NEWS

10/09/2024

12:19

Another Scuffle at the Smolensk Anniversary. Kaczyński: This is Putin-esque. Courts will judge them one day.

Michał Lubowicki

As part of the monthly observances of the Smolensk disaster organized by PiS, Jarosław Kaczyński laid a wreath at the monument to the victims of the catastrophe in Piłsudski Square in Warsaw, and then delivered a speech. In the background, the shouts of his opponents could be heard, chanting various slogans, including "you will be imprisoned."

"We are here so that you can see up close how this has been looking for many months, since the transfer of power to the coalition of December 13th. […] Those who are disruptive have the right to demonstrate, but they must be at least 100 meters away. The police used to fulfill this obligation, today they do not. They pretend that nothing is happening. Individual police officers sometimes react […], but those who command clearly have different orders," said the PiS leader.

He assessed: "This is yet another proof of brazen, unheard-of lawbreaking. Especially since the aggression, which can be described briefly as: this is, ladies and gentlemen, Putin-esque. What is on this inscription, which they place here every month, is nothing but a defense of Putin. It is something that is untrue, and it is an untruth that was already established in the investigation conducted by the Military Prosecutor's Office."

Kaczyński was referring to individuals who leave a wreath with a plaque every month at the monument, stating: "in memory of the 95 victims of Lech Kaczyński."

"Those who come here should be and will be the subject of interest of the special services. Those truly Polish and truly Polish courts, honest courts, will judge them one day," he stated.


Michał Lubowicki