In Warsaw, the 14th legislature held one-day meetings Polish People's Party. As a group that in its own an thought program has a evidence that as the only political formation consistently supports the Polish village and agriculture, a gathering alternatively of in the OS area in Podlasie or Rzeszów, was held at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Conference Centre Warsaw.
The reunion ended according to the tradition of this party: predictable and soft. 15 November Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish, a doctor from Krakow, one more time became president of the group, which has served in Polish politics 1 function – a political trailer.
Kosiniak-Kamysz, Deputy Prime Minister and head of the MON, the competition did not have much – only he stood for the election. cast 946 (98.85%) delegates, 10 were against (1.04%), 1 abstained, but his name was not disclosed.
More diversity prevailed among activists wishing to become the president of the organization council. Piotr Zgorzelski, Deputy talker of the Sejm, defeated the erstwhile head of the council Waldemar Pawlak. The erstwhile Prime Minister had 2 remaining facilities in which he is established for the benefit of the Polish village: the legislature of Poland and the Union of the Voluntary Fire Guards of the Republic of Poland, where he has continuously, since 5 April 1992, served as president of the Main Board.
The PSL exists to continue, while being a lifeline for all who request it. The past of this formation, although eagerly wrapped in symbols of the erstwhile folk movement, is primarily a past of political mimicry. Today's PSL was not created in times Witosaneither Santa Claus. In its practical, real form, it was born around 1990 as a continuation ZSL – a organization ally PZPRThat never existed to represent a village, but to control it. This spirit of political flexibility has survived all transformations, naming and rebranding.
PSL has 1 variable feature: it must always have a partner. Since the 1940s, it has adapted to communists, after 1989 it entered into coalitions with SLD, then with the Platform, created ephemeral beings with center groups, and late even attempted political matrimony with movement Simona Holowna. In politics, everyone has a preference. PSL has only 1 thing: to keep the political position of a courtesan.
That's where all the problems of this organization come from, but besides all her successes. In the eyes of many Poles, PSL became a symbol of opportunisticism – a group without views, without a program, but with a large appetite for posts. And although the people can form coalitions, gain influence and manage local governments, they have never gained social respect. No 1 respects those who can't find who they are. Opportunism in politics is not impressive, it gives emergence to permissive irritation.
In the meantime, the legislature could be heard of “stability”, “experience”, “respect for tradition”. Only this stableness means that the PSL has a unique talent for survival. This tradition comes down to holding on to anyone who happens to have power. And the experience? This is primarily a practice in organizing local networks that cement organization influences in municipalities and counties. This is not an ideological action, but a pure practice of political preservation.
Local governments have been a bastion of PSL for years. Not due to the fact that people are delighted with the party's program, but due to the fact that local arrangements have been created in many places, where loyalty to the group guarantees sacred peace and stableness of the seats. It's a mechanics that has nothing to do with representing the interests of the residents. It's a method of continuity. PSL doesn't manage. PSL casts.
Little wonder, then, that the metaphor of “a farmer from the PSL who is constantly looking for his wife” hits the point. This organization is like a hero of the tv reality show: constantly in search of a partner, constantly ready to compromise, just to stay on the show. It doesn't substance who's on the another side. PSL is not looking for value – looking for a relationship. And he always finds it.
And here bow to the new-old president: you gotta have neither a gram of inhibitions nor a sense of decency to agree to this position. A household doctor as head of the MON, this shows that for Kosiniak-Kamisha and PSL power is more crucial than any qualification or common sense. It's as if a master of psychology would abruptly take care of milking goats – but that he would most likely do better than the president of the populace as minister of war and peace.
Therefore, no congress, no speeches, no Kosiniak-Kamish declarations will change the basic fact: PSL does not be for voters. PSL exists for the coalition. It's a organization that, if she could, would make an alliance with anyone who would give her access to power. And the social reception of this practice is as simple as the ruthless: sold individuals are not respected.
During the congress, the PSL chief announced that in the upcoming parliamentary elections the organization would launch full alone. He pointed out, with full seriousness, that this decision is intended to reflect the independent nature of PSL as a political group. So society can be peaceful – the bias cannot overcome the electoral threshold.
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16.11.2025
• college: barma Tribunal newspaper
