The political reaction
"Is there a country in Europe where during nine months Finance Ministers were changed four times? And we've just learned that all voivodship governors are stepping down, [and are] obliged to do it according to the law. There seems to be no end to this carousel of posts [and] personnel"
Donald Tusk,
Civic Platform leader
"Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz said that the decision [to be] a candidate for Warsaw President was taken after he was thrown out of the Prime Minister's office. Making the post of Warsaw President a consolation prize for a politician dismissed from office is a big mistake, because it infringes on the pride of inhabitants of Warsaw"
Jan Rokita,
Civic Platform
"It is a change for the worse. I am afraid that with Jarosław Kaczyński as the new Prime Minister, Poland will become more extreme, more anti-European, and a more xenophobic country"
Bronisław Komorowski,
Civic Platform
"Jarosław Kaczyński won't rule like a king who is irresponsible for everything. This time, he will be the Prime Minister and it will be perfectly clear who is responsible for the situation in the country"
Jarosław Kalinowski,
Sejm Deputy Speaker, Peasants' Party
"Jarosław Kaczyński's political position was independent, he is the head of the biggest parliamentary camp and it is natural that he will be at the helm of the government in Poland"
Maciej Łopiński,
Secretary of the State in the President's Chancellery
"We will be witnessing a family ceremony as it will be Lech Kaczyński who will nominate Jarosław Kaczyński as Prime Minister. But the problem is more serious than that. During the nine months of PiS rule, Jarosław Kaczyński has already been ruling or co-ruling. During those nine months Jarosław Kaczyński allegedly made many decisions and unfortunately matters have been moving in the wrong direction"
Wojeciech Olejniczak,
the leader of the Democratic Left Alliance
"Kaczyński is a person with very clear beliefs. He wants to reform the judiciary, he supports the vetting process, the anti-corruption policy and the ruthless war against pathologies. He won't hesitate if it will be necessary to hit the post-communist clique or probe into the privatization process. […] He's got a bigger decision-making force"
Wojciech Wierzejski,
League of Polish Families
"It's good that the leader of the party that won the elections is now Prime Minister. I think that if the [new cabinet] is stubborn and consistent in what it does, if it is not PiS but the coalition's agenda that it implements, then it will succeed. I believe it's going to be that way"
Stanisław Łyżwiński,
Self-defence
