What took you so long?

And @benstanley.eu how did you achieve this? Bribe or blackmail?

Kaczynski just called Tusk ‘a German agent’ during the Sejm plenary…

The majority of the new viewers who flocked to their screens today is likely to ridicule its content and intention. Associations with this scene from the cult Bareja’s “Teddy Bear” movie are inevitable and will strengthen the perception of PiS government’s departure as “the end of an era” in Poland.

Whereas the need to mark the end of the 8-year dominance of PiS by its MPs is understandable, the logic behind the planning of this spectacle is surprising - especially bearing in mind the huge viewership.

… growth in investment in this area. Are you planning to continue this impressive and successful strategy?” There was also plenty of room for criticism of the Civic Platform’s policies from over 8 years ago.

The vast majority of the 100+ interventions were examples of preposterous fawning rather than questions. The typical format would be something like: “I would like to thank the PM from the bottom of my heart for taking exceptional care of the X region/sector. We’ve seen an unprecedented…

The only MPs who signed up for the questions represented Law and Justice and its former coalition partners. The MPs notoriously went over their allocated time in an apparent attempt to cause a delay in the proceedings.

After a presentation of his programme by PM Morawiecki and brief responses from the party representatives, the floor was opened to questions from all MPs. Then PM responded to the questions which was followed by the vote of confidence for his government (lost only a few minutes ago).

That the elections of 15 Oct was mired in ambiguity - neither fair nor obviously fraudulent - highlights this deliberate distortion designed to dramatically increase the incumbent’s chances of staying in power.

We argued that although populists often claim that #illiberalism does not threaten #democracy in its essence, but merely challenges its liberal component, in fact they gradually and purposefully destroy the principle of electoral fairness in a hard-to-capture manner.

TL;DR We reflected on the idea of electoral fairness and show how the incumbent PiS party was using its position and state resources to tilt the playing field. In that respect we identified key practices concerning the electoral law, public resources, and the media.