Why have the Poles taken to the streets? Because we are fed up with the fact that the authorities are violating the Constitution, that the rule of law is in ruin, that the courts and independent judges have been made irrelevant, and that the principles of democracy that were built since 1989 by previous Polish governments have been undermined.
That the courts have been destroyed and have been taken over with pseudo judges supporting the ruling party, turning the Constitutional Court into a political dummy that issues politically favorable rulings.
We because of the destruction of the Independent Prosecutor's Office which has become a tool in the hands of politicians. Institutions of the state have ceased to serve citizens and provide what the government wants to achieve.
We are marching because of the arrogance of those in power who have packed public companies with their own people; we are marching because of the unprecedented scale of nepotism.
We are marching against all the steps that are designed to take us out of the European Union; we are marching to protest the political fight against our EU allies and friends.
We are fighting against the regime that gets away with every law it wants to pass, a regime that attacks social minority groups, e.g. the LGBT community. The regime does not support people with disabilities, recognizing that it is too small and unimportant of an electorate for them.
We are marching because of 28 new fees and taxes levied by the regime, using the entrepreneurial class for its own political purposes; we are marching because it has been destroying the independent media, independent journalists, and freelancers.
The authorities have been doing purges in culture for past years by withholding funding to independent cultural centers, theaters, and NGOs. At the same time, they fight local governments by limiting funding and blocking investments.
More than 2 billion zlotys – that's how much the European Commission has already deducted from Poland for fines imposed by the EU Court of Justice. The penalty imposed on Poland in connection with the changes made by the Polish government is the highest ever charged in the history of the European Union.
The writer is a Polish citizen living in Poland. At the request of the writer, Israel Hayom has withheld her full details.
