"If we steal the moon, we would not have to work"
"But we are not working now, either..."
"But then we would not have to work at all".
"But we are not working now, either..."
"But then we would not have to work at all".
Foreshadowed by more changes in the summits of the polish ruling personages, the wind of change makes itself known once again. It didn’t come as a big surprise, after last weeks dismissal of a number of ministers along with vice minister Lepper, that the situation replicated itself with vice minister Giertych and his minister, who have never concealed their inter reliance that helped them survive in a government where on their own they would be a minority. Early elections are inevitable, since the leading party has now become a minority.
This years “cucumber season”, polish equivalence of “the silly season”, has been far from typical. Instead of pleasant, light news about everything and nothing, we have been bombarded by the latest scandal. Even the prime minister had to cancel his vacation, as a result of accusations that have been flying back and forth between the minister of justice and vice minister AL, after the latter was accused of “almost” taking a bribe, dismissed from his position without solid proof. Now the situation has reached multilevel complexity, where it is not really clear what is really what and who is really who.
In the midst of this turmoil, I find myself wondering where this is taking us. It is unmistakable that the political situation is far from ideal. Just how far, from perfection, is still a mystery but will solving this mystery get us anywhere. The ferocity with which indictment have been flying in the past few days have acted as a very efficient smokescreen. With unavoidable premature elections, the current situation has made us forget that we’re still waiting for solutions to our problems, and in a few months when we go to the ballot boxes we’ll be once again choosing the lesser wrong, a choice which will be far from obvious.
This years “cucumber season”, polish equivalence of “the silly season”, has been far from typical. Instead of pleasant, light news about everything and nothing, we have been bombarded by the latest scandal. Even the prime minister had to cancel his vacation, as a result of accusations that have been flying back and forth between the minister of justice and vice minister AL, after the latter was accused of “almost” taking a bribe, dismissed from his position without solid proof. Now the situation has reached multilevel complexity, where it is not really clear what is really what and who is really who.
In the midst of this turmoil, I find myself wondering where this is taking us. It is unmistakable that the political situation is far from ideal. Just how far, from perfection, is still a mystery but will solving this mystery get us anywhere. The ferocity with which indictment have been flying in the past few days have acted as a very efficient smokescreen. With unavoidable premature elections, the current situation has made us forget that we’re still waiting for solutions to our problems, and in a few months when we go to the ballot boxes we’ll be once again choosing the lesser wrong, a choice which will be far from obvious.
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