Janusz Korwin-Mikke, a conservative libertarian politician who ran in this year’s presidential election, now has his eyes set on the Warsaw town hall.
Speaking Monday morning to Polish Radio 3, Korwin-Mikke stated that the ruling Civic Platform is no different from Law and Justice, saying simply that the top political parties in Poland comprised “a band of thieves.”
In the interview, Korwin-Mikke said that he wants to ban democracy, and that his victory in the upcoming local government elections will be a signal to the political elites that citizens do not want the current system.
True to Korwin-Mikke’s rhetoric, the former head of the Union of Real Politics said that he wants to lower taxes “in order to get rid of a feeding trough for politicians.”
In the interview with Polish Radio, Janusz Korwin-Mikke slammed Donald Tusk’s government for overspending, although admitted that “this is usual for a democratic country where no-one thinks about tomorrow.”
The right-wing libertarian stated that “a minister of finance who puts a country into debt is much like a criminal, crook or counterfeiter.”
Speaking about his plans for Warsaw, Korwin-Mikke said that as the capital’s mayor he wants to return normality to the city, adding that his only competition is against incumbent mayor, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz from Civic Platform.
According to Janusz Korwin-Mikke, trams should have separately built lines so that they do not block traffic, as well as being against bus lanes, which the libertarian believes constitute an unjustified privilege for the mode of transport.
Janusz Korwin-Mikke was elected into parliament only once, between 1991-1993. He has been a candidate in four consecutive presidential elections, this year’s campaign being his last attempt.
Korwin-Mikke is a bridge National Master and a publicist. He has six children from two marriages. (jb)