MP Stanisław Piotrowicz visited Bolesławiec on Saturday. He spoke for over an hour, praising the current government. Afterwards, people could ask questions. A man began, and after his first question he did not want to let others speak and started asking further questions.
– In my opinion, he was persistent. He did not ask about anything specific. He began by asking why Piotrowicz had said “Prime Minister Kaczyński.” People may or may not like Kaczyński, but he was prime minister and that is the customary title for people who held that office. The MP explained this, too. The man then said that this was not supposed to be his first question and took issue with the wording of the greeting. After that, things only got worse – says Krzysztof Gwizdała of istotne.pl. – The man introduced some chaos into the discussion; I am not surprised that people became somewhat angry. However, they should have refrained from making crude comments about him. They went too far there. But writing that the meeting almost ended in a lynching is an exaggeration. Considering what happened at other Law and Justice meetings across the country, things were calm here – Gwizdała adds.
Gazeta Wyborcza, meanwhile, gave its report the headline: Close to a lynching at the meeting with Piotrowicz. “Give him a smack in the face and he’ll shut up!”, while NaTemat.pl used the headline: One of the audience members was nearly lynched during a meeting with a Law and Justice MP. “Get the f... out of here, nobody wants you here”.
We have prepared a summary of these events for you. Watch it and judge for yourselves.
– Saying that the meeting almost ended in a lynching is a gross exaggeration. Some remarks may have been made in two or three instances. Unfortunately, this reflects the level of personal culture. I listened to the recording again and believe that this man simply wanted to disrupt the meeting, without addressing the substance. We invite guests so that people can ask them questions, including difficult ones, but not so that people can deliver monologues. Apart from those two incidents, the meeting proceeded calmly. It is difficult for us to verify who said those words. They may have been people who had agreed on such a scenario so that precisely those voices would be heard – says Szymon Pogoda, a member of the Law and Justice board in Bolesławiec.
Below is the full recording of the meeting.