Why is this important?
One of the biggest conflicts between the government and the president is the issue of ambassadors. Under the law, this is what the head of state appoints and dismisses representatives in another countries and in global organisations. This is at the request of the abroad Minister, accepted by the Prime Minister. president Duda, despite erstwhile arrangements, blocks appointments of fresh ambassadors, which escalates the dispute with the government. More than 50 diplomats, sent abroad by the Law and Justice Office, have already been recalled to the country, but formal callback by the president does not follow. As a result, recently appointed diplomats work in a lower rank as chargés d’affaires.
What did Charles Nawrocki say?
— The prestige of the Polish state, thanks to the government of Donald Tusk, is being destroyed internationally today. During my gathering in Washington, D.C., I was asked why there was no Polish ambassador there,” he said during the election meeting.
Karol Nawrocki stated it was a "scandal" and declared that if he won the presidential election, he would fix the situation. “As future president, I warrant this to you due to the fact that you suffer, Polish manufacture suffers, Polish prestige. Polish diplomacy, Polish memory and Polish interests suffer. This is the shame Donald Tusk and his country brought us," he added.
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