During an interview with Robert Mazurek in Channel Zero Andrzej Duda was asked straight how much his “presidential pension‘. – How much will it be in the money – the leader asked.
– Right now. I think it's about 11,000 zlotys.. 11-12 1000 something like that," the president replied.
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– It's not that much money., given the work that had to be borne over the years of holding the presidency and the fact that so far this benefit has attracted 3 people in Poland," commented Andrzej Duda.
Andrzej Duda told us how much his pension would cost. He got an offer.
For this statement, Mazurek, who proposed to the president to join the ranks of Channel Zero, has accrued. 1 of the viewers suggested that you led any program (...) possibly you could aid yourself to something – said the leader.
For this, Andrzej Duda wrote that "if he wanted to become a journalist, his election would have been different and he would most likely never have been president."
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When asked if he was aspiring to work in the media, he said no. Mazurek assured him that “they pay well.” Consider it. We pay better than presidential retirement said the editor.
After the end of their word of office, we wrote about the president's earnings in Interia. The presidential pension is 75 percent of the basic wage of the head of state. In 2023 this translates into PLN 13 152.24 gross, or almost PLN 11 1000 net. However, these are not the only privileges that retired presidents enjoy.
Andrzej Duda passed on his decision. It's about the neojudge bill.
In addition, during the Wednesday interview Andrzej Duda stated that won't sign laws on alleged neo-judges, prepared in the Ministry of Justice. Both drafts in this case concern the regulation of the position of judges who received nominations from the KRS reformed under the Law and Justices.
The president argued his decision by saying that “there are no neojudges” and the same word is “Degrading‘. – It was designed to haunt people who honestly prosecute their professional affairs, their careers in the judiciary and have undergone the full verification process, including the presidential nomination, which has so far been an irrefutable issue and is now abruptly being challenged, explained the head of state.
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Duda besides criticized the Minister of Justice's thought Adam Bodnar, which announced the introduction of the institution respective months ago "active regret“ to the alleged neo-judges.
– For individual who takes law and the legal strategy in a democratic country seriously, the word "active regret" of a justice is simply a scary term. That means the judge's neck was broken. – convinced the President.
– The point is to hurt these people, break their necks, and that they should always be subdued, polite and follow instructions – he mentioned.
Presidential election 2025. Who's gonna fight for the president's chair?
In just over 3 months Polish citizens will decision to polling polls to vote for their candidate in the presidential election. The first circular of elections was scheduled for May 18, 2025. Any second circular will take place on 1 June.
So far, its start has declared 18 candidates. Among them were:
- Magdalena Biejat (New Left),
- Grzegorz Braun (Confederation of the Polish Crown),
- Catherine Ciches (independent candidate),
- Sławomir Grzyza (Myself),
- Simon Holovnia (Poland 2050/PSL),
- Marek Jakubiak (Free Republicans),
- Wiesław Lewicki (Normal Country),
- Maciej Maciak (Movement of Prosperity and Peace),
- Sławomir Mentzen (Confederation),
- Karol Nawrocki (PiS supported candidate),
- Joanna Senyszyn (independent candidate),
- Aldona Anna Skirgiell (Self-defense candidate),
- Krzysztof Stanowski (independent candidate),
- Piotr Szumlewicz (independent candidate),
- Rafał Trzaskowski (KO),
- Marek Woch (unparty self-governments),
- Adrian Zandberg (Together),
- Paweł Tanajno (Polish Liberal Entrepreneurs Strike).
The selected candidate will replace the current head of state, Andrzej Duda, who has been in office since 2015. The politician has been elected president twice and therefore, according to Polish law, it cannot one more time take part in the race for the President's seat.
All about the upcoming 2025 presidential election you will find HERE – in our peculiar report.
