
President Karol Nawrocki's speech at the National Security Council caused a wave of criticism from politicians of the government coalition after his statements about the Constitutional Tribunal and judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska.
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The National Security Council meeting was convened amid tensions over the Constitutional Tribunal and government actions.
What did President Nawrocki say?
In his speech at the beginning of Tuesday's meeting of the National Security Council, President Karol Nawrocki sharply criticized the recent actions surrounding the Constitutional Tribunal.
The actions of the government, headed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, last Friday mean that we are meeting today in unprecedented circumstances, in a situation of a serious constitutional crisis, which we cannot ignore today, he said. He added that we are dealing with a situation "in which the most serious allegations regarding the illegality of the actions taken by the government against the Constitutional Tribunal are justified."
If Mr. Prime Minister - and I want this to be loud - thanks to Mr. Berek and your two names, wants to (...) endanger our homeland because political interests require it, then I warn you that this is the wrong path, destroying the responsibility of the state and the resilience of Polish society - said Karol Nawrocki.
"It's pure shame"
The fact that the president did not mention Anna Korwin-Piotrowska directly was criticized by some politicians yesterday.
Total lack of respect. Such personal attacks are pure embarrassment - wrote Bogdan Zdrojewski, former Minister of Culture and currently MEP of the Civic Coalition, on the X website.
The Minister of Education, Barbara Nowacka, spoke in a similar tone. "Nawrocki classless about judge Korwin-Piotrowska: "a lady with two surnames." He did not apologize for Saturday's attack, and he showed contempt with typical right-wing sexism," she said.
Czarzasty on RMF FM: Nawrocki is a parrot
Today, the Speaker of the Sejm, Włodzimierz Czarzasty, commented on the president's words in his Morning conversation on RMF FM. He called Karol Nawrocki an "obvious parrot" of Donald Trump.
Look at the attitude towards women, saying: "a person with two surnames". Love for fascistic trends, love for force, transactionality in politics, issues related to the willingness to potentially take money for meetings. Arrogance, arrogance, often rudeness - said the leader of the Left.

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