March through Warsaw passed CODE entitled “We the People” – Virtual Poland

• CODE march in Warsaw under the slogan “We the People”
 

 • Data on the demonstrators are divergent
 

 • The participants of the march spoke, among others, Grzegorz Schetyna and Ryszard Petru
 

 • Leader CODE read a letter from Lech Walesa to demonstrators
 

passed through Warsaw demonstration organized by the Committee for the Defence of Democracy entitled “We the People”. The participants gathered in the afternoon in front of the National Stadium – where he was read a letter from Lech Walesa – and went on Pilsudski Square. According to the city authorities was attended by more than 80,000 people. Such information in your profile on Twitter handed Deputy Mayor of Warsaw Jaroslaw Jozwiak. Spokesman for the Metropolitan Police, asp. pcs. Mariusz Mrozek in an interview with Polish Virtual confirmed that the demonstration proceeded very peacefully. – According to our estimates, we made to the police that was attended by 15,000 people – said when asked about the number of participants.

According to the leader CODE Matthew Kiev final number of participants could reach up to 200 thousand. people.
 

– We have come to show that the most important value is freedom and democracy, and on their guard stands constitution – said at the beginning of the manifestation of the leader of Committee for the Defence of Democracy Matthew Kiev. – When power corrupts right, we citizens, we can fix them. We can write their own laws, collect signatures, so that the parliament had to be addressed, such is the strength of the nation – he stressed.
 

– do not let us pick up the Polish, does not allow pick up our history and our achievements, we will not give our freedom – said Kiev. In his opinion, after 100 days of the government, it is necessary to demand the independence of the Constitutional Court, free public media, efficient and independent public service. – We must defend our right to privacy, we must defend the independence of the prosecution, we have to defend our rights of ownership and voting rights. Polish We want free and open – he said.
 

He stressed that the purpose of the meeting is to demonstrate solidarity with Lech Walesa – “a symbol of a victorious struggle for freedom and democracy, in Poland, in Europe and throughout the world.”
 

CODE leader read a letter from b. The president. “I remembered the papers suggests to me by the SB, which I signed, believing that the new government, shaken by the December tragedy will change their attitude towards the workers. We never agreed to cooperate, I never harmed anyone, but this experience has taught me that only joint action gives chance of success. But not only that. it also gives a sense of security. You cease to be alone “- wrote in a read out the list of Walesa.
 

“We have repeatedly persuaded me that I betrayed Solidarity and headed the licensed trade unions. Do not succumbed to this pressure” – assured b. The leader of the “S”.
 

“In the worst dreams did not expect that, after years of struggle for freedom, after years of repression, searches and arrests, the camera democratic state hit us, persecuted opponents of the communist system” – wrote Walesa. He also those who were born already in free Poland, “Do not let anyone tell you it’s secret services have brought us freedom and independence. Do not let the system that we enslaved root in your minds and hearts. Independence and zagospodarowaliśmy freedom we have gained and we. we, Solidarity. we, the Polish society. we, the people “- read Kiev.
 

The head of PO Grzegorz Schetyna said at the rally that you have to defend the symbol of Polish history, Polish victory – Lech Walesa.
 He recalled the events of the Gdansk Shipyard of 31 August 1980, which began the fall of the communist system. – Let us remember this and let the world remember this – appealed Schetyna. He also spoke about the fact that defense requires Polish citizens, Polish smiling, Poland proud of its history – as he explained – before hatred, resentment, denunciation and surveillance. – Total defend Poland against bad people, together defend Poland against the president Jaroslaw Kaczynski – he added.
 

The leader of Modern Ryszard Petru said that “it’s been 100 days of breaking the law.” – I’m afraid it could be worse – he said. _ It was 100 days, where the word “information” has been replaced by the word “propaganda” when the conversation was replaced by surveillance when the smile was replaced aggression – he said. – We’ll make Jaroslaw Kaczynski resigned to – he concluded.
 

Before hours. 14 demonstration before the National Stadium went Poniatowski Bridge and further al. Jerozolimskie and Marszalkowska and the Royal Square Pilsudski. Participants were pinned to clothing plaque with the inscription: “CODE unites not divides”, “Worse sort” and cotillions in the national colors. They carried white-and-red flags and the EU, trumpets and banners with slogans: “Democracy encoded in our hearts,” “Mr. Rydzyk pass dollars to Krakow fumes.” “Elblag for democracy, not for surveillance,” “IPN- Institute PiS Hatred”, “Spring, summer, autumn, winter – all ours, PiS ni ma”, “Kwa vadis? POLISH?” “If I’m here with the code is I’m with the nation. ”
 

There were also many banners expressing solidarity with Lech Walesa, among others, “Solidarity with Lech” “Young wall behind Walesa”, “Lech builds – PiS ruin.” “Polish super hero”, “We the people with Lech Walesa,” “When the foundations country shakes, we’re at Walesa.”
 

Among the demonstrators were collected signatures for civil draft law on the Constitutional Court.
 

After hours. 15 face the march reached the Pilsudski Square. In anticipation of the access of all participants viewed a video of Walesa’s speech in 1989 before the United States Congress. He was then played out the anthem of the European Union, after which spoke, among others, one of the initiators of the establishment of CODE Krzysztof Lozinski, President of the Democratic Party Elizabeth Bińczycka and representatives of the Green Party Marek Kossakowski and Małgorzata Tracz.
 

So support for Walesa was held on Saturday, also in Wroclaw. It was attended by several hundred people. Manifestation was organized by CODE and the Wroclaw branch of “Gazeta Wyborcza”. Gathered they chanted, among others, “Lech Walesa”; They formed also pl. Salt alive subtitle “Lech Walesa.”
 

Another manifestation announced Pomeranian CODE. It will take place on Sunday, in the chair. 14 in Gdansk Solidarity Square in front of the Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers.