Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff
“In most democracies, journalists and others try to pressure elected officials to admit their failings. In Poland, a prime minister who has been in power only nine months has ordered his Cabinet ministers to do just that. He asked them to ‘examine their conscience’ and report on ‘things that are not going well.’ Confessions, of course, are best done voluntarily, yet Prime Minister Donald Tusk has tapped in to an aspect of Polish religious culture that sees confession as a healing moment, an opportunity to let go of sin. He seeks to reach citizens who did not vote for his party in elections last October as well as his own supporters made unhappy by the slow pace of reforms. Only a small number of 100 reforms promised by Mr. Tusk have been implemented.” (09/03/24)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2024/0903/Poland-s-moment-of-conscience