Tema destacado del Viernes, 31. Agosto 2007

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Poland's democracy under threat

According to the European press, the scandals in Polish politics have taken on a new dimension: on August 30 Janusz Kaczmarek, Poland's recently dismissed interior minister, and former chief of police Konrad Kornatowski were arrested by the secret services. Can the Kaczynski's Poland still be considered democratic?

Gazeta Wyborcza - Polonia

"We have passed the point of no return, the line that separates a democratic state from a state where the rule of law is gradually being eroded," the newspaper's chief editor Adam Michnik concludes following Kaczmarek's arrest. Michnik calls for the immediate removal of Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczyński from office. The Kaczynski brothers and their team will use all the tricks at their disposal to conceal their dark secrets and remain in power until the new elections. The whole dirty scenario of bugging operations, arrests, intrigues and provocations must be exposed... Jaroslaw Kaczyński is very well acquainted with the saying that it doesn't matter who votes for what, what matters is who counts the votes and how. Fair elections require the immediate removal of Jaroslaw Kaczynski as head of government and Zbigniew Ziobro as Justice Minister. Yesterday's events prove that they will stop at nothing to achieve their goals." (31/08/2007)

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Die Presse - Austria

Christian Ultsch was left aghast by the latest episode in Poland's "paranoid circus": the arrest of former Minister of the Interior Janusz Kaczmarek. "Under the Kazynski brothers Poland is losing itself in a labyrinth of confused intrigues and slanderous witch hunts. Everyone suspects everyone and now the fuses are blowing... Ex-President Lech Walesa's warning that the Kaczynskis' actions could lead to the reintroduction of martial law fits in perfectly with the other symptoms. Is it possible for the entire political class of a country to fall victim to paranoia?" (31/08/2007)

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Süddeutsche Zeitung - Alemania

"There's no doubt about it, Poland's legal system is out of control," notes Thomas Urban. He points out that in Poland, the Justice Minister is also the State Prosecutor. "At present there are many indications that the Polish government is using its prosecutors to persecute its political opponents on the pretext of battling corruption. It was recently revealed that a number of spectacular arrests had been planned in detail with Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. The government has used top officials for the political provocation of troublesome politicians and some of the latter have apparently been the victims of illegal bugging operations. Worse still, the government has now managed to push through a law giving it the power to appoint and dismiss judges. The judge associations are appealing against the new law before the constitutional court. The head of government and his young justice minister had previously hit the headlines for criticising individual court rulings, including decisions made by the constitutional court." (31/08/2007)

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La Vanguardia - España

The Spanish daily condemns the Kaczynskis' attitude "The policies of the Kaczynskis do however have one advantage. The discriminatory actions committed by the Polish government have been a wake-up call for the EU, urging them to act effectively; so much so, that some are thinking of activating the mechanism prescribed in the Treaty in case of grave violation of the founding values of the Union, which means the suspension of the right to vote. The EU does not, for the time being, envisage the expulsion of a member state. But this possibility should be taken into account, as in any club. Polish citizens can resolve the problem through the ballot box. But even if the populists are democratically expulsed from power, the example of the last few months should be a warning for those who defend values such as freedom, democracy and tolerance in the EU." (31/08/2007)

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