a protest against the ineffectiveness of measures to support businesses affected by the epidemic of the coronavirus began at 15.00 on the Castle square in the centre of the Polish capital. The participants planned to March to the Parliament building, but police prevented this procession in the beginning, the crowd of protesters surrounded a dense ring and declaring to them that the demonstration was illegal. Clashes with the police the participants, after which, as reported in his Twitter, law enforcement officials, they “had to use force in the form of physical coercion and gas.” Part of the demonstrators were detained, the part broke out of the encirclement and “spread” around the city. The protesters staged a picket near located near the area headquarters of the ruling party “law and justice”, and the most persistent went to the building of the Prime Minister’s office.
One of the organizers of the March – the presidential candidate of Poland entrepreneur Paul Tanaino – was forced to seek medical help due to the fact that he, according to witnesses, tear gas was in my eyes. A member of the upper house of Parliament Jacek Brown arrested despite parliamentary immunity, and taken to the police van, so that, according to police reports, refused.
Saturday’s rally was not and could not be agreed upon by the city authorities. In Poland from March 20 the mode of the epidemic, therefore, as reported local TV channel TVN24 representative of the city Council Carolina Galecke still, the government order in connection with COVID-19, prohibiting mass gatherings, what the organizers of the demonstration had informed. Entrepreneurs tried to challenge this decision in the Warsaw district court, but he sided with city hall.
Recall that in Poland today was 18 257 cases of infection with coronavirus, 915 people died. From 20 April, the country began a phased removal of restrictions, may 4, were shops and large shopping centres. But, according to Polish employers ‘ Federation and the Confederation Lewiatan, in the period from 16 March to 05 may Polish economy has lost 106 billion PLN. Last Saturday in Warsaw was held a similar demonstration. Paul Tanaino explained on his page on Facebook: “We want to demand that money to help businessmen interested in the bureaucratic apparatus.”
in addition, the protesters demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Mateusz Moravcova and health Minister Lukas Cholovskogo. Protesters at the Prime Minister’s office were holding Polish flags and posters and, judging by the shots taken in the centre of Warsaw, many of them were without masks. May 9, police said about 60 detainees, participants, mouths and noses which have not been covered all week get KVI��as well on penalties. Recall that in mid-April for appearing in public without masks in Poland face a fine of $ 120.
