The best solution for the Civil Alliance, but above all for Poland, is to choose a person who has been very consistently prepared for the post of President of Poland for five years, said Sports Minister Sławomir Nitras, a member of the National Management Council. Civil Platform, on TVN24. The guest of “Facti po factach” supported Rafal Trzaskovsky in the primary elections. Many other KO politicians have already announced who they will vote for.
The National Council of the PA unanimously decided on Saturday to organize primaries to elect a candidate of the Civil Alliance for the 2025 presidential election. The mayor of Warsaw, Rafal Trzaskowski, and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Radoslaw Sikorski, will take part in them. A common candidate of the Civil Alliance is chosen, i.e. not only PO, but also Nowoczesna, Inicjativa Polska and the Greens.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that the primary election will likely be held on November 23 via electronic voting. The winner will present his program on December 7 in Silesia.
Tusk in the primary: voting in NovemberTVN24
Nitras: We have a strong feeling that we must finish what we started in 2020
A clear statement about the election was made on Saturday's edition of TVN24's “Facti po factach” by the Minister of Sports and Tourism, Slavomir Nitras, a member of the National Management Board of the Civic Platform.
– I don't think it's surprising for many. I have a lot of respect for Radek Sikorsky. We are all happy that he returned to Polish politics a year ago and is a really great support for our government. However, we have been collaborating with Rafal Trzaszkovski in a large group for five years and we have a deep feeling that we must continue what we started in 2020, what was stolen from us a little, with an emphasis on ” “Stealing” and not “a little”, he said.
– With great respect to Radek Sikorski, I believe that the best solution for the Civil Alliance, but above all for Poland, is the election of a person who has been continuously preparing for the post of President of Poland for five years, and I think that what which President Andrzej Duda directly denied taking very seriously and said that he does not intend to become the president of all Poles, Nitra continued.
As he added, “Rafal Trzaszkowski definitely wants a president who is acceptable to as many people as possible, God willing, all Poles.” – I think that his attitude, maybe not always so spectacular, but such balance, calmness and great respect for everything, are the qualities that distinguish him on the Polish political scene. And this is Rafal Trzaskovsky, – he explained.
Rafal Trzaskovsky or Radoslav Sikorsky? Primary elections in the Civil AllianceTVN24
They also support Rafal Trzaszkowski
On Saturday, many other KO politicians have already announced on social media who they will vote for.
Among them are the deputy head of the PO and the deputy head of the Ministry of National Defense Cesari Tomczyk. “I admire both candidates very much. We have known both of them for years. I will vote for Rafal Trzaszkowski. President Trzaszkowski, Prime Minister Tusk, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sikorski. This is a dream team,” he wrote.
Dariusz Jonski, a member of the Polish parliament, expressed a similar tone when he wrote about “Poland's security trinity”. He wrote about Trzaskovsky that “he has the gift of communication and dialogue”. “This is what the president of Poland should be like for the next 5 years,” he added.
Trzaskowski is also supported by the mayor of Kraków, former deputy of the KO, Oleksandr Misalski. “For the first time, I regret that there is no American system in Poland, in which Rafal Trzaskowski and Radek Sikorski run together. We have two great candidates, but only one can be president. Good luck, Rafal Trzaskowski,” he said. said to include a shared photo.
Among those who support Rafal Trzaszkowski are also the current deputies of the Civic Alliance – Alicja Lepkowska-Gola, Dorota Looboda, Pawel Blizniuk, Krzysztof Truskolaski and Mariusz Witschak.
They support Radoslav Sikorsky
Supporters of Radoslav Sikorski are Deputy Minister of Justice Arkadiusz Mircea. “Hours spent on discussions about national and international politics. About the military and diplomacy. And also about our Kuyavian-Pomeranian region. Radek Sikorski, you can count on my vote and support in the presidential primaries,” he wrote and add a photo together. .
Senator Gabriela Moravska-Stanecka, the former deputy speaker of this chamber, also supports Sikorski. “He is a candidate whose experience in politics, diplomacy and international relations is invaluable at a time when Europe and the world are struggling with multiple crises,” he said.
“Of our two great candidates, I choose Radek Sikorski. I have known him for years. He never gives up. He fights for Polish interests in Washington, Berlin and Kiev. He was well received in both Wilanów and Konskie. The candidate “President for difficult times” wrote, in turn, MP Marcin Bosacki, former ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Canada.
Other representatives of KO – Marta Golbik, Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska and Roman Giertich also support Radoslav Sikorski.
The chairman of the City Council of Chekhov, Lukash Banash, will also vote for Radoslav Sikorski in the primary elections.
Main photo source: Paweł Supernak/PAP
