PiS politicians: Tusk announced “breaking the law”. Quote manipulation

A public debate is underway about the rule of law in Poland. It caused her occurrence President Andrzej Duda, which he gave during the celebration on the celebration of the Constitution of May 3. The president at Zamkowy Square in Warsaw appealed for participation in the upcoming elections. He also emphasized the role of his successor in the Polish legal system.

The words of Duda about the role of the president as an office supervising compliance with the constitution caused a lot of comments. He referred to them, among others Prime Minister Donald Tusk in entries on the portal X. “Listening to the last speech of President Duda on the occasion of May 3, remember about the meaning of the words of the presidential oath:” I solemnly swear that I keep faithful to the provisions of the Constitution. And choose the president who will be faithful to this oath ” – – – wrote in one of them (original entries spelling). After a few hours, the prime minister established the speech of the President again and commented He eats in the next post: “celebrate the constitution's holidays, the president was able to do like no one. And even better the constitution itself.”

The subject of the appeal of Andrzej Duda and the answer of Donald Tusk with the charges of celebrating the President of the Constitution dominated discussions in weekend journalistic programs. First of all, the rule of law was discussed. The politicians of the ruling coalition mentioned when the constitutional principles were violated by Andrzej Duda and Law and Justice, and PiS politicians accused government representatives of non -compliance with law. MPs of Law and Justice not only argued that Donald Tusk did not comply with the constitution, but also that he announced that the law would break.

May 4 during the program “Coffee for a bench“On TVN24 PiS MP Michał Wójcik turned to the program host of Konrad Piasecki and announced:” I can say who is breaking the constitution. I will mention the Lord and name: Donald Tusk, Adam Bodnar. These are people who break the constitution and answer for it. “After a while, Wójcik added:

The alleged announcement of the violation of the law by Donald Tusk also recalled another PiS MP Zbigniew Bogucki on the same day. He commented on the Prime Minister's entries in “Rymanowski's breakfast” in Polsat News: “This is why the president is the head of state and the guardian of the Constitution, that [politykom koalicji rządzącej] talk about it. To remind Donald Tusk, who I understand, he wanted to relax in this way. Because he often likes to relax. “And then he said:

Both statements are references to the words of Donald Tusk from the beginning of the term of office of the current Sejm. They were already manipulated by PiS politicians. He committed this, among others Jarosław Kaczyński in July 2024. Then in Concrete24 We explained how the PiS president turned the prime minister's words. So we remind you what Donald Tusk really said and why he did not announce breaking the law.

It's about words spoken by Tusk during conference in the Sejm on November 21, 2023. The current prime minister a few weeks before the creation of the coalition government (December 13, 2023 – ed.) He answered the question asked by the then TVP Info employee of Miłosz Kłeczek. He asked what plan for the announced changes in public media the coalition has, which then won the election. “How does the Platform want to dismantle public media? Roll up these media? Because it is an announcement that MPs of Platforma Obywatelska distribute. What is your idea, because I omit the fact that you may have a different opinion, but it is not in the public interest. And if you have any idea in line with the law, then you should not have anything to hide,” said Klick.

To this Donald Tusk replied that “ordering the situation in public media” would be a matter “simpler than anyone thinks”. He noted that people who acted contrary to the mission that public media is to implement, and contrary to the constitution and other universal law, this would suffer the consequences. And then stated:

Since the conference, the phrase “law, as we understand them,” has become a permanent element of translations of Law and Justice politicians and their supporters. They often manipulated Tusk's statement by changing her context. The pronoun “we” presented as a reference to the prime minister and coalition politicians himself, when in fact an appeal to lawyers, constitutionalists and media studies completely changes this announcement.

The words of Donald Tusk did not concern the promise of breaking the law, as Bogucki and Wójcik present now. Quite the opposite. Importantly, they were made before the Sejm adopted a resolution on the restoration of legal order as well as the impartiality and reliability of public media and the Polish press agency, as well as before the dismissal of the authorities of these media and putting companies in a state of liquidation.