Formacja solidarnosciowa wygrala. Miala juz podobna wladze w latach 1990-1995. Wtedy sprawe zaniedbali. Czy teraz nadrobia te zaniedbania? IV Rzeczypospolita. Wyczyszczenie stajni Augiasza. Dekomunizacja. Rozliczenie. Sprawiedliwosc... Mozna by wyliczac w nieskonczonosc. Aby tylko ta cala wygrana nie skonczyla sie jak wczesniej "puszczanie w skarpetkach" czy "budowanie Japonii w Polsce" przyslowiowym "miales chamie zloty rog". Miejmy nadzieje, ze 10-letnie nauki za rzadow postkomunistycznych lewakow nie poszly w las i nauczyly czegos formacje solidarnosciowa. Jesli nie, to za 5 lat postkomunisci znow wezma wladze na nastepne 10-lecie.
Niepokoi mnie bardzo stanowcze i twarde stanowisko Lecha Kaczynskiego w sprawie praw narkotykowych w Polsce. Szczegolnie zas marihuany. Wyglada na to, ze w tej kwestii Polska bedzie szla pod dyktando Amerykanow, czyli "loosers" = przegrancow, jak to ich tu nazywamy w Kanadzie. Glupie, nienaukowe, czarnopropagandowe portretowanie tej uzywki w otoczce reefer madness filozofii jest juz przezytkiem wczesno-dwudziestowiecznym i posmiewiskiem na poczatku XXI wieku.
Kaczynski win confirms Poland's lurch to the right
BY PAWEL SOBCZAK
WARSAW * Conservative Lech Kaczynski won Poland's presidential runoff yesterday on a platform combining traditionalist Catholic values with promises to curb corruption and shore up the welfare state.
Partial results showed Mr. Kaczynski, a tough-on-crime Warsaw mayor, captured more than 54% of the vote, an eightpoint advantage over his pro-business ally-turned-rival Donald Tusk.
Mr. Kaczynski's victory seals a swing to the right in the European Union's biggest ex-communist newcomer after his Law and Justice and Mr. Tusk's moderate Civic Platform crushed the ruling left in general elections last month.
A moderate nationalist who is wary of deeper European integration, Mr. Kaczynski replaces veteran leftist Aleksander Kwasniewski, who could not run after two five-year terms.
Mr. Kaczynski said the EU newcomer may hold a referendum on adopting the euro in 2010. "The question of the euro should be resolved through a referendum, which could take place in 2010," Mr. Kaczynski told Reuters in a brief interview.
Mr. Kaczynski has expressed reservations about euro zone entry, but said the referendum was necessary because adopting the single currency meant giving up part of national sovereignty.
The race between Mr. Tusk and Mr. Kaczynski, former activists in the pro-democracy Solidarity movement that toppled communism in 1989, became a plebiscite on whether the country of 38 million needs more free-market medicine or more welfare.
Mr. Kaczynski, who portrayed Mr. Tusk as a heartless free-market zealot, extended an olive branch to his defeated rival. He urged him to join forces in government after coalition talks between their centre-right parties stalled during the campaign.
"I want to call ... for us to quickly conclude work on the government. I will approach Donald Tusk, who fought superbly in this campaign," Mr. Kaczynski told supporters.
Mr. Kaczynski and his twin brother, Jaroslaw, who heads the political party that won last month's general election, combined patriotic rhetoric and traditional Christian values with skepticism of free markets - a message that appealed to many poor, less educated Poles.
The former child-stars of a popular 1962 movie The Two Who Stole The Moon, the brothers were kingmakers in previous centre-right governments but were shunned for top posts due to their combative, all-or-nothing style.
The president is commander-in-chief of the army, can propose or veto legislation, nominate prime ministers - who hold most executive power - and, in some cases, dissolve parliament.
He influences the government's foreign policy, a field where Mr. Kaczynski faces a steep challenge after irking big neighbours Germany and Russia with scathing remarks during the campaign.
He has raised eyebrows in Europe by courting the religious right with his anti-gay remarks and pro-death penalty talk.
The financial markets rooted for Mr. Tusk, seeing him as a counterbalance to Mr. Kaczynski's ambivalence about the need for fiscal reforms and liberal economic policies.
Reuters (NATIONAL POST, Monday, October 24, 2005).
Twins now rule Poland
One is new prez, the other leads main party
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Warsaw's tough-talking mayor Lech Kaczynski claimed victory in Poland's presidential runoff vote yesterday after exit polls showed he had the lead following a campaign in which he stressed traditional Catholic values and the need for welfare protection.
With 60% of votes counted, Kaczynski led rival Donald Tusk from the Civic Platform party, 55.4% to 44.6%.
Tusk conceded defeat. The vote, if confirmed by final results today, makes Kaczynski half of an extraordinary power team in Polish politics with his twin brother, Jaroslaw, who heads their Law and Justice party, which won parliamentary elections Sept. 25.
The two brothers, both former activists in the Solidarity trade union movement, won fame as child actors. But at 56, their close resemblance to each other became a political handicap. Realizing that Poles would be reluctant to choose two men they can hardly tell apart, Jaroslaw abandoned his claim to become prime minister to help his brother's presidential bid.
After winning the parliamentary race, he gave the prime minister's post to a little-known party official, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz.
Even with Jaroslaw working behind the scenes, the two will set much of Poland's political agenda. They have promised to fight political corruption, purge former communists from influential positions and preserve social welfare benefits for the less fortunate.
Kaczynski replaces outgoing President Aleksander Kwasniewski, a former communist popular for his easy style, who has served his maximum of two terms (TORONTO SUN, Monday, October 24, 2005).
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