The public opinion electrified the information about the presentation of the candidacy of Roman Giertych on the Citizen Coalition's electoral list in Kielce. The direct reason for Giertych's invitation to the KO election list was the announcement by Jarosław Kaczyński of the start of elections from the Świętokrzyski district. Donald Tusk felt that this decision could take any of the votes from the PiS leader, acknowledging that the electorates of both politicians were similar.
Despite this, the start of Giertych from the list of civilian Coalition to the Sejm is simply a surprise. First, – the erstwhile Deputy Prime Minister did not receive "blessing" Tusk in the event of a run in the legislature elections under the alleged "Senat Pact". Second – Giertych's candidature was opposed by a large part of Citizens' Platform activists, who all the time identify Giertych with the period during which he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education in the coalition government of PiS-LPR-Samoobron. In addition, Giertych is inactive referred to as a Fascism organization in the All-Polish Youth, which is seen by leftist and liberal environments. This is, of course, absurd, but not necessarily for much of the activists and voters of the civilian Coalition.
The fundamental question is – will Gierty receive a crucial number of votes from Kaczyński in Kielce? I dare say no. The Świętokrzyski territory is 1 of the strongest bastions of Law and Justice. This is simply a region where a large proportion of voters have conservative views and are attached to conventional values. It is adequate to say that in the last election candidates of the Law and Justice have obtained 10 parliamentary seats in the Świętokrzyskie district, with 3 mandates of the civilian Coalition. It is hard to presume that Roman Gierty, after the evolution of his views, managed to convince the voters of Law and Justice. It is perceived by them as Kaczyński's main opponent, who has mistrusted his views and has allied himself with an enemy political camp. That is at least the optics of the electorate of Law and Justice. I don't think Roman Gierty can change that over a period of a small over a period of electoral campaign.
Speaking about the evolution of Roman Giertych's views, however, the question arises whether he has any political views at all, or whether he is simply a non-ideical cynic, for which only profit and splendour from participation in power are important? Secondly, does his public activity and his will to return to active politics sometimes come from a simple desire to retaliate in Jarosław Kaczyński and his colleagues? I met Roman Giertych personally in 1992, so inactive at the beginning of his political career. Being a associate of the ultimate Council of the All-Polish Youth from 1993 to 1995, I rapidly realized that Gierty played first and foremost (if not only) “on himself” and does not attach much to what he preaches. For example, in the 1993 election, he pushed through the coalition of the All-Polish Youth and National organization with the Union of Real Policy, despite never declaring himself an economical liberal and a supporter of lesiferism. Interestingly, he gained first place on the electoral list in the Świętokrzyskie district. Similarly, erstwhile he co-founded the Polish household League, he was not disturbed by politicians specified as Jan Olszewski or Antoni Macierewicz, whom he had even a fewer years earlier fiercely criticized. Admirable pragmatism. Undoubtedly, Gierty's most compromising message from that time was his celebrated message in an interview given to “Gazeta Wyborcza” that Dmowski would not have accepted the Polish household League, coupled with a renunciation of “endetic anti-Semitism”. It was already evident that Giertych wanted to tame liberal environments. The evolution of the political line of the LPR chief was only a substance of time. After the break-up of the coalition and the losing elections in 2007, Roman Giertych realized that nothing would always work with Jarosław Kaczyński and PiS. individual motives specified as offended pride and the desire to retaliate for earlier humiliation have come to this.
Despite the clear negative assessment of Giertych as a man and a politician, I do not want him sick in the upcoming elections. Although I sceptically measure his chances of attracting the PiS electorate, yet all voice received by the ruling organization is on the weight of gold. In my humble opinion, this will be the most crucial elections since 1989, when, unfortunately, “Solidarity” was successful. In this respect, I disagree with my editorial colleague Luke JastrzeżskiWho maintains that the upcoming elections won't change anything. In the context of the upcoming elections, I besides disagree with the current opinion that the Law and Justice Office is 1 evil. This slogan would be right, of course, if it were not for the extraordinary situation of the war in Ukraine, and above all the danger of bringing Poland into this conflict. It should be borne in head that in the event of the triumph of the Law and Justice, October elections may be the last free elections, or the last peaceful elections. Of course, I agree that both the choice of the PiS and the liberal opposition is simply a incorrect choice. There are, however, different circles of evil – there is “MAY SATAN” and “MAY SATAN”, what I tried to prove in my text "Between the Plagu and the Cholera" (MP 27-28, 2-9 July 2023). And although as a horse everyone sees, at this peculiar historical moment, despite a strong reluctance or even disgust, 1 should support the opponents of PiS, including Roman Gierty.
Michał Radzikowski
