Hartman Kim, Applebaum. It was created Committee for the Defense of Democracy – Television Republic

Democracy is at stake – announced the founding facebook group Committee for the Defense of Democracies, who decided to respond to the “appropriation of state” by the PiS. “What unites us is that we are free people and we want to continue to live in their own democratic country”, – emphasized.

“The actions of power, its disregard for the law and democratic custom compel us to express resolute opposition. We do not want Polish totalitarian, closed for thinking differently than makes power, we do not want Polish full of frustration and desire for revenge “- is written in the manifesto of the group.

CODE invites you to cooperation of all,” which are important democratic values, regardless of political views and religion “. “We do not agree on violations of the Constitution and the introduction of an abuse of the mechanisms of democracy, authoritarianism (…) What unites us is that we are free people and we want to continue to live in their own democratic country where no one will we dictated how we live and what professed values ​​”- emphasize the founders.

Although the code was created for the time being, only on Facebook,” Gazeta Wyborcza “depicts him as a” spontaneous movement “, which was created in response to the first week of the PiS government. Official says that the code refers to the anti-Communist Workers’ Defense Committee, which worked, among others, Antoni Macierewicz. The symbol of the movement, which was published on the facebook page of the CODE is a resistor which, in the communist and martial law was clipped to clothing as a symbol of resistance against the communist authorities.

The weekly “Polityka” he writes on his website that the CODE joined already, among others, John Hartman, journalist of “Newsweek” Cezary Łazarewicz and Renata Kim and Anne Applebaum, columnist of “The Washington Post” and the wife of former Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski.

The initiative triggered a wave of leftist environmentally comments to journalists and columnists. “What times of the NRA,” – writes on Twitter BBC journalist Kamil Biedrzycka – Osica. “CODE is some hysteria. And now the use of resistors as a symbol of opposition to authority PIS, like symbol of opposition to the Communist Party, this stupidity” – says Jacek Nizinkiewicz in turn, journalist of “Rzeczpospolita”.

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