The point today is not when the early elections take place. The point is whether the public is fully informed about the irregularities in the functioning of the special services.
Poles' historical experience in this regard is really clear: when the services get out of control, start interfering with politics and violating civic rights, it means bad times are coming for Poland.
The special services are always like an angry dog on a leash. As long as they are under control, they guard the state's and its citizens' security. When they slip the leash, they become a threat to the state and its citizens.
The words, spoken by a prominent Civic Platform politician, that the parliamentary committee of inquiry that should investigate the CBA's operation against Mr Lepper or the death of
Barbara Blida 'must not finish off' the
PiS mean, in fact, that these scandals will be swept under the carpet.
It is a duty of all those who care about democracy to stick to principles. Consent to such practices reduces Poland to the level of a banana republic.
translated by Marcin Wawrzyńczak
