Former oppositionists published a petition regarding the use of the Institute of National Remembrance in the election campaign. According to the signatory of the petition, Krzysztof Krol, “the support of one of the candidates by a public institution is too much.”
The former oppositionists of the era of the Polish People's Republic wrote in their petition that “The law on the Institute of National Memory is intended to be non-political and prohibits the president from engaging in activities inconsistent with the party or the dignity of the office. IPN should serve the common memory and history for all citizens of the Republic of Poland, regardless of their point of view.” .
“We are angry that President Karol Navroki is using the support of the Institute of National Remembrance in his political campaign. The official websites of the Institute of National Remembrance promote his candidacy. As activists of the anti-communist opposition, we have repeatedly criticized the institute. National Remembrance for misrepresenting the history Poland, further restrictions have now been passed,” it said.
The opponents demand “to stop using the financial resources of a state institution for the pre-election campaigns of Karol Navroki” and “demand that the costs already spent be charged to the Election Committee and the political party supporting the candidate.”
Karol Nawrocki during a meeting with voters Tomáš Golla/PAP/EPA
The petition was signed by: Leszek Biracki, Severin Blumstein, Grzegorz Boguta, Jerzy Borowczak, Marek Borowick, Vaclav Bujak, Zbigniew Bujak, Grzegorz Cigonik, Danuta Chehmanowska, Grzegorz Gauden, Grzegorz Gauden, Janski, Krzysztof Krol, Bogdan Lis, Henrik Majewski, Mark Myshkiewicz-Niesiolowski, Piotr Niemczyk, Stefan Niesiolowski, Edward Novak, Dariusz Pusz, Krzysztof Pusz, Ryszard Pusz, Andrzej Severin, Krzysztof Siemienski, Jan Skorecki, Jaroski, Irena Wojcik.
King: strong support from one of the candidates
As one of the signatories of the petition, Krzysztof Krol, noted that “The Institute of National Remembrance is a very special institute whose non-political nature is extremely important – to the extent that it is included in the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance. himself”.
– Although in recent years the government of PiS used IPN as a kind of historical police, but what happened after the announcement of the candidacy of the head of the National Memorial Institute went beyond this, – he said.
The king also added that “after the swearing in of the campaign of President Nawrocki, social networks, both on Facebook and
– For a change, you can see how the websites of the city of Warsaw reacted to it – at that time they did not report that Rafal Trzaszkowski was moving, only buses were bought, the tram was running and the plows were moving. streets – he said.
– This surprising support of one of the candidates by a government agency is too much. An institution that should serve something else is serving a political campaign, said the opposition.
Main photo source: PAP/Tomasz Golla
