Wałęsa o Nawrocki: I'm afraid I'll should be ashamed of him

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Lech Walesa gave an interview with the Austrian paper in which he explained why he did not appear at the swearing-in of Karol Nawrocki. "I'm afraid I'll should be ashamed of him," he said, convincing me that democracy is experiencing a crisis in our time. In addition, he felt that "today, an exceptionally many losers are pushing themselves into power."

Lech Wałęsa spoke to an Austrian paper writer "Der Standard". Not that you're not going to be sworn in. Karol NawrockiHe confirmed. - I'm sorry. I'm afraid I'll should be ashamed of him. - stated the president of Poland from 1990 to 1995.

He besides said how democracy could be saved. - I'm sorry. Always vote, due to the fact that all vote counts. I'm an electrician, but I had a imagination and I caught the right moment. Time Cold War The planet was terribly divided, and yet we succeeded. Life has to take advantage of opportunities - convinced co-founder NSZZ "Solidarity".

Lech Wałęsa: Democracy is in crisis

In the same interview, Wałęsa assessed that in the late 1980s, "many seemed to think communism was an inviolable system", but he believed that this strategy "has reached his limits". - I'm sorry. Revolutions are always possible. The question is what follows them. We now request fresh definitions of left and right., due to the fact that the boundaries are blurred - he assessed.

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In his opinion, "we must reconstruct assurance in democracy that is in crisis". He said "when there was no net and social media, people were more inclined to believe politicians," and now "Technological advancement exposed politicians' lies"by which "people are disappointed, do not feel represented and turn distant from democracy".

By admitting that already before "The politicians were mixing"Wałęsa noticed that in the past "it was easier to hide it". - Today, quite a few losers are pushing themselves to power. Those who didn't make it anywhere else, They're trying to make up for it in politics.. The wise are discouraged, they withdraw. They leave the field to the populists, (that's why) it's their fault, he said.

Wałęsa wants universal bi-cadency of politicians

In order to reconstruct assurance in democracy, Wałęsa postulates among others. limiting the power of all politicians to 2 terms. He besides referred to the strategy in Russia. "If Putin had only 2 terms, there would be no war in Ukraine," the erstwhile president said.

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In addition, he advocated the democratic appeal of officials erstwhile they "behave wrong" and ensure transparency of political organization financing. He besides expressed the view that "by the end of the 20th century the states had developed through territorial expansion, and present through voluntary cooperation, as in the EU or NATO."

He added: - My grandpa was a Polish patriot. His patriotism was based on resentment towards Germany and Russia. Today patriotism means respect for your neighbors.

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