“There is work to be done, and it has to be done!” – this is the main message of Szymon Hołownia’s campaign. We will talk about how the candidate for president is handling this work, what is the most difficult part of it and what provides support. And how Szymon Hołownia intends to mobilize people to vote for him.
If you have questions for the candidate, share them with us. We will try to ask most of them.
Szymon Hołownia:
The level of absurdity that Kaczyński and his helpers have inflicted on us, this legal chaos caused by the Olsen Gang with its various electoral arrangements and reshufflings, is absolutely bizarre. Until Saturday evening we were candidates, then on Sunday we were not, and now presumably we are again. It is paranoia beyond comprehension. This is what happens when people want to remain in power, at the trough.
All of us who are running will have to campaign twice. The coronavirus was one of the surprises, an unexpected event that occurred during this crazy period. The coronavirus made us think differently; we began to need different things. It sharpened our view of what is happening. We saw how much truth there is in the propaganda we are being fed.
We need to break out of the deadlock of the partisan war that has been going on in Poland for 15 years, between PiS and the Civic Platform, with various affiliations on both sides.
If I manage to win this election, I will simply be an advocate for the interests of Poles. I will have one boss, and that will be the nation. It will not be any party leader or party, as in the case of PSL.
I do not want to live in a Poland where parties take over local governments, the media, state-owned companies and courts—in other words, all the things that should belong to all of us.
We are living in a completely new reality. You are experiencing this in Bolesławiec as well, with a COVID hospital and all the current problems. This is a different world from the one two months ago, and it poses entirely new questions. The four main issues I talk about—security, the environment, local self-government and solidarity—have essentially not been touched at all. And what are our questions? Will Gowin reach an agreement with Kaczyński? Will the Civic Platform replace its candidate? Will they settle this matter in the Sejm and that one in the Senate? That is our horizon in Poland.
We have a problem with a president who, as people rightly say about him, is independent in the sense that nothing depends on him. He has repeatedly become known for violating the Constitution. The Constitution is the foundation of our freedoms.
Local governments are increasingly being destroyed by the central government. They are increasingly being conned over money and increasingly stripped of their powers. Poland needs a president who will be an advocate for local-government communities.
I would not sign a law on same-sex marriage. I would send it back to the Sejm. I would sign a law on civil partnerships.
As president, I would propose an initiative to remove the statute of limitations for sexual offences against minors. These matters must not become time-barred. These situations must be revealed truthfully and those responsible held accountable. The Sekielski brothers’ previous film was a step in that direction; this one will be another.