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February 17, 2007

I've got principles coming out of my ears

Marcin Wojciechowski of Gazeta Wyborcza (Feb 13th) takes the unfortunate minister for agriculture, Andrzej Lepper, to task for questioning the wisdom of locating an anti-missile shield in Poland. “In matters of state as important as the missile shield only the competent members of government should speak out, not the minister for agriculture, and never outside of the country,” he writes, continuing “Lepper has broken both these principles” -- principles which Wojciechowski made up on the spot. The idea of collective cabinet responsibility appears to be alien to both politicians and journalists in Poland. It's perfectly okay here to blame Lepper for – e.g.-- the pork mountain, even if you are in a coalition with him. And how dare a (democratically elected) farmer speak out about national defence, eh?

Posted by hgrodsk at February 17, 2007 07:05 PM

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