PiS MP Michał Wójcik sings Krawczyk outside the Constitutional Tribunal, drawing government mockery

A song outside the Tribunal

On the evening of Wednesday, 4 November 2026, PiS MP Michał Wójcik performed Krzysztof Krawczyk's 'Jak minął dzień' on a stage in the protest camp outside the Constitutional Tribunal (TK) in Warsaw. TV Republika set up the stage and broadcast the performance live. Wójcik said the song was requested by protesters who have gathered in front of the TK for days, and that it followed an almost hour-long concert of patriotic songs. He also sang the religious hymn 'Barka', and members of the crowd joined in. Supporters of the demonstration have spoken of a coup for several days, a description that PiS, TV Republika and representatives of the Presidential Palace also apply to events of 30 October, when the leadership of the TK changed and police intervened.

Government mockery

Prime Minister Donald Tusk posted a line from the song on social media, mocking the protest. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński wrote that the 'PiS warriors for freedom and independence' were in good spirits. Government spokesman Adam Szłapka said the scene looked like 'the pacification', pointing to earlier fears that police could clear protesters' tents from in front of the TK. Konrad Piasecki, a TVN24 journalist, wrote that he heard of a national tragedy but saw a student festival. Wójcik answered him that the journalist did not understand, recalling that songs had been used against banditry at various points in Polish history. Wójcik later defended the performance on X shortly after midnight, writing:

“Singing is an element that lifts morale and shows that people are not in a state of permanent fear of the current authorities.”

A divided right

Some commentators argued that lighter moments give protesters a break, while others said they ridicule the protest and give the government ammunition. Krzysztof Rzońca, secretary general of Konfederacja, asked on X who would explain what the 'idiots' were doing. Waldemar Buda of Rozwój Plus wrote that the president had done a good job and then PiS had danced everything away. Paweł Jabłoński, a former PiS MP now with Rozwój Plus, called the episode a drama and an opposition from Donald Tusk's dreams. Jacek Karnowski, editor-in-chief of wPolsce24 and a columnist for Sieci, said that mocking social resistance is a long-standing tactic of those in power, recalling strikes of the 1980s. Jarosław Olechowski, head of publishers and representative of the station that organised the stage, answered Kierwiński:

“Here I see a cultured protest against your stalemate government, with no swearing of the kind asterisked out.”

Coalition criticism

Krzysztof Paszyk, head of the PSL parliamentary club, criticised the performance on the Graffiti programme on Polsat News on the morning of 5 November. He said that Wójcik and PiS had shown how they treat the state and the challenges it faces, adding:

“Mr Wójcik and his political camp have shown how they treat the state and the challenges it faces today, and that does not reflect well.”

Paszyk also said Poland faces serious security threats from the East and that the happening style of the protest does not match that situation.