Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates

No surprise there and I can't imagine Other countries with big Polish populatiosna llowing it eaiter - Canada, Australia Ireland etc.

It seems that Chinese flu hysteria will eventually work against PiS. They benefited from it so far but overcooked it at the end. Unless they end it soon, they may start losing popularity.

I watched Polish Parliament sessions recently and the only normal (that is unmasked) MEP was G. Braun from Konfederacja. It's good to know that we can count on them.

The society seems to start getting tired of those nonsense restrictions as well but there are still many more who took it seriously and are more scared of mass media virus than are tired of restrictions. Time will tell and the good weather may finally put an end to this grotesque "pandemics".

They won't, during the current pandemic. Hard to imagine anywhere wanting people going out in large numbers to an embassy for frivolous reasons.

And a diplomat has just confirmed it. They can't organise overseas postal voting easily, nor can they have voting at an embassy:

rmf24.pl/raporty/raport-wybory-prezydenckie2020/najnowsze-fakty/news-polski-dyplomata-w-usa-to-co-dzieje-sie-wokol-wyborow-prezyd,nId,4454642

Relax, not many people will go voting right now in this grotesque atmosphere of "pandemia". Most are not going to vote because "deadly virus will kill us all (and some)".

And I am not going to vote until the government stop penalizing people for not wearing dust masks in public. I disagree with this totalitarian approach and not going to take part in this nonsense.

It should be voluntary so only those who really want it would wear a muzzle on their faces. This will be also an excellent social experiment which would clearly separate easy manipulated halfwits from normal people.

What are peoples' thoughts on the staff changes at Poczta Polska, just in time for the postal election.
Following the sudden and swift dismissal of his predecessor, Tomasz Zdzikot the new head of the postal service is a PIS member and has trotted on over to the post office from the Ministry of Defence. Three other staff changes too including a new HR manager who comes from TVP and who is a former PIS councillor.

Spike was thinking of you today - drove past some house in the middle of nowhere and it was completely plastered with Bosak posters !

I feel sorry for the candidates like KK and Bosak - could have had a breakthrough but PiS seems determined to steal this election. But it's unreal at the moment. Despite the staff changes there is no way the post office can organize a big operation like that in time

Yes, it is simply impossible to hold elections in any form that meet the standards of a third world dog fight in the current environment. But that doesn't matter to the neo-RPL thugs of PiS... corrupt and thieving liars to the core, determined to plunder the country with the support of the gullible and poorly educated... all for 500 a month (say goodbye to that not long after the "election"...)

I think it is about time for Law and Justice to face some sort of opposition although I am not a Platforma supporter. There just needs to be someone to veto stupid legislations like that on media - wholly unnecessary and puts a shadow over Polish democracy on the international stage.

Strange to read so called polish forum which has nothing to do with what is happening in Poland right now and with opinions held by the majority of Poles. Its like PO groupies are crying about their candidate having 4% of public support. Well just deal with it and stop crying.

They're floundering. Their rural and small-town support base depends increasingly on 500+ which may well not be sustainable; added to this, their voters tend to be the most economically vulnerable.

Holding what is in effect a rigged election without OSCE Observers further weakens both their position and the international confidence needed for continued inward investment.

Plus of course inflation is high and starting to soar...

Bread is up by 20% this week, and PiS are refusing to do anything about creating a strategic wheat reserve. It seems that demand from wealthier CEE countries is resulting in significant price increases, something that will very much hurt the rural classes.

We'll see what their electorate thinks when they don't get paid this month.

Hence them trying to rush it through before disaster really strikes.

They know they've got no choice. The gossip today is that they've lost their majority, and that Gowin is looking like he'll seize the Marshal's job in the Sejm.

I thought Adrian's appeal that rich people should not claim 500 plus was bizarre. I would quite happily go down to say 100 zloty or some token amount if everybody got a reduction to 400 zloty - that would be genuine solidarity

I just can't see the postal election working - I pity the postmen - do I have to wear a mask in my own front yard when I sign for the papers ?

To vote for Duda or not to vote, the question is now. See, its not easy to Poland.

But, no matter all critics that could be said on controversial brat Duda, one must admit that in his time, Poland allowed to Serbia to use Poland`s air space to import most heavy armament from Russia. That is something, no matter Duda himself allowed that or patriots pressed him to allow that or didn`t even ask him and Duda turned blind eye. In any case, outcome is the same, Poland is again Poland and works for Poland.

This mail in election may backfire on them. I could be wrong, but I dont think people are happy with how this is being handled and they may vote against Duda just because of it. I think enough people could go against Duda to cause a run off and then he could lose. Thats best case scenario I think.

It won't matter - who's going to be counting the votes? A bunch of proven liars and crooks.

Even the usual PiS defenders can't bring themselves to try to justify this disgusting display of PRL morals and manners...

Even the church is weighing in now, which makes me wonder if they're not getting cold feet now that they realise who they're in bed with.


Don't worry, Ironside will be along soon to tell us that it's perfectly acceptable for PiS to organise their own people to count the votes.

Wasn't that comrade Stalin who once said: "it doesn't matter how people vote, it matters who counts the votes"?

Yes it was. He also said the death of one is a tragedy, the death of a million is a statistic

Interesting piece of gossip emerging: the bishops appear to have taken Gowin's side in this.

The rumour now is that if Gowin becomes the Marshal of the Sejm, then when Duda's term ends in August, Gowin becomes the new President according to the Constitution.

As the sitting President, Gowin would also have a significant advantage in the election, but Duda would be gone.

lol wishfull thinking by a PO fool.

Another nonsense. According to @dolphiandomine grain price increases will hurt Polish farmers. Poor farmers will now be able to get more money for they produce, if they wish to sell it. In their best interest is to get less money for their work. It's called "delphianomics"

One reason they're trying to push through a highly dodgy election without Observers. There are interesting times ahead, especially as the economy is in a poor state.

Ah, typical Polonia, completely out of touch with what's actually happening in Poland.


Is everyone in a rural area a farmer? If they are, do they all have crops that can actually be sold? Here's a clue: drought is destroying Polish crops. If they have nothing to sell, higher prices are hardly going to help them.

Who was right about the last three consecutive elections in Poland and their results and who was wrong? That right Me and Delph.


Nor gonna to hurt them as you claimed.

Well PiS has those who long for the comforting big daddy state of the PRL and nothing will change that...

PiS = neo-PRL,
PiS supporters = beton,
PiS apologists = Jerzy Urban

Tell us Ironside, with Polish agriculture suffering because of the drought and rural communities lacking work, where are they getting money from?

Od Krzywego Ryja? (krzywy ryj being a nickname for the current PM...)