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‘PiS-lite’ policies to come from sympathisers?

08.12.2010

 

Poland Comes First parliamentary club. Photo: PAP/Jacek Turczyk

Marek Migalski MEP, a member of the breakaway Poland Comes First (PJN) group, has told Polish Radio that the party’s political programme is to be constructed in consultation with the formation’s sympathisers.

 

“This is an unprecedented move in Polish politics,” Migalski underlined, as no other political party had ever taken such a move, and that the public would be able to offer their suggestions via the internet.

 

Meanwhile, PJN member Adam Bielan MEP recently announced via his Twitter micro-blog account that the Chancellery of the Sejm has suggested that the party’s name, which thenews.pl was hitherto translating as “Poland is the Most Important”, should be called “Poland Comes First” in English.

 

Presentation of party goals

 

Elzbieta Jakubiak, deputy head of PJN, is set to announce the party’s political foundations at a meeting with the group’s sympathisers in the Silesian city of Katowice today.

 

“It is a declaration which will state the aims of our [party]. We have very clear views, despite what our opponents have claimed,” Jakubiak told the Rzeczpospolita daily.

 

The document containing the party’s declaration, and which was obtained by the daily, states that PJN is a conservative grouping based on Christian traditions. It advocates a number of freedoms, including of the economy, press, and faith, yet it also underlines the importance of social solidarity.

 

PJN internet domain names still for sale

 

While Poland Comes First is using the Facebook social network to host what it has called its ‘official page’, two domain names containing 'PJN' are still up for sale.

 

The Fakt daily has reported that the PJN.pl domain name is being offered on the Allegro internet auction site for 10,500 zloty, around 2,500 euro. The auction is set to close on 14 December.

 

Another domain name, PJN.org.pl, is also being offered on the auction site for 1,230 zloty, around 300 euro. (jb)