Let's close it, because it's a bit embarrassing that on Firefighter's Day, i.e. heroes who save our lives, we should focus on an incident blown up by right-wing Twitter – said Deputy Marshal Piotr Zgorzelski about the discussion on the sobriety of the head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Marcin Kierwiński, during his speech at Piłsudski Square. – It looked really bad. I would just go home and not comment on it any more, said Waldemar Buda from PiS.
During Saturday's celebration of Firefighter's Day at Piłsudski Square in Warsaw, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration, Marcin Kierwiński, spoke among others. The way he sounded raised questions about his health and sobriety. The minister explained that the “not the best effect” was caused by reverberation and poor sound system. Later, he took a breathalyzer test and published the result on X. “Result = 0.0 (per mille – ed.)” – wrote Kierwiński.
The storm on the Internet and the opposition's allegations were commented on in “Fakty po Faktach” by Deputy Marshal Piotr Zgorzelski (PSL, Trzecia Droga) and PiS MP Waldemar Buda.
Speech by Minister Kierwiński during the celebration of Firefighter's Day TVN24
Zgorzelski: let's close it, because it's a bit embarrassing
– We have performed in public many times, and I have also had various cases of using unprofessional technical preparations for the event. Such things can happen. It's not like there was any melody added to it for this speech, because I heard that subsequent speakers also had problems with this equipment. Let's close it, because it's a bit embarrassing that on Firefighter's Day, i.e. heroes who save our lives, we should focus on an incident blown up by right-wing Twitter (X – ed.) – said Piotr Zgorzelski.
Marcin Kierwiński and Szymon HołowniaRadek Pietruszka/PAP
The Deputy Marshal said that “several dozen minutes after the end of the ceremony” he talked with Minister Kierwiński and they worked in the Sejm for several hours.
– I can assure the entire public opinion that I absolutely condemn this type of ad hoc assessments issued on Twitter by the PiS party, it is such schadenfreude (joy at other people's misfortune – ed.) (…) shows where we have come. It shows that we are unable to believe a man who is a constitutional minister, who, in my opinion, behaved above standard, because after the whole situation he immediately commented in the media, and then went and carried out tests (for alcohol – ed.) – claims Zgorzelski .
Buda on Kierwiński's speech: I don't judge it, let everyone listen to it and form their own opinionTVN24
Buda: it looked really bad
Waldemar Buda from PiS has a different opinion. – The speaker had no problems before, the speaker later had no problems, and this speaker had a problem. Test unsigned, incorrectly completed. I don't judge it, every citizen should listen to this speech by their predecessors and successors and form their own opinion on it – said Buda.
– It looked really bad. I would just go home and not comment on it anymore because it just looked bad. Please take a look at social media and Twitter (X – ed.). There are a million statements, 90 percent of statements, indicating that people are convinced that this was indeed the case – added the PiS MP.
Kierwiński explains the unusual behavior during the speech TVN24
Main photo source: Radek Pietruszka/PAP