Mateusz Morawiecki has blamed LGBTQ+ activist Bart Staszewski, who organised a protest against the country’s LGBTQ+ free zones, for the global backlash the Polish government has received regarding their treatment of the queer community.
Staszewski travelled to areas which signed pledges agreeing to oppose ‘any acts of tolerance’ towards LGBTQ+ people, where he attached posters saying ‘LGBTQ+ free zone’ next to town signs.Morawiecki has accused Staszewski of creating a ‘hoax’, saying “He completely falsified reality.
To call it fake news would not do it justice. It was a deep fake.” He believes the protest has falsely led people to believe there were human rights issues in Poland.