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Poland's political crisis deepens [228]
Let's put things into perspective first. For 8 years we were governed by pro-EU, christian liberals from PO. Last year PiS won the parlimentary and presidential elections, and for the first time since 1990 we have an absolute majority in the parliment, meaning PiS is able to do everything they want. Moreover, none of the true leftist parties entered the parliment (those who are pro-gay, anti church etc.). The christian liberals who ruled for past 8 years along with leftists got so butthurt, they started this whole KOD movement (Komitet Obrony Demokracji - Committee for the Defence of Democracy). They basically want to rule indefinitely becuse they know better, the election results notwithstanding (nobody questioned election results, they were 100% legit as far as i can tell). They're trying to jump back into power ever since, doing everything they can, from begging the EU to get rid of current democratically elected government "save democracy" and spreading their lies through Soros-sponsored liberal media (TVN, Gazeta Wyborcza, Newsweek Polska among others) to making regular protests on every possible ocasion (pro-abortion feminist rallies, the anniversary of the imposition of the 1981 martial law, "anti-nationalist" independece day marches etc.). The funniest thing must be the kind of people who started to support this "pro-democracy" movement lately, and who are in turn endorsed by the leader of KOD. I'm talkig about former members of the communist internal security services who are best known for incarcerations, torture and murder of opposition members, priests, WWII veterans who fought in the west etc. They joined in because PiS wants to take away their pensions. Yeah, you read it right. Former communist oppresors and aparatchiks endorse the so-called pro-democracy movement now lol People like the former press secretary and spokesperson of the socialist party Jerzy Urban. So yeah, the sh!t happening today is nothing new. These people won't rest, though their support ins't all that great.
But to be clear, PiS are no saints. They're braindead populists who stirred up more sh!t with their retarded decissions than they should. Their defence minister is borderline retarded, their commie persecution mania is so strong even I'm against it (and all commies should hang imo), because they are going to hurt decent people too, and their blatant power grabs and shady proceedings lately are worrisome. There's a complete and utter lack of reason and common sense in our politics. It's never been that bad, people just support one of the two options these days without any dose of critical thinking. And the worst thing is, there is no real alternative.
