Poland is still divided in half, it is a world that I cannot comprehend and I would like to end it, said Szymon Hołownia during Saturday's Poland 2050 convention in Gdańsk. – I don't want to have another president of “half Poland” in a few months. It's time for the president of Poland, not half of Poland, said the Speaker of the Sejm. Prime Minister Donald Tusk referred to these words, who earlier in the day presented Rafał Trzaskowski in Gliwice as a candidate in next year's presidential elections.
Szymon Hołownia he spoke during the convention held at the Gdańsk Shakespeare Theaterthat “he still sees Poland, paralyzed by the fact that for 19 years there have been those who have been trying to convince us that we have two Polands.” – Two Polands, scaring each other, two Polands spiteing each other, two Polands only concerned with each other – said the Speaker of the Sejm, adding that “this is a world that is beyond my understanding.”
– This is something I would like to end for my children and for all of us. Not to eliminate one or the other side, but to convince them that they can fit in one country – said the leader of Poland 2050. – This is not symmetry, it is a story about community – he said.
Szymon Hołownia during Saturday's convention PAP/Adam Warżawa
– I don't want to have another president of “half Poland” in a few months. It's time for the president of Poland, not half of Poland, said Hołownia.
Convention of the Civic Coalition in Gliwice
A little earlier, on the same day, the Prime Minister Donald Tusk opened the Civic Coalition convention in Gliwice. – We are here to once again loudly tell all Poles that the candidate in the Anno Domini 2025 presidential elections of the Civic Coalition is Rafał Trzaskowski – announced the head of government.
After Hołownia's speech, Donald Tusk referred to the words regarding the president of “half Poland”. “Mr. Speaker, if you call Rafał Trzaskowski the “candidate of half Poland”, how can you call a candidate with three times less support? Only serious proposals,” the Prime Minister wrote on Platform X.
Tusk assured during the campaign that Rafał Trzaskowski is an “independent and civic candidate.” – He is the most popular and highly trusted politician in Poland – added the head of government. He also emphasized that Trzaskowski “can reconcile all Polish families.”
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