebook page [164]

Polonius, your lies are disgusting.

It was a fake profile, and Petru of .Nowoczesna pointed this out in the Sejm. Kijowski never said those things, and it was a very poor attempt at a provocation by a PiS supporter using a fake profile to discredit KOD.

Your pathetic and crude attempt at propaganda won't work here - you're just putting more and more people on the streets, and your fear is evident.

But then again, this reassures me. You're obviously worried sick that KOD will grow and grow in strength, and no-one is going to believe the lies coming from the PiS media.

Mods - could you edit the title of this thread? It's an obvious lie - the statement was never made by KOD or anyone representing KOD.
delphiandomine   
10 Dec 2015
News / How would Poland change for the better (or worse) under a PiS government? [257]

The vast majority of people who had to buy their property in Warsaw on the open market and thus pay the going rate for that property during the last couple of decades have mortgages in foreign currencies (usually CHF but some still in USD) and to them that is not just "paper play money".

I imagine most people weren't so fortunate as to have access to large properties at knock-down prices.

I know someone who has a very modest flat (just under 60sqm) with a CHF mortgage and he's wondering exactly what he's going to do if the PLN drops even further against the CHF. It's a flat in a 1970's commie block in a normal part of the city, so not exactly someone wealthy.

I'm fortunate that my mortgage is in PLN, but many others aren't in the same boat. Polonius sneering at them shows that he's every bit of the elite that he claims to hate so much.

Merged: PiS to cancel road building contracts

As we all said, PiS will gain power, then destroy the country piece by piece. PO were embarking on a second wave of road construction that would give us a modern road network by 2020, but now, they plan to cancel the contracts signed by PO to save cash to pay for their unrealistic election promises. What a surprise.

wyborcza.biz/biznes/1,100896,19326348,adamczyk-wciaz-analizujemy-program-budowy-drog.html?biznes=local#BoxBizLink

Obviously, the aim is to leave the country stuck in the 1980's - make it more difficult to travel, easier to control the people.
delphiandomine   
10 Dec 2015
News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

The Ukrainians have followed the example of the 1921 constitution with their decorum in their in their parliamentary debates.

Except the Verkhovna Rada - "Supreme Council" or "Supreme Soviet" (although the latter translation is never used nowadays) doesn't trace back to the 1921 Polish Constitution, but rather earlier political systems that weren't part of Poland. If you want the direct linage, then it comes from the 1917 All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets, which wasn't connected to Poland except in the struggle for territory. Obviously, you've got some severe issues with understanding the evolution of nation states.

And Kwaśniewski was a communist, but he kept the Trybunał Konstytucyjny which came from Jaruzelski's government in 1982.

It might have come to Poland then, but the concept of a Constitutional Tribunal comes from the French and German legal traditions.

Until he transfers his powers to someone else, or that constitution is restored in Poland, Wałęsa remains the president of the Second Polish Republic.

You really don't get it, do you?

That was a symbolic act - it had no legal force whatsoever. Wałęsa was elected under the rules of the 1989 amendments and his Presidency operated under those rules until the 1992 Small Constitution was introduced. That's why there were constant problems during his Presidency, because the Presidency itself was rather ill-defined, unlike the 1935 Constitution.

PO de facto discriminated against ethnic Poles in favor of newly settled foreigners

PO didn't discriminate against anyone. The requirements for the recognition of Polish citzienship didn't change much between the 1962 and 2013 laws, except the latter made it more straightforward as there's no provision for the loss of Polish citizenship.

don't rely on Wikipedia for your research

Yes, relying on Wikipedia and the English language media for his legal "knowledge" obviously isn't very helpful.

Update on demonstrations planned for Saturday 12th December

Since my first message, there have been new demonstrations planned in other Polish cities. All demonstrations are at 12.00 on 12/12/15.

Lublin - Plac Litewski 1
Wrocław - Plac Solny
Bielsko-Biała - Plac Chrobrego
Szczecin - Plac Grunwaldzki

Numbers are growing - and like I said before, I urge every foreigner that cares about this country to try and attend one of the demonstrations if they can. This isn't about being "anti-government", it's about defending our democracy and Constitution from the hands of people that want to destroy it.
delphiandomine   
10 Dec 2015
Study / Schools to learn Polish language in Poznań? [11]

Can anyone recommend me which from those two schools to choose at the base of good teachers and lower tuition fees since there is no enough reviews? Thanks

Teach me Polish, without a shadow of a doubt. Don't bother with anyone else.
delphiandomine   
9 Dec 2015
News / Poland to end state funding for IVF treatment [102]

And I though PiS were a party for the poor.

Ha indeed!

It's rather funny because it shows that they've cancelled it out of spite and not for any real ideological reasons.
delphiandomine   
9 Dec 2015
News / How would Poland change for the better (or worse) under a PiS government? [257]

Merged: Unemployment rises in Poland

Tut tut. PiS have only been in power for one month and already we see a rise in unemployment in Poland.

In other news, exchange rates are now dropping like a brick.

1EUR = 4.35PLN
1CHF = 4.01PLN

Markets clearly aren't happy with PiS.
delphiandomine   
9 Dec 2015
News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

It is all delusional.

The only delusional person is you, given that you base your arguments on Wikipedia and not law.

The 1935 Constitution didn't have popular support, given that it was introduced under a dictatorship and in a Sejm that was elected as a result of a rigged election. It was what it was, and perhaps not the worst thing given the political realities of the time, but you can't claim that it was in any way legitimate. This is why - if you know anything about Polish law - they chose to follow the PRL version of constitutional theory because it linked back to the legitimate 1921 Constitution. Wałęsa also ran his office according to the 1952/1992 Constitutions and not the 1935 one.

More to the point, you'll struggle to find anyone in Poland agreeing with the idea that Wałęsa is still the President.

The Constitutional Tribunal is not a "communist organ" at all, given that it derives legitimacy from the 1997 Constitution, which makes it clear that it was enacted with the will of the Polish Nation. I suggest you go away and stick to American politics rather than trying to come up with far-fetched ideas of President Wałęsa giving legitimacy to Duda.

True legitimacy could be derived only from the 3rd of May Constitution.

Didn't the 1921 one derive legitimacy from the May 3rd one?
delphiandomine   
9 Dec 2015
News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

It doesn't work like that in Polish law. If you look back at the Lublin Declaration, it derived authority from the 1921 Constitution (not the illegally implemented 1935 Constitution) - which in turn was the basis for the 1952 Constitution, the 1989 amendments, the 1992 Small Constitution and the 1997 Constitution. If you look at the Government-in-Exile, it was never considered to be fully sovereign under international law, not least because of the lack of territory. Anyway, Wałęsa derived his authority from the 1952 Constitution as amended and not the 1935 one. This much is clear, not least because there were no legal acts incorporating the Government-in-Exile into the III RP as it existed in December 1990.

You need to distinguish between symbolic and legal when it comes to Polish law.

We are still seeing the game play out.

That game has finished as far as the vast majority of people in Poland are concerned.

Even those that support the idea of the IV RP (mostly) seek to bring it about through changing the 1997 Constitution.

Anyway, I still don't see what the problem is. The Constitutional Tribunal has ruled that three of the judges must receive their oaths immediately, and that should be the end of the matter.
delphiandomine   
9 Dec 2015
News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

Under Poland's pre-war constitution, Lech Wałęsa is still the president.

Incorrect. As per usual, you're displaying knowledge of Wikipedia and nothing else - you've obviously read the (wrong) claim that the 1997 Constitution wasn't legal because it wasn't approved in a referendum with at least 50% of voters. However, in Polish law, the 50% figure is what makes the result legally binding, not what makes it legal.

In Polish constitutional theory, the 1997 Constitution comes from the 1992 Small Constitution, which in turn comes from the 1989 amendments to the 1952 Constitution. That in turn derived legitimacy from the 1920 Constitution, with the 1935 one only being used to symbolically discredit the PRL, but not used for legal purposes. Either way, the 1997 Constitution derives symbolic legitimacy from the link to the I and II RP.

You really shouldn't try and comment on Polish constitutional matters, as clearly you aren't familiar with it.
delphiandomine   
9 Dec 2015
News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

i heard they being paid 35 zl each "proterster"

Hahahahaha. You "heard" nowhere, you've just made it up. It's this kind of desperate, pathetic smears by "patriots" that we're partially demonstrating against.

Don't worry Gregy, there will be a lot more than 20 on the streets this Saturday.
delphiandomine   
9 Dec 2015
News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

What's quite remarkable (at least here in Poznań and I think also in Warsaw) is that the KOD groups are made up of a broad section of society - for instance, there's a lot of women with children involved, because they simply fear for their children's future. The fact that it's non-partisan is really attracting people, and it's the reason why I'm involved as well.
delphiandomine   
8 Dec 2015
Work / Current median income in Poland [14]

You're more than slightly out of date when it comes to the exchange rate, amongst other things I expect.

Exchange rate is collapsing again. It's almost over the symbolic 1USD = 4PLN mark.
delphiandomine   
8 Dec 2015
News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

If you want to find out more about these protests and join your local chapter of the Committee for the Defence of Democracy (KOD - Komitet Obrony Demokracji) :

National organisation :
facebook.com/groups/KomitetObronyDemokracji
and
komitetobronydemokracji.pl

Regional chapters :
komitetobronydemokracji.pl/koordynatorzy-regionalni-komitetu-obrony-demokracji

I stress - this is a non-partisan, non-aligned movement that wishes to defend our democracy against the anti-democratic actions of the current government. Everyone is welcome. Many members speak English, so it's not a problem if you don't speak English. We're also working on organising meetings to reach out to non-Polish speakers.
delphiandomine   
8 Dec 2015
News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

Anyone wondering what kind of country we're now living in should read this :

tvp.info/22988121/kto-grozi-liderowi-kod-kijowski-poprosil-o-ochrone-policja-wszczela-postepowanie

The police initiated an investigation in regards to threats made against the leader of the Committee for the Defence of Democracy (KOD) - learnt Radio ZET. Mateusz Kijowski has received protection. KOD says that hackers are attacking his accounts and social networking profiles.

This is exactly why we're taking to the streets this weekend in order to defend ourselves against Russian-style assaults on democracy.
delphiandomine   
8 Dec 2015
Work / Studies In Poland, is it easy to survive on part-time jobs? [259]

Second, I think there are recruiters who oversell the ease of getting into the UK from Poland.

I can't find it anymore, but there was a situation (before Maidan) where African students were being told that Ukraine was in the EU and that they would get an automatic work permit for any EU country after graduating from a Ukrainian university.
delphiandomine   
8 Dec 2015
News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

My pleasure :

12:00 at Plac Solidarności on Sunday 13/12. If you've got a Facebook account - facebook.com/groups/1053484281363275/

In one sentence, what the demonstrations are about, what do they expect to achieve?

These are essentially demonstrations against the abuse of democracy by the government - not only the crisis over the Constitutional Tribunal and the breaking of the Constitution by the President, but also other many other things - such as the latest ridiculous situation over trying to amend the rules in the Sejm to effectively silence the opposition.

The crucial thing is that there are non-partisan protests organised by a non-partisan group.

I'll certainly be there for that one.

Likewise, I'll certainly be at the one in Poznań along with Polish and non-Polish friends alike. This is our country.
delphiandomine   
7 Dec 2015
News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]

The last time the fascists did well in the first round of an election there, the whole country turned out in the second round to defeat them.

I still can't wrap my head round the French electoral system, but it seems that the Socialists have effectively said to vote for the Republicans there - which they will to make sure that the FN doesn't make large gains.

If FN wins in France I would be so happy.

Those of us that follow politics know that there's not much chance of them winning due to the way that the French electoral system allows several parties into the 2nd round.
delphiandomine   
7 Dec 2015
News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

As I'd like to provide a place where English speakers can find out about demonstrations in Poland, here are the demonstrations planned for the coming weekend.

1. Warsaw and the entire country - outside the Constitutional Tribunal, Al.Szucha 12a
2. Poznan and Wielkopolska - facebook.com/events/946338615419389/
3. Wrocław and the whole Lower Silesia
4. Szczecin and Western Pomerania:

All of these demonstrations are planned on Saturday 12th December between 12:00-14:00.

On the 13th of December - Gdańsk and the whole Tri-City and the entire West - also between 12:00-14:00.

I urge all foreigners that care about this country to attend these protests.