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delphiandomine   
18 Dec 2015
News / Should Poland exit the EU immediately? [377]

The Spinelli Group calls for a European Border and Coast Guard, a Single European Asylum System, a European Intelligence Force and a European Police Agency

Very good idea. It means we can work together on common European threats, and means that policing is more effective. Right now, there are some joint initatives (such as in Kudowa and Świecko) - but more would be better. Criminals don't respect borders, so why should we?

For instance, there's really no reason why the Russian/Belarusian border can't be defended by a joint border guard force - the Baltic countries would get help from Poland, and Finland and Norway's experience would be very useful indeed.
delphiandomine   
18 Dec 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

..and they have not been given a moment of peace to calmly analyse, prepare, plan...

Excuses. They have a majority in the Sejm and Senat, as well as the Presidency.

The reality is that PiS are causing all this trouble with the TK because it deflects from their inability to actually get things done. Nevermind, ex-PZPR personal friends of Jarosław all have good jobs now!
delphiandomine   
18 Dec 2015
Life / Comparing Poland and Romania [108]

I wonder if it's not embarrassment, but rather the fact that the culture is incredibly diverse and so there's not such a thing as "Polish" folk culture - but rather hyper-regionalised culture.

It also doesn't help that the most prominent example of it - the Górale - have an incredibly negative opinion among many Poles, such as with the forcing of horses to climb up to Morskie Oko in Zakopane.
delphiandomine   
18 Dec 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Tell us why Nowoczesna should in fact say anything about the issue? It's not worth getting into - there are far more important things to worry about, such as PiS taking on as much debt as possible while destroying the independent civil service. Oh, and the fact that PiS are appointing a considerable amount of former PZPR appratchiks to senior positions...

Polish voters don't want refugees here. Okay, end of story. It's not worth fighting over.
delphiandomine   
18 Dec 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Muslim refugees ? 500 PLN per child ? Raising tax free income ? Tax on banks and retail chains ?

First one is a non-issue, second and third can be destroyed with simply pointing out how PiS is relying on borrowing money to pay for these promises and the fourth can easily be dealt with by pointing out how this tax is destroying the ordinary Pole.

For what it's worth, PiS have been in government for over a month now and they haven't dealt with a single one of those issues yet, despite saying that they were a "priority".
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Instead of blaming, I'll be out there opposing.

The fact that you and the other right wingers are all talking about blood on the streets and civil war shows that you're willing to kill Poles for a political agenda.
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

honest and decent grouping

Is that why they keep replacing ordinary people with ex-PZPR functionaries? The latest news I saw is that PKN Orlen now have an ex-PZPR member that the helm.

The reason I'm annoyed by your flaming here is that I don't want blood on the streets and civil war.

If there's blood on the streets and civil war, then the only person that can be blamed is Jarosław Kaczyński.

Incidentally, the latest poll shows that 72% of Poles think that Duda is a puppet of Kaczyński.
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Meow.

Can't post it now, but I found a cracking comparison made by Nowoczesna about how Duda lied through his teeth about the TK.
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

If they can't deal with a very peaceful protest, then they deserve all they get.

At which point it really game over for them.

Yes, any attempt to rush through late-night legislation (as is their usual tactic) will mean the end of Duda, the clown.
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

When your only tool is a hammer.....

I'm just waiting for PiS to overreact now, really. If these demonstrations attract anything comparable to last weekend, I can see PiS engineering some pretext to ban the marches.
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

I just wonder how long it will take before PiS set their goons on one of these marches. They already tried in Gdańsk last weekend and failed miserably...
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

I'm not talking about amendment but about the bill of the new Parliament regarding new judges.

That bill was ruled on by the TK and parts found to be unconstitutional, as you well know.

My fair and objective assessment of the action taken by those people who have no respect for the law for democracy or for a common decency is valid and true to facts.

True to facts? What facts? The abuse given towards KOD supporters, the abuse given towards the opposition and the general abusive behaviour in general?
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

They ruled in the case of a bill from the previous Parliament which has been amended by the current Parliament.

Doesn't work like that. The TK ruled on the law as passed by the previous government on the 3rd December. The amendments were judged on the 9th December.

The reality crated by the law created by the previous bill is not longer binding and hasn't been valid by the time those TK judges decided to have a go at it.

That's not how Polish law works.

They ought to know it, hence their action can only be read as a politically motived decision and has nothing to do with the law but all with politics.

Your attack on a democratic institution is entirely the kind of thing expected from the PZPR-bis known as PiS.

More a question of what they'll get when snap elections are called - after all, this regime, due in large part to their contempt for the constitution has already started to collapse.

If they call snap elections, it will be a non-partisan bloc against PiS with Kukiz standing alone. PiS would have no chance.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

No-one ordered me to do anything.

Speaking of which, no-one mentioned that the TK decision from the 3rd of December was published. Duda's refusal to swear in the new judges now becomes even worse, as he has absolutely no constitutional basis to do so.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

In the end we will see what will happen. I just see no point for your flaming here. Is not as you can whip up some support posting on PF.

PF comes up frequently on Google for Polish related issues, so you would be surprised. It's why it's so good that you insult and berate people on here while showing your support for PiS.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

They weren't questioning results but deeds and actions of a government that is an entirely different issue and their weren't doing it on the streets.

What are you on about? PiS were on the streets constantly demanding the resignation of the government. It was normal to go out on the 10th of each month and see demonstrations about the government!

We? Give me a break you are a foreigner you have not dog in this fight.

I absolutely have a dog in this fight.

You don't have convictions and views you just assume some.

I believe in the Constitution and in democracy and don't want to live in a country where both are abused.

Anyway people who are doing this are either fools or criminals without a slightest care for this country and for consequences of their actions.

I assure you that they do care, and they're not going to let this country fall into the hands of pseudo-nationalist bandits. Calling people "fools" and "criminals" is a splendid way to get them on the streets, by the way.

Stop flaming and playing games delph I know you don't care one way or the other as you are a typical p(..) you think is funny, you like to pretend.

But this isn't a game. This is very, very real.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Well, if PIS could win 66% of the seats in parliament, they could just change the constitution any time the TK says a PIS law breaks the constitution, so perhaps PIS should be given the chance to ask the people of Poland to vote on whether PIS should be given the power to change the constitution.

I entirely agree.

Having said that, given that the latest news is that the UAM University Senate has come out against Duda's actions, the pressure is growing and growing on him. Presidential elections might not be that far away...
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Works for me.

Would it work for PiS, though? Surely they would never risk a parliamentary majority in a second election or a referendum on the TK?
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

They are ....if they question right of the democratic majority to rule they are in fact questioning result of the election, it has been started by MP's who should known better but they don't.

No-one is questioning their right to govern, we're demanding that they stop breaking the Constitution and start respecting it. The attempts to destroy the Constitutional Tribunal are very, very obvious, and we won't stand for it.

Anyway, if this government falls because of massive street protests, then it will be their own fault.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Nope. The whole of Poland is with us. If PiS don't stop, then numbers will keep growing on the streets. Pretty simple, really.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Sure they are, I'm not talking about their pretext. In fact they are protesting against results. Questioning democracy.

No, they really aren't. Again, just because PiS spent 8 years questioning every result doesn't mean that the opposition is now questioning the result. It's exactly our faith in Polish democracy that causes us to defend it.

Don't worry Ironside, we're not going to let you win this one.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

If that is what is needed to make the 18% regime respect the rule of law and the Polish constitution, that is what we must have.

Indeed. And I'll be there if it happens.

the party named 'Law & Justice' and The Dear Leader Chairman Kaczynski are so far above the rule of law and the Polish constitution that blood needs to be spilt.

Elements of PiS have already been making it very clear that they regard such demonstrations as being unlawful and that they should be stopped. Quite scary that they support PRL-type solutions, isn't it?
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

No-one is buying it. Even the core PiS support is dropping away, which is fantastic.

In other news, did anyone notice that Kukiz's political grouping is already breaking up? The Ruch Narodowy lot are breaking away from Kukiz, as he isn't doing what they expect him to do.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

From hindsight it may seem to be an over-reaction or, as you yourself have conceded, a deliberate trap and pretext to unleash all hell round the issue.

Thing is, if PiS had merely protested against the 2 extra judges (and the TK would inevitably have ruled that it was illegal) and completely ignored it otherwise, PO would've been in a terrible position. It's astounding how PiS managed to put people on the streets so quickly - when all they had to do was to say "fine", and if their real target was the TK, it wouldn't have been difficult to introduce some laws to bait the TK with - every law deemed unconstitutional could be used as a "look, PO are using their judges against us" victim-complex type attack. Would've worked fine, and PiS could have gotten on with their policies.

Because only being able to appoint two judges would mean that any unconstitutional laws they try to pass will be pulled up as such by the TK, they need to have five in order to not worry about the constitution stopping them from doing whatever they want.

Indeed. It's all about the fact that PiS obviously want to introduce laws that will be very much unconstitutional.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

I wonder if it's an offence to compare someone to a Nazi.

Harry, any idea?

Polonius abusing Petru is no surprise, though.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Quite astonishing really for a government to lose what, around 25% of their support in just over a month?

I wonder how much longer PIS will attempt to demonise anybody who dares to think that the 18%-regime shouldn't be able to ignore laws and the constitution whenever it wants

I'm waiting for them to attempt to ban the marches next. They're already talking online about doing so, and I absolutely hope they try.