Falling Support?
“Lech Kaczyński will lose the presidential elections because he is unable to see his own flaws,” said a member of Law and Justice (PiS) on his blog. Maciej Eckardt is the vice-president of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region, which makes the criticism even more serious. According to Eckardt, the current President has no chance for re-election because not only has he not gained new supporters, but has lost some of his electorate. He is “disgusted by the poor quality of the passing term of office which has been marked with decisions favouring his party as well as his pettiness, which is not appropriate for a head of state.” Eckardt scrupulously enumerates all the mistakes made by Lech Kaczyński. “Lech Kaczyński will lose because the tough sheriff of Warsaw is gone, disappeared 4 years ago. He will lose because there is nothing that will remain after his 5 years in office.
“The vice-president, nominated by Law and Justice, draws attention to the similarity between Lech Kaczyński and Lech Wałęsa who also lost the fight for re-election. “Both of them did not develop the proper language for communicating in the modern world. Both were stuck in personal quarrels and childish grudges. Both could not distance themselves from politically-oriented disputes, letting themselves be dragged into them, which was a lost cause as the position of the President in the Polish constitutional circumstances is nothing but poor.” Eckardt’s tone becomes even sharper as he continues: “Lech Kaczyński is not my candidate. I am disappointed with his work.” He goes on to explain and enumertae the President’s numerous flaws. “The grotesque dependence of signing the Lisbon Treaty on the results of the Irish referendum, insignificant fights over insignificant issues, an over-active pro-American stance, little intellectual integrity and an incoherent message of his intentions.” Eckardt also points out Kaczyński’s alliance with the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who he calls a satrap. Eckardt’s colleagues from Law and Justice are furious and believe such behaviour is scandalous. Eckardt sees no reason for this outrage and claims that he has just explained his reasons for not voting for Lech Kaczyński and adds that if somebody does not like his comments, it is a pity – “we live in democracy”.
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