Elections in Krakow: Monika Piątkowska and Radosław Sikorski met with the residents of Nowa Huta

Senator Monika Piątkowska together with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski met with journalists in Nowa Huta on Saturday, and then walked together and talked to the inhabitants of this district.

Piątkowska, referring to her opponent Łukasz Gibała, said that "it is impossible to manage a city of almost one million people, to manage the second city in Poland, as a political outsider, as a lone rider."

Today we need broad cooperation both within the Krakow City Council, which is not threatened on the side of the Civic Coalition, but also good cooperation with the Polish government, ministers and prime ministers, the candidate emphasized.

According to her, such cooperation is particularly important in the face of the current unstable international situation.

Good cooperation with the government of all city leaders is important, but especially the mayors of large cities, which are of particular importance for the security, history and identity of our country, the senator emphasized.

As she recalled, security issues in various aspects occupy an "extremely important place" in her election program.

The candidate, referring to the election trial won against Łukasz Gibała on Friday, in which the court ordered the candidate to correct his statement regarding cooperation with KO councilors, emphasized that all KO councilors in Krakow "unanimously said that they were not going anywhere."

There is loyal cooperation with me and within the Civic Coalition, she added.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski assessed during the meeting with Piątkowska that the stakes in the elections in Krakow were very high, and her competitor lost the court case in the electoral mode because "he was untrue."

He also referred to the controversy related to the financing of Gibała's campaign, saying: "There is an outpouring of financial possibilities that seem to exceed what the law provides, the limits that apply to MPs, senators and local government officials."

The fact that someone is wealthy is very good, but it does not mean that money should determine the outcome of elections. The results of the elections should be decided by residents, not family money, Sikorski emphasized.

Therefore, I would like to recommend the candidacy of a person who knows Krakow inside out [...]. If you have to choose between someone whom the court has already found to be a liar or a mythomaniac, and someone who is the beneficiary of a very generously financed campaign (...), I suggest voting for a proven person, for a person who will always act in the interest of Krakow and its residents, and not in the interests of financiers, added the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On October 11, the second round of early elections for the president of Krakow will be held in Krakow. The city councilor and entrepreneur Łukasz Gibała (36.38% of votes in the first round) and the senator of the Civic Coalition Monika Piątkowska (29.91% of votes in the first round) will compete in it.

The elections in the capital of Małopolska are the result of the dismissal of Aleksander Miszalski (Civic Coalition) from the office of city mayor in May by referendum.