"Karol Nawrocki flogged them with a rhetorical bar, reproving mistakes, accusing them of weakness" - this is how Leszek Miller defined the behaviour of members of the ruling coalition during the first message of Karol Nawrocki. In his opinion, "they were silent of their own accord" during the swearing-in, and "no 1 forced them to participate in this scandalous spectacle."
Wednesday Karol Nawrocki He was sworn in as president. The ceremony was attended by household members of the fresh head of state, including his wife Marta and sons Daniel and Antoni. Many politicians besides appeared in the parliament - including the erstwhile head of state Andrzej Duda, his wife Agatha, Marshal of the Sejm Simon Holovnia whether the premiere Donald Tusk.
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Some invited, however, refused to take part in the oath. The erstwhile Prime Minister was among them Leszek Miller. A fewer weeks earlier, he indicated that he did not recognise the consequence presidential elections And that's why he won't show up. I won't be present at this ceremony. I think that without all the votes being counted, the consequence is unbelievable. - he said for Super Express.
Leszek Miller about the oath of Karol Nawrocki. "The grim faces of ministers"
Now Miller commented on the presence of members governing coalition in Nawrocki's oath. He stated that the coalition took part in the ceremony, "although No 1 forced them to participate in this scandalous spectacle". "The grim faces of ministers and parliamentarians they were best placed to perceive to the words of the fresh tenant of the presidential palace" - he said.
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He besides referred to the content Nawrocki's first message. The fresh president undertook to implement his election programme and announced that work on creating a fresh constitution. He besides expressed hope that he could establish a successful cooperation with government representatives.
After these words, any felt that Nawrocki had expressed readiness to scope agreement with the government. This was the opinion of the Euro MP of the Law and Justice Patrick Jakowho assessed that President's speech "had elements of reaching out". With specified opinions Miller disagreed, who stated that Nawrocki's words "were neither courteous nor conciliation."
Leszek Miller on the ruling coalition: They accepted humiliation by choice
"On the contrary - Karol Nawrocki flogged them with a rhetorical bar, citing mistakes, accusing them of weakness, setting up the government as 'the president's auxiliary unit', subordinate and dependent. And no 1 - absolutely no 1 of the present notes - has made a motion of opposition, has made a polemic, not even a shadow of doubt" - indicated the erstwhile Prime Minister.
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He besides pointed out that the members of the ruling coalition did not publically criticise the words spoken by Karol Nawrocki on the day of their oath. "They kept quiet of their own accord. And later groaning in the media and in the cabinets no longer substance - the theatre was held, the cameras recorded everything. The humiliation was accepted. By choice," he pointed out.
Less than 2 hours later, another entry about Nawrocki's oath appeared on Miller's profile. The erstwhile Prime Minister then wrote that "At Nawrocki's oath there was no erstwhile Prime Minister from the SLD and a widely understood left". As he estimated, "There are no patals and squatters in this group.".
"There are people for whom the integrity of elections is the most crucial criterion of their legitimacy. They didn't come due to the fact that they didn't want to company with the presence of democratic fiction" - concluded.
