Opinion: Polish ruling party placed stake on fear
The election campaign has already begun in Poland, with the ruling party and the opposition presenting their programmes. In her talk with ONT TV channel, Olga Lazorkina, an analyst with the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Studies, reflected on why Belarus is increasingly being mentioned during the election campaign in Poland.
The expert noted, “Fear is a very effective tool in the election programme. Remember millions of refugees from Ukraine, refugees on the Belarusian-Polish border. The situation inside Poland as a whole is escalating, so they are placing stakes on fear. And this done by all the parties. They have two main directions: fear and making as many promises as possible. Even the Polish press says that they are already a little nauseous from the amount of everything that is promised. And who will pay for all this? The question is already being asked.”
Olga Lazorkina is confident that we will hear other reversals next, “At the same time, the election campaign itself is striking not only by this escalation of the situation, but also by a certain primitivism of the technologies that are used, including the constant mention of Belarus. We would never have had the honour of participating in their election campaign. Moreover, everyone – both the opposition and the current government – is building an election campaign, including on the basis of our country.”
