The largest demonstrations in decades are currently taking place in Poland’s capital. More than 100,000 people protest in Warsaw against the national conservative PiS government.
In Poland, more than 100,000 people took to the streets on Sunday under the motto “Against inflation, theft and lies, for free elections and a democratic, European Poland”.
The participants of the protest march thronged the center of Warsaw, as photos and videos show.
The demonstrators carried posters with the inscription “Europe, we apologize for the PiS”, “Abracadabra – gone is the PiS macabre” and “PiS in the urinal”.
The organizer speaks of 500,000 participants
Former Prime Minister and opposition leader Donald Tusk of the liberal-conservative Civic Platform called for protest. The organizers spoke of 500,000 participants, the PAP news agency reported 100,000 to 150,000 demonstrators, citing unofficial information from the police. The news agency “AFP” also reports half a million demonstrators.
June 4 is an important date in Poland: on this day in 1989, the first partially free elections took place – a triumph of the democratic movement and the trade union Solidarnosc, which also heralded the end of communist rule.
“We are here today so that the whole of Poland, the whole of Europe, the whole world can see how strong we are, how many of us are ready to fight for freedom and democracy, like 30 and 40 years ago,” Tusk said in the front. of the protesters.
The protest is also directed against a new law that provides for the establishment of a commission of inquiry into Russian influence. Critics accuse the PiS of using this law a few months before parliamentary elections to pillory opposition politicians for allegedly being pro-Russian.
“Lex Tusk” law controversial
The commission must investigate whether government officials made decisions under Russian influence in the years 2007 to 2022 that endangered Poland’s security.
Polish media speak of a “Lex Tusk” – a law devised on Tusk. The man from Gdańsk was the Polish head of government from 2007 to 2014 and is regarded as the fiercest political opponent of PiS boss Jaroslaw Kaczynski. The PiS government accuses him of signing unfavorable gas contracts with Russia.
Source: Krone
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