Freshness is always an advantage in election campaigns, and the Law and Justice candidate can count on that, said political scientist Dr. Anna Materska-Sosnowska in “Facti po factach”. PiS is due to announce its candidate on Sunday, but there are already rumors that it could be Karol Nawrocki, president of the National Memorial Institute. Political scientist candidate of philosophy. Slawomir Sowiński noted that underestimating the value of Nawrocki's low recognition “is the first step that Rafal Trzaszkowski's employees should avoid today.”
Dr. Hub spoke about next year's presidential election and its campaign in “Fact po Factach” on TVN24. Sławomir Sowiński, a political scientist at the Cardinal Stefan Vishnski University and associated with the Foundation. Stefan Bathory, political scientist Dr. Anna Materska-Sosnowski from the University of Warsaw.
Experts, among other things, pointed to the victory of the mayor of Warsaw, the deputy head of the PO Rafal Trzaskowski and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski in the primary elections in the Civil Alliance.
Rafal Trzaskovski won the primaries and became the candidate of the Civil Alliance for the position of president. Arleta Zalewska/Fact TVN
Materska-Sosnovska assessed that the primaries “reached their goal”. – First of all, it was talked about, – she noted, drawing attention to the large availability of information about them on social networks.
He noted that thanks to the primaries, “other problems, other slogans, other attitudes entered the election topics.” – It created competition, it was a meeting of friends, but I think it is absolutely necessary, – said the politician.
Sowinski assessed that “what turned out to be Radoslaw Sikorski's biggest problem was his biggest advantage.” – Because his advantage in this campaign was dynamics, passion, political fantasy, with which he entered the campaign. I think some of the Platform politicians were just afraid that if the president is like that, if he also gets a little bit out of the Platform's control, that's not what we want. I think that ultimately determined the outcome, more than anything else, he said.
“The first step that Rafal Trzaszkowski's employees should avoid today”
The political scientist was asked how dangerous the head of the National Memorial Institute Karol Navroki could be for Rafal Trzaskovskiy if he becomes a candidate of law and justice sciences. As host Anita Werner pointed out, Nawrocki will start with little recognition.
– With the same recognition that Andrzej Duda was little recognized in 2014 – answered Sowinski. – I remember exactly the same tone when they said: how could the unknown Andrzej Duda be put against a serious politician like Bronisław Komorowski, it's almost a scandal, – he recalled.
– Today I heard similar tones: how is it possible for PiS to introduce a completely unknown person against Rafal Trzaszkowski, a European and world politician, – continued the expert.
According to him, “this is the first step that led to the defeat of Bronisław Komorowski, and this is the first step that Rafal Trzaszkowski's team must avoid today.”
Politician on “the first step that the employees of Rafal Trzaszkovskiy should avoid” TVN24
“The balance is always the advantage and what the PiS candidate can rely on”
Materska-Sosnovska emphasized that the “iron rule” is: “never underestimate your opponent”.
At the same time, he assessed that “the situation in Nawrok is really bad”. – Because it is not the case that he is the natural leader of PiS – he pointed out. According to her, if he becomes a candidate, “he will, so to speak, have a lot of interests that he has to deal with first.” – In particular, how to approach the Confederates and how to fight with them, – he said.
When asked if he thought that the PiS president had not resolved these issues for Nawrocki, he replied that “even if”, he, Nawrocki, would have to “sacrifice his position in some way”. – Yesterday, I heard the statements of some politicians of law and justice who doubted such promotion, – he added.
– I also have one thing in mind: freshness is always an advantage in such campaigns, and the candidate for justice hopes for this. Because we always want to have a new person, as we see after the previous elections and how such newcomers behave, he added.
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