Poland - Civil War Shaping Up?

ꕤ Article SOURCE as marked Poland Slovakia Defence Minister Martin Glváč asked Polish counterpart to “immediately refrain from non-standard actions” at counter-intel centre re:  overnight law enforcement raid re  replacement of head w/out consultation re: controversial appointment  of Colonel Robert Bala as acting chief of NATO’s CEK [CEK - unaccredited] CEK counterintelligence centre is an international initiative of both Polish and Slovak forces. http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/234917,Polish-Defence-Ministry-responds-to-Slovak-lette Poland Counterintelligence Center of Excellence (COE) --> raided overnight by law enforcement - 18 Dec. 2015 COE international military orgs train "leaders and specialist" from NATO member & partner countries. COE are coordinated by US-based Allied Command Transformation. Poland COE staffed and funded in conjunction with Slovakia since 2014 / task Ukraine intel gathering & interl terrorism. http://sputniknews.com/military/20151218/1031994986/nato-poland-counterintelligence-unaccredited.html Poland New right-wing govt moves to take control of counterintel centre in attempt to consolidate grip on power. Raid + replaced head. Polish military police overnight raided. -->  sounds like director, Col Krzysztof Dusza was replaced unwillingly Poland is hosting NATO summit in Warsaw, in abt. 6mths http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/18/polish-military-police-raid-nato-centre-warsaw Poland new media law conservative govt = more scope to control state-run TV + radio --> govt engaged in institution take-overs Newly elected Law & Justice party (PiS) (conservative / right-wing) absolute majority in parliament / EU & other interference 'pushback' http://www.politico.eu/article/poland-crisis-constitution-kaczynski-duda/ Poland (2nd time in Dec 2015) 1000s street protest governing Law & Justice (PiS) re assault on law & state institutions Smaller demonstrations in 21 cities all over world, incl protests at Polish embassies in Berlin, London + New York. #Poland protests organised by: Committee for Defence of Democracy (KOD) --> set up by main opposition parties supporters #Poland protests reportedly attracted mostly: --> layers of the urban liberal intelligentsia + --> upper middle class PiS govt has: disempowered Constitutional Court gained control of intelligence services threatened to gag media + cultural institutions PiS cleared way for senior public service positions to be selected on political grounds. Poland right-wing coup d’état causing tensions with Germany. --> constitutional crisis could escalate into a “civil war” Poland - impoverished wages / youth employment at 25% --> tensions high increasing divisions w/in bourgeoisie + lack of support w/in upper-middle class for the govt  --> working class may intervene. Poland -- conservative govt take-over. -- civil war / working class revolt in the making? https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/12/22/pola-d22.html ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Law and Justice party (PiS) leader: Jarosław Kaczyński Poland: European Union's 6th largest state Polish President: Andrezj Duda Constitutional Tribunal: assesses constitutionality of bills passed by parliament New bill: 15-member constitution tribunal must reach two-thirds majority to block legislation *raised from simple majority *curbs tribunal's judicial oversight *simultaneously, PiS stacking tribunal with party loyalists Lech Wałęsa: PiS “acting against democracy” Mateusz Kijowski Committee for the Defence of Democracy (KOD) organiser of protests claims constitutional bill: signals “end of democracy in Poland” PiS see constitutional tribunal as political organ of former ruling party: Civic Platform & aid to continued plunder of Poland by ex-communists New legislation re constitution --> pre-emptive move to avoid PiS agenda being blocked (eg ... cash payouts to parents) *PiS says constitutional court (political organ) of former ruling party:  does not want ordinary Poles to get anything PiS says: post-communist Poland appropriated from onset by cliques of unpatriotic & amoral cynics who sold country to highest bidder & placed friends in key institutions to ensure lion's share of spoils from Poland's economic transformation were shared among privileged elite PiS seeks to wrest state control back from those forces Pis says those protesting in streets do so b/c of loss of privileges PiS moves: PiS law - Media Appointment: enabling treasury minister to directly appoint the heads of Poland’s state-owned TV & radio stations instead of the National Broadcasting Commission PiS law - Public Servant Dismissal: enabling easy dismissal of civil service officials PiS bills - Increased Powers Law Enforcement & Inel: police & intelligence services increased surveillance powers on citizens feared use of increased powers to: monitor “unfriendly” journalists & NGOs --- PiS portrayed as pro “illiberal” democracy Opinion author Adekoya recommends: 1. fierce resistance from Poles. 2. intensified pressure from Brussels. 3. intensified pressure from Washington. According to Adekoya (journalist), European Union 'allowing' Orban to get away with 'rubbishing liberal democracy' set a dangerous precedent [From my perspective, the EU and the US have absolutely no right to interfere with national matters & it is not their place to 'allow' or to 'disallow' anything in foreign, sovereign territory] Adekoya (journalist) states: "Europe must not let that happen." "Polish citizens see tangible benefits from EU membership ..." [So this is what the problem is: keeping Poland in the EU and pushing the neocon & US empire agenda. LOL.] Comment:  bring me a sick bucket, someone: " ... exclusive club dubbed “the west” with the connotation that brings of development and advanced societies." LOL ... if Washington & Brussels don't strong-arm Poland, Adekoya (journalist) tells us PiS will: "... continue to dismantle liberal democracy in Poland one parliamentary bill at a time" Comment:  solidarity with PiS!!!!!!!!!!!! SOURCE http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/31/poland-leader-jaroslaw-kaczynski The Guardian 'Opinion' journalist: Remi Adekoya Remi Adekoya b. & raised Nigeria (son of Nigerian father & Polish mother) conducting PhD research on ethnic identity in Nigerian politics fmr political editor Warsaw Business Journal has written for other Polish newspapers commentaries cited by: --> Washington Post --> Foreign Policy --> Stratfor (private US intelligence contractor) ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT Wow, that was some exciting news. Not sure how seriously to take this. If Germany's unhappy, if protests are well organised and across the world, and if the European Commission etc are interfering and are unhappy about developments, I get the feeling that the current government of Poland might be the good guys.  lol Don't know anything about them.  Might have to do some reading. At this stage, I'm going to guess that it's the bourgeoisie that's scaremongering re 'revolution', in an effort to discredit and undermine the current government. PiS sounds boring: Poland Law & Justice Party Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc (PiS) f. 2001 by the brothers: Lech Kaczynski Jaroslaw Kaczynski ideology combination of conservatism + social & national solidarity leader:  Jarosław Kaczyński for 2 consecutive terms (2007-2015) Law & Justice = largest opposition force in parliament PiS won 2015 parliamentary elections = has largest caucus in history of Third Republic belongs to 'European Conservatives & Reformists Group' in European Parliament PiS inter'l org: Alliance of European Conservatives & Reformists https://archive.is/9P0uJ Slavic - 'justice' words: spravedlivost' (Russian) pravosudiye (Russian) pravda (Serbian) ꕤ