giant demonstration in Warsaw against government policy

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2023-06-04 17:13:06

Half a million Poles in the street, this Sunday June 4 in Warsaw, according to the estimates of the municipality. A few months before the legislative elections this fall, the success is significant for the opposition, which called for demonstrations against the populist nationalist government in power. At the origin of this massive mobilization, the law establishing a commission responsible for investigating political leaders and civil servants suspected of having favored Russian interests, perceived as a veritable war machine for internal use.

« Lex Tusk »

Harshly criticized by constitutionalists in Poland who point to numerous violations of the fundamental law, the text signed by President Andrzej Duda on May 29 was also baptized by the opposition « lex Tusk ». According to her, her first objective would indeed be to prevent the leader of the largest opposition party, the Civic Platform (PO), the liberal Donald Tuskto become Prime Minister in the event of victory at the polls next November.

The leaders of the majority of the opposition parties had encouraged their supporters to join the big march this Sunday against the populist nationalist party in power, Law and Justice (PiS), its leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski and its allies. ” That’s enough ! », “We don’t want an authoritarian Poland”, proclaimed placards directed against the majority in power in Poland for almost eight years. The date of this demonstration was not chosen at random by the organizers: this June 4 coincides with the 34e anniversary of the first partially free elections in 1989 which precipitated the end of the communist regime in Poland.

“Mr. Kaczynski, we came to get you”

With white and red hearts glued to their chests, PO officials led the march, accompanied by the legendary leader of the first free trade union in the communist world in the 1980s Lech Walesa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983. In a brief speech, Donald Tusk stressed that the mission of the opposition is « d’importance comparable » to that of the 1980s and the fight against communism at the time. Long absent from the political scene, Lech Walesa said he waited ” patiently “ the day when the nationalist party and its leader Kaczynski will have to leave. “Mr. Kaczynski, we came to get you. This day has arrived »he estimated.

According to a Pollster poll published on May 29, the PiS remains the country’s leading political force. He is credited with more than 32% of the voting intentions, the Civic Coalition (of which Donald Tusk’s Civic Platform is the main component), more than 27% and the Third Way (coalition of two opposition Christian Democratic parties ), nearly 14%.

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