Polish conservative opposition party Law and Justice (PiS) has launched a website that allows citizens to report anonymously on cases of the government violating the law, according to Notes from Poland.
The website was launched in response to legal violations, as well as the witch hunt by the current left-liberal government against members of the former conservative cabinet (2015-2023) led by PiS.
While European Union institutions frequently attacked the former PiS government and withheld funding from Poland for so-called ‘rule-of-law’ violations, the current government’s blatant purge of its political opponents has been ignored by the Brussels establishment—which has even rewarded Donald Tusk by releasing billions of euros in EU funds.
The website lists, among other violations, the aggressive takeover of the national broadcaster, the arrest of PiS MPs, the harassment of the Polish Central Bank, the removal of right-wing members of the judiciary, the dismissal of the top prosecutor, the police raids on former justice ministry officials’ homes, and the arrest of a priest on corruption charges.
PiS deputy leader Mariusz Błaszczak said the current government—which took office last December—has repeatedly “violated the constitution, violated the law.”
The prime minister even boasted last week of the effectiveness of the purge, announcing that charges have been brought against more than 60 officials from the former PiS government, alleging offences related to misuse of public funds.
Tusk told reporters:
After six months, we have 62 people from the previous ruling elite who have been charged. This has never happened in history before our predecessors.
He didn’t specify who the officials were and what charges they faced. Tusk added that his government was conducting further proceedings, with 200 tax inspectors investigating 90 units in 17 ministries.
Former PiS prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that the Tusk government’s main goal was to “liquidate the biggest opposition party.”
PiS has accused the new leadership of Poland of serving EU and German interests. Paweł Lisicki, editor-in-chief of conservative weekly Do Rzeczy recently told The European Conservative:
The current government behaves as though it were just an instrument, a tool of the European Commission, a sort of extended arm of the activities of the EU. I believe the government represents the interests of Brussels more than that of the Polish state.
Recent polling indicates that Poles believe the prime minister is struggling to deliver on his campaign promises from last year.
