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The last generation. Acts of hooliganism or lawful civil disobedience?
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– If they want to act effectively, they must calculate how to achieve maximum openness with minimum arousing resentment among fellow citizens. If they do too much, their actions will backfire, says Professor Eva Letovska, former Ombudsman and former judge of the Constitutional Court, about the actions of the last generation. And he notes that the authorities can respond to protests in different ways and also use them for their own purposes.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk: – Road closures, regardless of political intentions, pose a risk to the state and all road users. Today, I have called on the relevant services to react decisively and oppose such actions.
Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of National Defense Vladyslav Kosiniak-Kamys: – You cannot accept such behavior that destroys people's lives and has a destructive effect on the daily life of families.
Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration Tomas Siemoniak: – This has nothing to do with freedom of demonstration.
Rafal Trzaskowski, mayor of Warsaw: – They harm themselves (…). I am totally against this kind of behavior.
Roman Giertich, a representative of the Civil Alliance, proposes to impose a penalty of up to five years in prison for blocking a public road for ideological, political, social or ideological reasons, and Przemysław Wipler, a representative of the Confederation – to send people into the community. works within the framework of the 24-hour court system. TVP3 Warszawa announced that it will not broadcast coverage of the protests. – Let's not be the mouthpiece of illegal activities, – explained the head of the station, Yakub Sito.
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These are reactions to the recent protests of “The Last Generation”, climate activists who have blocked the streets of Warsaw for several months. They are demanding that the government stop funding the expansion of highways and highways and transfer this money to the development of public transport.
Activists are not in debt. – You started your activity with protests and strikes in “Hamrayi”. Today you are standing where ZOMO stood – they are responding to Tusk and announcing further acts of civil disobedience to which they argue they have a right, like the suffragette and suffragette movements of the 1960s. um in the United States are fighting against racial segregation.
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Reasonable form of protest or simple hooliganism? Where is the line between the right to protest and the right to peace?
We are talking about the last generation activity with:
Professor Ewa Letowska, the first Ombudsman, judge of the Supreme Administrative Court (1999-2002) and the Constitutional Court (2002-2011), sociologist from the University of Gdańsk, author of the book “Handbook”; the concept of law”; lawyer Radoslav Baszuk, a lawyer who has been defending people for years protesting against the protection of the constitution, free courts and minority rights. At the beginning of December, Baszuk was awarded the citizenship award. Henrik Vujek, from organizations that fight for human rights is awarded.
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