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seat as a
National Democracy candidate. Due to his age Okoń was not eligible for election so it was arranged for another candidate to stand in his place who would then resign to make way for Okoń. However, after being successfully elected the ghost candidate refused to step down, while Okoń's
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The statue of
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Okoń put his political ideas into action. At the start of
November 1918 he led a group of peasants to tear down the border posts near Radomyśl dividing the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria from the
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Catholic Church. After doing penance in
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and discussing issues of social justice, were at odds with the politics of
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from where his removal in 1911 caused protests amongst the local peasantry, before being defrocked in 1918 in response to his political activities.
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to a crowd of 30,000 in which he declared that a day of liberation, freedom and reckoning had dawned. During the rally the authority of the local
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the following year. In the early 1920s Okoń began to successfully campaign for his
Radical Peasant Party among the ethnic
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and Dąbrówka in 1924 and 1925, and is reputed to have organised a secret society of Kurpie peasants in
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Okoń gained over 1000 votes whilst standing for his
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issued an arrest warrant for Okoń who was subsequently apprehended at a rally in
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After completing his studies at the
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he was once again allowed to perform his duties as a priest. During
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838:. Politics and Society (7). Essays: Muzeum Historii Polski: 17.
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603:. Politics and Society (7). Essays: Muzeum Historii Polski: 17.
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alongside Dąbal, although the latter would leave to join the
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The first of seven siblings Eugeniusz Okoń was born on
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