Should the richest political party in Poland hold a press conference to show what it is sending to flood victims? The PiS chairman also criticized the presence of state authorities in flood areas. On a day when President Andrzej Duda happened to be there.
The PiS chairman organized a press conference and went to the parking lot in front of the party's headquarters. – The next cars will go on Saturday and maybe Monday. Everything is already up there with us – said Jarosław Kaczyński.
It was one of the shorter press conferences of the Law and Justice chairman. A truck was shown half-filled with donations. The rest of the donations are supposedly ready. Why wasn't the truck fully loaded? – It's simply a matter of load capacity – the PiS chairman replied. In the truck, one could see, among other things, shovels, rubber boots and paper towels.
Only later did a party spokesman post two photos of the gifts in a “party magazine” on the internet.
PiS collection. Donations for flood victimsx.com/Rafal Bochenek
PiS collection. Donations for flood victimsx.com/Rafal Bochenek
Propaganda according to PiS
According to Jarosław Kaczyński, what PiS has organised is not propaganda – it is something else.
– Visits by politicians at the highest level in the state hierarchy, well, the highest is the President of the Republic of Poland, are initiatives of a propaganda nature to a large extent, although at the same time they can be supportive in some way – assessed Jarosław Kaczyński.
– I would like to thank all government representatives, led by the Prime Minister, for their great commitment – said President Andrzej Duda, visiting the areas affected by the flood. For Law and Justice, this message may be unpleasant.
Andrzej Duda visited the flood victims for the first time this Friday. The prolonged absence of the head of state in the flood-affected areas was commented on by Jerzy Owsiak. On Thursday, early afternoon, he left a letter for the president in the registry office.
– Mr. President, this is the time that you have slept through, that has defeated you. This is the time when you need to be with people – said the president of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity.
It is worth noting that Jarosław Kaczyński did not want to evaluate and criticize the government's actions in connection with the flood on Friday. This is a change. Mariusz Błaszczak has been criticizing the government's actions in flood areas at daily conferences since the beginning of the week. – Tusk's state has collapsed. (…) We are the substantive opposition – he emphasized.
Law and Justice's aid for the Kłodzko Valley will be distributed by Law and Justice senator Aleksander Szwed. When PiS was in power, he announced that there would be no more retention reservoirs protecting the Kłodzko Valley from flooding.
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