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It is, but qualifications no longer matter. In fact, they are now seen as liabilities by the current regime.

StefanBatory 2y ago
To quote from previous Polish govt - "we do not hire experts, because when we hired experts they did not want to implement our program"
- Jtsummers 2y ago
  I'm unfamiliar with Polish politics, and a quote like that does not surprise me coming from politicians (see "alternative facts" in the first Trump administration to excuse outright lies), but do you have a source for that or at least a source for what you're paraphrasing if it's not a direct quote?
  - StefanBatory 2y ago
    It's this - it was from vice spokesman of PiS, Jarosław Fogiel. https://x.com/bezprawnik/status/1303967275373015043 https://x.com/bezprawnik/status/1303967275373015043 EDIT: Wait a second, I need to check something. EDIT 2: Huh, I think I fell for this the entire time. It's "Z podobnym problemem mierzyliśmy się, kiedy sprawowaliśmy władzę w latach 2005-2007. Wtedy poszliśmy w kierunku bardzo eksperckim, właśnie otwartych konkursów jeśli chodzi o rady nadzorcze. Trafiali tam eksperci z rynku, trafiały osoby z tytułami naukowymi, z SGH, z innych uczelni. No i problem okazał się taki, że ich sposób myślenia o gospodarce, o zarządzaniu był zupełnie sprzeczny z tym, co Prawo i Sprawiedliwość ma w swoim programie." Which translates to "We faced a similar problem when we were in power in 2005-2007. Then we went in a very expert direction, precisely open competitions when it came to supervisory boards. Experts from the market ended up there, people with academic degrees, from the Warsaw School of Economics, from other universities. Well, and the problem turned out to be that their way of thinking about the economy, about management was completely contrary to what Law and Justice has in its program." ... so that quote was from editiorial summarising it, not that person himself.
    - Jtsummers 2y ago
      Thanks. I appreciate you providing the actual quote and translation as well.

To quote from previous Polish govt - "we do not hire experts, because when we hired experts they did not want to implement our program"

Jtsummers 2y ago
I'm unfamiliar with Polish politics, and a quote like that does not surprise me coming from politicians (see "alternative facts" in the first Trump administration to excuse outright lies), but do you have a source for that or at least a source for what you're paraphrasing if it's not a direct quote?
- StefanBatory 2y ago
  It's this - it was from vice spokesman of PiS, Jarosław Fogiel. https://x.com/bezprawnik/status/1303967275373015043 https://x.com/bezprawnik/status/1303967275373015043 EDIT: Wait a second, I need to check something. EDIT 2: Huh, I think I fell for this the entire time. It's "Z podobnym problemem mierzyliśmy się, kiedy sprawowaliśmy władzę w latach 2005-2007. Wtedy poszliśmy w kierunku bardzo eksperckim, właśnie otwartych konkursów jeśli chodzi o rady nadzorcze. Trafiali tam eksperci z rynku, trafiały osoby z tytułami naukowymi, z SGH, z innych uczelni. No i problem okazał się taki, że ich sposób myślenia o gospodarce, o zarządzaniu był zupełnie sprzeczny z tym, co Prawo i Sprawiedliwość ma w swoim programie." Which translates to "We faced a similar problem when we were in power in 2005-2007. Then we went in a very expert direction, precisely open competitions when it came to supervisory boards. Experts from the market ended up there, people with academic degrees, from the Warsaw School of Economics, from other universities. Well, and the problem turned out to be that their way of thinking about the economy, about management was completely contrary to what Law and Justice has in its program." ... so that quote was from editiorial summarising it, not that person himself.
  - Jtsummers 2y ago
    Thanks. I appreciate you providing the actual quote and translation as well.