PiS president Jarosław Kaczyński got here to Krakow on Tuesday to participate in a service within the Wawel Cathedral on the event of his seventy fifth birthday and for Lech and Maria Kaczyński, who died within the Smolensk catastrophe. Demonstrators close to Wawel tried to assault his automotive. On the event of his go to to Krakow, Kaczyński needs to reconcile the 2 warring camps within the PiS in Lesser Poland earlier than Wednesday’s vote on the election of the voivodeship marshal.
Jarosław Kaczyński at Wawel Citadel, June 18, 2024 / Łukasz Gągulski / PAP
Jarosław Kaczyński involves Krakow each 18th day of the month – thus honoring the month-to-month anniversary of the Wawel funeral of Lech and Maria Kaczyński. June 18, nevertheless, is a particular date – the birthday of the Kaczyński brothers.
Throughout as we speak’s go to, the chief of Regulation and Justice was historically accompanied by crucial politicians of this get together, together with former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
The service was open to everybody. It was chaired by the parish priest of the Wawel Archcathedral Parish, Paweł Baran, and the homily was delivered by Fr. Łukasz Michalczewski, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Krakow.
Demonstrations of a number of teams – opponents and supporters of PiS – came regarding close to Wawel. The opponents tried to assault the automotive getting into Wawel, however the police stopped them.
After the service, politicians – which can also be a month-to-month custom – went to the get together’s headquarters in Krakow at ul. Rhetoric. In line with native media, the talks are to be dedicated to the scenario within the Lesser Poland regional meeting, the place the PiS candidate indicated by Kaczyński – Łukasz Kmita – was not elected marshal.
Allow us to recall that initially of Might, through the regional meeting session, Kmita misplaced the vote and was not elected marshal, though PiS has a majority of 21 seats within the 39-person meeting (the Civic Coalition has 12 seats, and Trzecia Droga – 6). Solely 13 out of 38 councilors current have been in favor of his candidacy, 22 councilors have been in opposition to and two abstained. One vote was invalid.
All due to the battle between two camps in PiS in Małopolska.
Jarosław Kaczyński at Wawel Citadel, on the left Łukasz Kmita. / Łukasz Gągulski / PAP
Councilors related to Beata Szydło are blocking the election of Łukasz Kmita, former voivode of Lesser Poland, at the moment a PiS MP. His candidacy is being pushed by Ryszard Terlecki, in addition to Kaczyński himself, who in latest weeks has turned the previous voivode into the top of the get together’s provincial buildings. Łukasz Kmita’s greatest opponent is Witold Kozłowski, the present Marshal of Lesser Poland.
Because the starting of Might, PiS has not managed to elect a marshal. It was speculated to happen final Monday, however PiS determined on the final minute to postpone this level to Wednesday’s regional council assembly (June 19).
If councilors don’t elect a marshal by July 9, new elections to the regional council can be introduced in Małopolska.
