Kaczyński: We have to hold these elections. We have to keep an eye on them

During the ceremony in front of the monument to Marshal Józef Piłsudski, on the eve of the National Independence Day, Kaczyński recalled that the independence regained in 1918 lasted just over 20 years. As he noted, from a historical perspective, this is "just an incident."

Kaczyński: We have a government that does not want to serve Poland

He added that the independence of the Third Polish Republic, counted from 1989, "and in fact fully from 1991", has lasted longer and has brought Poland many successes, including: in economic development.

But today we have a special time (…). The question arises whether this independence will not be an incident again - said the PiS leader. Because we have a government that does not want to serve Poland, that serves external administrators, and that leads to the ruin of the rule of law, the ruin of the state, the ruin of various areas of social life - said the PiS president.

According to him, those in power are also building "premises to ruin the Polish economy."

Kaczyński said that the opponents want Central Europe to "become an area of ​​exploitation again" and provide resources "in an non-equivalent way" to the economies of Western countries experiencing crisis, and especially to the economy of Germany.

"The attempt at intimidation failed"

He called for resistance, which - as he assessed - "should be stronger." He called Wednesday's Independence Day celebrations a "great opportunity" to show that the "attempt at intimidation failed."

He pointed to Ukraine as an example of national attitude, which has been defending itself against Russia longer than the so-called great patriotic war.

I know that many of us, maybe even all of us, have many valid reservations and grievances towards Ukrainians (...), but let's also look at them from this perspective. They can fight, they are not cowards, he emphasized.

As he pointed out, there are cowards there, they escaped. They are often here in Poland and cause us all kinds of problems, he added.

"We Must Win"

The PiS president expressed hope for the victory of "Polish patriots" in the 2027 elections. But we must first lead to these elections. We have to keep an eye on them, he stressed. Those in power, he said, "have no objections, no principles," and some of them want to "pursue foreign interests."