Our democracy is so flawed that some things could be done by ministerial orders and parliament resolutions in the interim, which is silver lining here. Hope we’ll get deep systemic reforms when possible so that we’re not in such a cluster fuck again but I’m not holding my breath. Tusk had 8 years to do that already and KO+PSL government only made things worse back then.
Who controlls the media? The president or some ministers?
I could write 5 paragraphs about what legal quirks government and president could use to keep control of it. It’s complicated but it’s believed that government would have easy time disbanding state media altogether and reforming it, if it was determined enough to skirt law in that way. PiS established separate oversight over TVP specifically but it wouldn’t matter in that instance. It wouldn’t require passing legislation that the president could veto either.
Well, this guy had his fair share of bumpy rides in the past. I’m sure he will manage
This is the best summary I could come up with:
WARSAW — A war of words has broken out between Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and Donald Tusk, the likely head of the next government, presaging what’s looking to be a difficult cohabitation between the political rivals.
Rather than simply rolling over and allowing Tusk to set Poland on a new course in line with the EU mainstream, Duda is laying down a gauntlet that he will use his presidential powers to thwart a new administration.
After the October 15 election, where a coalition of opposition parties won a parliamentary majority, Duda still chose outgoing PiS Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to take the first try at forming a government.
The proposed coalition headed by Tusk has 248 seats in the lower house of parliament, a solid majority but far from the 276 votes needed to override any veto from Duda.
In a speech to parliament a week ago, Duda defended the record of the outgoing PiS government and issued a threat to veto legislation that he feels might undo the party’s flagship achievements like expanded social welfare payments or any attempts to “limit, undermine or question the constitutional powers of the president.”
Before the election, Civic Coalition said it would haul Duda before the State Tribunal, a special body that tries senior officials, for appointing improperly nominated judges in a bid to support PiS’s judicial reforms.
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“bo kaczynski nie moze isc na emeryture i Morawiecki jest jego pionkiem” - is what i’d say
Swap Morawiecki with Duda and it’d be just as true. It’s also why even if Kaczyński will officially “retire” as chairman, he’ll still pull strings within the party so it doesn’t collapse.
hope we booth added some context for non european reddit migrants
