This is not a civil candidate. I had deja vu, I saw Andrzej Duda in him, said political scientist Dr. Hab on TVN24 about the PiS presidential candidate. Renata Mienkowska-Norkien. Sociologist candidate of philosophy. Wojciech Rafalowski assessed that “at some point in this campaign we will forget that this is a citizen's candidate.”
Karol Nawroki, head of the National Memorial Institute, will be a candidate for the science of law and justice in next year's presidential elections. Navroki is not a member of Law and Justice or any other party. The president of the National Memorial Institute is prohibited from doing this by law. PiS presents him as a “citizen” candidate.
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Political scientist and sociologist, candidate of philological sciences. Renata Mienkowska-Norkien and sociologist Dr. Hab. Wojciech Rafalowski, a scholar of the University of Warsaw, commented on the election of Karol Nawrocki as a candidate of science of law and justice on TVN24 television.
Navrotsky is a presidential candidate. “I had deja vu”
Nawrocki is presented by PiS as a “citizen” candidate, not a party. Dr. Hub does not agree with this. Renata Mienkowska-Norkien. – He is not a civilian candidate, I had deja vu, I always saw Andrzej Duda in him (Karol Nawrocki – ed.). This way of speaking, emphasis in places where I imagine Duda emphasizes some words just like that. Everything is the same from start to finish. I think the concept is the same, to present him as the future president of all Poles – said Dr. Hab. Mienkowska-Norkien.
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The expert predicted that Nawrocki would “soon get the support of the Catholic Church” and PiS media. – The idea is to pretend that this will be the candidate of all Poles, as with Andrzej Duda. (…) I don't think this will be the candidate of all Poles. Just as Andrzej Duda became not only the president of the Republic of all Poles, but also a tool in the hand of Jarosław Kaczyński, the same is likely to be the case with this new candidate of law and justice, he said. Guest of TVN24.
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He also stated that the presidential campaign will be polarizing. He noted that Karol Nawrocki appeared on stage in Krakow to the music of the movie “Rocky”, which could hint at the future of the PiS candidate, who was a former boxer. – He should be portrayed as a tough person who fights for the interests of Poland, and Rafal Trzaskowski, probably, as an anti-Christian, extremist person, – said Mienkowska-Norkien.
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“Voters can be confused in such a situation”
Dr. Wojciech Rafalowski believes that Nawroczki's name as a “citizen” candidate is related to “the anti-party sentiment that exists in Poland and many Eastern European countries, that being a party is a bad thing and being a citizen is a good thing.”
– I think that at some point in this campaign we will forget that this is a civilian candidate. Moreover, if this impression is preserved until the end, and Karol Nawroki does not write “Law and Justice” next to it on his ballot, in my opinion, this may have a negative effect on voters who do not have political experience, because they are in such a situation. the situation can be lost, – noted Rafalovski.
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The sociologist also noted that Nawrocki's statement, which contains elements of Euroscepticism, stems from the fact that “the priority is primarily the voters of the Confederation, and not the more moderate voters.”
At the same time, Nawrocki, according to Rafalowski, begins to create his image around historical memory and politics. – This is national pride. There were many national elements to the topic that Navroki himself is connected with – memory, historical politics, so it is not surprising that he tried to strengthen his image in relation to these issues from the very beginning. Only then will he discover new things, – analyzed the guest of TVN24.
Ph.D. Rafalovski: these efforts to promote a citizen candidate are based on anti-partisan sentimentsTVN24
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