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delphiandomine   
29 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Latest news :

Poland is under intensifying pressure to reverse course on what critics see as government overreach following last year's parliamentary election, with a commission of the Council of Europe saying Monday it will look into new legislation that regulates police surveillance of correspondence.

wsj.com/articles/poland-faces-increasing-pressure-over-controversial-changes-1456751710

The Council of Europe is who the Venice Commission belongs to. This pretty much ensures that the EU will follow their lead, leaving PiS pretty much isolated.
delphiandomine   
29 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Still my favourite political banner of all time.

Funny how PiS are so desperate to use power against the opposition, isn't it?
delphiandomine   
29 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Pack your things Delph, you are living on the first train tomorrow ;)

Poor goofy. He's absolutely desperate to use instruments of repression against the political opposition, just like in the old Communist days.
delphiandomine   
29 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Krzywonos, Walesiak and the gang.. anything to do with Solidarity

Don't worry Goofy, no-one will ever regard you as doing anything heroic.
delphiandomine   
29 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Poor Duda-cat, doesn't he like his feelings being offended?

Delphi defender of the downtrodden white collar criminals. What a surprise.

Which criminals? I thought you were supposed to be anti-Communist Ironside, so calling someone a criminal before they've been convicted in a fair trial is...well...
delphiandomine   
29 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Could you explain to the members why PiS made that cat Duda pardon the criminal Kamiński, but then went after members of the opposition?
delphiandomine   
29 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

you mean fighting crime that was completely covered up during the 8 years of the PO-PSL ?

What crime? We all know that this is just the usual Communist harassment by PiS of the political opposition.

You're blinded by hatred, but if you genuinely knew your history, you'd know that Communist parties in Europe used such agencies to routinely abuse, harass and insult the opposition. We now see the same in 2016 in Russia and Poland.
delphiandomine   
29 Feb 2016
News / The dossier of TW "Bolek" - Poland's IPN assisted by police enters the home of the late general Kiszczak [306]

Interview with Bishop Pieronek

tokfm.pl/Tokfm/1,103454,19696444,bp-pieronek-o-teczkach-bolka-nachalne-oskarzenie-obrzucanie.html#MTstream

I can speak, but personally, not as a church. I am a trained lawyer and I am sensitive to the fact that the law should be preserved always and everywhere. Lech Walesa was tried and acquitted, it is a legal act and you have to stick to it.

He goes on to explain that if new materials have come to light, then Wałęsa should have the ability to review them before they were released to the public. He also then makes it clear that people throwing stones at Wałęsa now should be looking at their own conscience.

The silence of the Church on this issue is quite remarkable. Wałęsa is a known and devout Catholic who practices what he preaches (even if it gets him into trouble) - and many of the people throwing stones are people known to have only discovered the Church in 1989 or later. Some of them are ex-PZPR members that openly carried out the will of the Communist regime - yet they've got the nerve to abuse and insult Wałęsa today.
delphiandomine   
29 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

The harassment of the opposition continues in Poland.

thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/242603,Anticorruption-police-search-former-ministers-house

It's pretty clear that members of the opposition should now take great care to protect themselves against the authorities, as the CBA has returned to their 2005-2007 role in abusing and harassing opposition members. We can expect further assaults on the opposition to follow. PiS are hell bent on returning to the days of the 6am knock on the door by the secret police.
delphiandomine   
28 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Polonius, it's all in the Vienna Commission report. It couldn't be clearer - PiS have threatened democracy and the rule of law with their actions.

No amount of crude PZPR-style propaganda attacking the opposition will change that. It's quite remarkable that this government seems to be spending more time attacking the opposition than anything else.

The triple combination of the attacks on Wałęsa, the KOD march yesterday and the opinion of the Vienna Commission will do nothing but erode confidence further in this government. Good.
delphiandomine   
28 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

All PiS have to do is to respect the ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal. It's very easy, and every day that PiS don't do it is a day spent pushing Poland further towards Russia.

Then again, I suspect it's entirely the plan. PiS = PZPRbis, and with it comes close ties to Russia at the expense of European relations.
delphiandomine   
28 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

The draft report by the Venice Commission has been published in full :

static.presspublica.pl/red/rp/pdf/kraj/komisjawenecka.pdf

The most important conclusion is here.

However, as long as the situation of constitutional crisis related to the Constitutional Tribunal remains unsettled [...], not only is the rule of law in danger, but so is democracy and human rights.

The report contains considerable criticism of the government's arguments, particularly the way that PiS have attempted to portray judges as being political and belonging to political camps. Furthermore, it expresses alarm over the way that the government has been making defamatory statements about judges on the Constitutional Tribunal.

If PiS refuse to accept the opinion of the Venice Commission, then the pressure can only increase from the EU. Stopping agricultural payments should do the trick.

Just to provide an English language news source about the Venice Commission's opinion:

politico.eu/article/poland-kaczynski-szydlo-tribunal-constitution-crisis/

"I want a return to normalcy. There is an attack on the rule of law in Poland," said Beata, a Warsaw translator. "I see the attack on the Constitutional Tribunal as an attack on the state."

Putin must be loving every second of this. PiS are tearing Poland apart, and with it, leaving behind a weak, debt-ridden corrupt mess that will fall victim easily to Russian imperialism.
delphiandomine   
28 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

In further proof of PiS moving heavily away from Washington and heading towards Moscow, here is an excellent editorial by the Boston Herald.

We don't care that documents seized from the files of a dead apparatchik appear to prove that Lech Walesa worked for Poland's secret police. Walesa remains a hero.

bostonherald.com/opinion/editorials/2016/02/editorial_lech_walesa_a_hero_still

PiS (or more accurately, Kaczyński) seem to have completely forgotten that any attempt to smear Wałęsa internationally is going to result in everyone thinking that the Polish government is a complete joke. The Americans in particular regard him as being a symbol of the free world - and the irony of the PZPR-riddled PiS going after Wałęsa won't be lost on them.
delphiandomine   
28 Feb 2016
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

I love Poland now, when the worst party ever is gone, when their freakish supporters go out on the street to whine, it's the moment when I enjoy visiting my homeland the most.

It's times like these that we wonder why you're staying away if you're so content with the political situation.

One can only assume that "love of the homeland" comes a distinct second to "selling out one's soul for cash".
delphiandomine   
28 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

It would strengthen it, as it would be clear to everyone that if you want EU money, you play by their rules. It would certainly change minds on Brexit, as the UK is a huge supporter of money being used sensibly instead of propping up tinpot regimes.
delphiandomine   
27 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

they can kiss our ass.we have Szydlo as prime minister not some swedish puff...yeaaaaaaaa bring it on

Hahahaha. You don't get it, do you? The government is openly relying on the EU providing Poland with half a trillion złoty in funding. If that funding gets cut off, the PiS government falls within weeks.

it will work..have some faith

It won't work. Germany, Italy and others are already furious, and post-Brexit referendum, Cameron will have no use for Poland.

More to the point, countries such as the Czech Republic and Slovakia stand to gain bigtime by Poland losing out, hence they have no reason to support Poland.
delphiandomine   
27 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Even better, just spotted this on the Prime Minister's twitter feed - twitter.com/PremierRP

The opinion of the Venice Commission is not binding.

Given that the European Union has strongly indicated that the Venice Commission's report will influence the actions in Brussels, it's safe to say that Szydło is heading straight into open conflict with the EU. Starting a fight rarely works if you're holding your hand out for cash at the same time.

But that's not all.

We need to talk about changes in the pension system. To lower the retirement age will not solve the problem.

HAHAHAHA. What happened to the promise to lower the retirement age in the first 100 days, Pani BS?
delphiandomine   
27 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Well, well, well. Another great example of the "good, change" comes from the Venice Commission, which appears to have been rather more critical than PiS would have liked.

The Constitutional Court has been blocked, which violates the fundamental values ​​of democracy. The government can not block the judgments of the Constitutional Tribunal" - said in a very critical draft opinion of the Venice Commission to the changes made by PiS.

wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114871,19688822,trybunal-konstytucyjny-zostal-zablokowany-gazeta-wyborcza.html

It should be remembered that it was PiS that invited the Venice Commission to come to Poland, and that the EU has also made it clear that they will rely on the judgement of the Venice Commission before proceeding.

There's a great English language link here : thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/242508,Venice-Commission-warns-that-democracy-in-Poland-at-peril-in-draft-opinion

The draft report said that "as long as the situation of constitutional crisis related to the Constitutional Tribunal remains unsettled and as long as the Constitutional Tribunal cannot carry out its work, not only is the rule of law in danger, but so is democracy and human rights."

delphiandomine   
27 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

I agree with you, but Poland ceased to be a country adhering to the rule of law after Duda refused to swear in the new TK judges despite being ordered to do so. From that moment on, it became the rule of Party.
delphiandomine   
27 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Indeed, an honest citizen should support and cooperate with the police in whatever way is needed.

So you completely support the actions of the last government, then?

As for getting rid of 'scam artists', why was someone under investigation for corruption appointed to lead the police?
delphiandomine   
27 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Ordinary citizens should be very afraid only if their doing something illegal and have something on their conscience.

A wonderful piece of doublespeak there. Who decides what might be illegal? Why, the prosecutor. Who controls the prosecutors? The Minister of Justice. Therefore, ordinary citizens should be very afraid of any action that allows the government to subject them to any sort of interrogation they want, provided physical violence and murder isn't involved.

Crime-fighting is a top PiS priortiy, and more power to them.

Hahaha. They couldn't care less about crime, as witnessed by the way that they appointed a new police chief that was already under investigation for corruption.

What they do care about is making sure that political enemies are destroyed.
delphiandomine   
27 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

correction"every criminal should be very afraid"

You think it's acceptable to subject people to everything short of physical violence?

Good luck. Hope it doesn't happen to your family.
delphiandomine   
27 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Some pleasant news to wake up to this morning - another "good, change".

In the first 100 days of the PiS government, the value of the shares owned by state treasury has fallen by over 10%.

Full list here : money.pl/gospodarka/wiadomosci/artykul/sto-dni-dawida-jackiewicza-wartosc-akcji-w,69,0,2027845.html

It's further proof that PiS haven't got a clue how to run the economy.

Just to remind everyone that it's not just about economics :

Evidence gained illegally can be used.

wyborcza.pl/1,75478,19686930,rzad-chce-zalegalizowac-owoce-zatrutego-drzewa-jako-dowody.html

The article goes on to explain why PiS want to return to the days of abusive interrogations (only evidence gained as a result of murder, bodily harm or illegally keeping people longer than is allowed in law will be ruled inadmissible, everything else is legal). It's yet another step proving that PiS are nothing but the PZPRbis, and ordinary citizens should be very afraid.

How can anyone condone relaxing the rules surrounding the acquisition of evidence?
delphiandomine   
26 Feb 2016
Classifieds / Teaching Job [online] for an English Native Speaker - Poland based online school [19]

They forget to state how much or how little they will pay the teacher

Well, a bit of mathematics is always useful in these situations.

They charge a minimum of 295zł for 16 lessons in a 6 person group. So you can count like this :

6 people in the group - they earn 1770zł per month. (110zł per lesson)
5 people in the group - they earn 1475zł per month (92zł per lesson)

In a 4 person group, they charge -

4 people in the group - 1280zł per month (80zł per lesson)
3 people in the group - 960zł per month (60zł per lesson).

Their operating costs are minimal because they use Skype and similar, so anyone that wants to work for them can easily negotiate based on the numbers above.
delphiandomine   
26 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

No, always for the underdog.

Except the underdog should at least have some understanding before being appointed to a top position. Someone that knows nothing about horses cannot run a large breeding operation, not least because it's very much an art and not a science.

Another day, another "good, change".

Wojciech Jasiński, friend from studies of Jarosław Kaczyński and ex-PZPR member who was known for being appointed to lead PKN Orlen without a competition and with only 3 years experience in business - is now on the supervisory board of PKO BP.

67-year-old Wojciech Jasinski, a former activist of the Communist Party, asserted a decade ago that in state-controlled companies there is no place for political appointees. He added that PiS will ensure that management by young and talented managers.

One can only wonder what kind of country Poland is going to turn into. Want a good career in a state controlled company? Join PiS today, and your lack of experience won't matter, just as long as you're a good Party man!

Elites are supposed to serve the nation, not jealously guard their perks and privileges for their own selfish ends and deny others admission to their ranks.

What was that, Polonius? Can you explain how this is 'serving the nation'? Shouldn't the supervisory board of the biggest bank in Poland be comprised of people who actually know something about business, finance and so on? Nevermind, he's friends with the Dear Leader Chairman Kaczyński.
delphiandomine   
25 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

the world famous Polish stud in Janów Podlaski.

Just to note : Marek Skomorowski, the new head of the stud in Janów Podlaski, not only has absolutely no experience with horses - but also just so happens to be an associate of Ziobro's.

Do they really have no shame whatsoever?
delphiandomine   
25 Feb 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

but at least Delph comes up with new informations

Right on cue ;)

Latest story involves yet another bankruptcy in the network of Polish credit unions. This time it was SKOK Polska, based in Warsaw. It turns out that while they were not only lacking physical cash, the previous management had also artificially inflated the value of their shareholdings in Polish businesses by a huge amount - over 500% more than their real value. There were other examples of mismanagement, and the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) has reported the previous management to the public prosecutor.

tvn24bis.pl/z-kraju,74/skok-polska-zawieszony-jest-wniosek-o-upadlosc,622323.html

Those following Polish politics will remember that the current senator from PiS, Grzegorz Bierecki was implicated by the previous Sejm for his role in transferring a large amount of cash from the SKOKi to Luxembourg (to accounts that he controlled). It's a long and complicated story, but essentially - Bierecki transformed the national structure of the SKOKi network from being a foundation into a private company, of which he was the chairman. This private company then paid companies owned by Bierecki for various things, meaning that he was effectively acting as both the buyer and seller of services. The profits gained from this venture were transferred to Luxembourg, which then paid Bierecki directly.

Now, the story gets much more interesting when you look at the PiS media ownership. Bierecki controls wSieci and wPolityce, both of which unquestionably support PiS. Furthermore, the SKOKi are known to have provided large loans to PiS to fund electoral campaigns and cover debts. It gets even murkier - the largest credit union - SKOK Stefcyka - now branched out into also operating a right wing pro-government media portal. One has to wonder just why a credit union is directly operating a media outlet using their name - stefczyk.info/