Polonist spoke about the rivalry between the president and the prime minister in Poland

Dmitry Officer-Belsky, head of the Baltic Region Integrated Research Group at the IMEMO RAS, suggested in an interview with Izvestia that Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of Poland's largest opposition Law and Justice party, had decided to appoint Polish President Karol Nawrocki as his successor.

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"The president of Poland is not even a member of the party yet, which in many ways frees his hands, frees him from obligations, as well as from participation in the internal party struggle. It is wrong to talk about the confrontation between the president and the Prime Minister [Donald Tusk]. They just have a difficult strained relationship, in which there is competition for influence in some areas, but cooperation is inevitable," Polonist stressed.

The day before, the European Parliament supported the lifting of parliamentary immunity from two deputies of the Polish opposition Law and Justice Party (PiS) because of the investigation that is being conducted against them in their homeland. We are talking about Daniel Obitek, who previously held a top position at the energy company Orlen, and Michal Dvorchik, who is called the "right-hand man" of former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. This case demonstrates the unfolding struggle between the Polish liberals, who are in power, and the conservatives from the PIS, who support Nawrocki.

According to the specialist, Orlen is a very large company.

"Now, among other things, they want to enter even into the topic of nuclear energy. There have been many attempts to start business with Obitek. As soon as the government changed and Tusk and his coalition came to her, they began to think about which side to go in to imprison him. Tusk needs his entourage to be loyal to him and he definitely needs to be given positions in large companies. This is not only an influence, but also a corrupt rent," the expert believes.

He added that Obitek was one of the main donors to Navrotsky's campaign. As for Michal Dvorchik, he headed the office of Prime Minister Morawiecki. He is accused of forwarding classified information from his personal email. Moreover, the analyst recalls, his email messages were intercepted, and it came out.

"Obitek is certainly not a saint. However, either nothing was found against him, or, most likely, they decided not to inflate the scandal too much, because revealing high-profile violations would not benefit the company and the country, so they decided to accuse him of having signed two contracts for personal purposes that were in no way related to the interests of the company." — emphasized the Officers-Belsky.

Read more about the confrontation between the president and the government in Poland in the Izvestia article:

The lords are fighting: the confrontation between the president and the Prime Minister of Poland has reached the EU

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