Mentzen in Poznań. Crowds at a blocked rally. "ZOMO is not going to send me" [FOTO/VIDEO]

2.04.2025 Mentzen-in-know-tlumas-on-block-on-threat

Sławomir Mentzen's gathering with residents of Poznań. / Photo: screen X

The candidate elected Confederation Sławomir Mentzen met with residents of Poznań. Despite the difficulties the Magistrate had placed, the crowds came to the event.

“The president of Poznań Jacek Jaskowiak of the Platform wants to prevent my rally in Poznań!” he wrote on the X Mentzen platform on Tuesday.

"We wanted to meet the residents of Poznań in the marketplace Square, as in the Euro-Parliamentary run last year. All the formalities were average until yesterday, erstwhile we found out we didn't have approval to meet at the marketplace Square. Then we've requested a change of location to Liberty Square. Which we besides didn't get approval to do due to information besides late. The deadline was Sunday. But that the city does not agree to the marketplace Square, we learned on Monday, 2 days before the meeting!” he added.

He pointed out that the organizers sent a notification to the city authorities on 12 March, so nearly a period before the planned event. The officials had plenty of time to inform Mentzen's staff that they did not agree to organise a gathering in the marketplace Square – but that did not happen. According to the politician, "they only did it erstwhile it was time to study a gathering at Liberty Square!".

"We have over 200 meetings all over Poland, most on the city markets. And it was only in Poznań governed by Jaskowiak that specified a problem appeared," added Mentzen. He recalled that a akin situation had occurred in the parliamentary campaign.

"This is, of course, another part of the war that Mr Tuska has set us up. PO, Left, Hołownia, media are fighting us, now local governments are fighting us. Rainbow Jaskowiak decided to aid his colleague Trzaskowski and made it hard for us to organize a rally. The fight against freedom of speech and the love of censorship are becoming increasingly common in the Platform, which has been proudly shouting for democracy, the regulation of law and the Constitution just recently," he said.

"No rainbow Platformers, no leftist activist, even if he is the president of the city, will tell me whether I can meet with voters or not. Blocking the opposition, you could have been a commune. The ZOMO is not going to send me," Mentzen said on Tuesday.

And indeed, a “spontaneous” gathering in Poznań for Freedom took place. The event was attended by crowds of residents. There were photos and recordings online.