In theory, there is besides the president of Solidarity Lech Wałęsa, which we cannot forget, due to the fact that we would submit to historical amnesia. He was the president of Solidarity. But no 1 will forbid us to describe honestly and to tell the fact about who Lech Wałęsa was, and for this I thank Sławomir Cenckiewicz - said Karol Nawrocki during the Sunday celebrations of the 45th anniversary of August agreements.
The president took part in the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the signing of the August agreements. Separate events were organised by the city and the European Solidarity Centre, separate - NSZZ "Solidarity" with the participation of Karol Nawrocki and erstwhile president Andrzej Duda, as well as union delegations from all over the country and erstwhile opposition activists.
Karol Nawrocki on the anniversary of the founding of NSZZ Solidarity
When Karol Nawrocki was welcomed by the hosts, in the hall a large circular of applause and chanting his name. He was besides invited to celebrate Andrzej Duda. "Solidarity" - chanted this time.
- I'm sorry. Heroes of our freedom, including my freedom - the man born in free Poland thanks to you, and I want to thank you for that! - said president Nawrocki during a speech at the historical Gdańsk Shipyard Safety Hall to Solidarity activists. - In our national community, we specify the OSH. exclusively through the prism of what happened primarily on August 31, 1980. This is the best proof that at the time something peculiar happened in Poland, something that next generations of Poles were waiting for.
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- I'm sorry. But I besides stand here with a individual emotion," Nawrocki added, mentioning that for the last 4 years he had the honour and the commitment to present as the president of the IPN Crosses of Freedom and Solidarity. - I'm sorry. I presented them to those who escaped the imagination of the Polish state for many decades after 1989. Those who behaved decently in 1980, which the Polish state forgot for many years. Who have never heard from Poland: Thank you for being at Gdańsk, Szczecin Shipyard in August and throughout Poland to fight for freedom and independence. It's about them today's vacation - stated.
"In explanation there was besides Lech Walesa". Nawrocki hits the erstwhile president
The president thanked the main activists of Solidarity, recalled its founders, but at the same time hit erstwhile president Lech Walesa. As he pointed out, he is besides to be remembered, but he has no work to conceal the truth. - And for this I thank Sławomir Cenckiewicz - emphasised Nawrocki.
Historian Sławomir Cenckiewicz, Head of the National safety Office of the President's Chancellery, revealed the alleged lies and manipulations of Lech Wałęsa regarding his past, cooperation with the PRL safety Service and relations with opposition and society. There was a multi-annual court dispute in this case, which ended with a judgement in favour of Cenckiewicz. "Warsaw, May 17, 2025, Ladies and gentlemen! The fact has won, the lie has lost! On 14 May 2025, I successfully won the trial for the protection of individual property which I brought to Mr Lech Wales. It was a long process, almost six years" - he wrote on social media.
President: Freedom can be based on a sense of responsibility
- 31 August and August agreements were the minute where 1 could stand behind society, break through organization restrictions and stand together. Agreements show that you can love and service freedom, Do not succumb to extremist liberalism. Freedom can be based on value and a sense of responsibility. You can be firm in expressing your opinions and open to dialogue. And this is what the time of Solidarity teaches us - Karol Nawrocki continued.
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President added that present "We must defend ourselves as a national community against alien contempt". - What can be most crucial to us: before his own doubts - he emphasized. And he explained: We should be arrogant of what we experienced. We have Solidarity, John Paul II and over a 1000 years of our national heritage. It all binds us.
August agreements and the creation of Solidarity. Celebration of the 45th Anniversary
Before that, SaturdayKarol Nawrocki participated in the Szczecin celebrations of signing the August agreements. He emphasized that August is simply a peculiarly crucial period in the awareness of Poles. - I'm sorry. And that's what you gotta say, and that's what you gotta talk about., due to the fact that August for us - for Poles - is the period in which we remember what we are and who we are - said Nawrocki.
As he emphasized, "power that separates from society, lives in propaganda, statistic that do not reflect - as in the 1980s - on the lives of average workers and citizens, She's doomed to fail.". "And that was proved by the protesters in August 1980," he added.
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August agreements in Gdańsk Shipyard were concluded between the Government Commission and the Inter-founded Strike Committee - signed by MKS president Lech Walesa and Deputy Prime Minister Mieczysław Jagielski. The resulting solidarity was the first legal and independent union organization in communist countries.
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