Polish defence minister receives first 'Patriot of the Year' award
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
23.10.2016 12:08
Polish Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz received the “Patriot of the Year” award on Saturday in Kraków, southern Poland.
Antoni Macierewicz during the award ceremony on Saturday. Photo: PAP/Jacek Bednarczyk
This was the first time that the award, granted by associates of the city's Biały Kruk religious publishing house, was presented.
“It is a great privilege to be able to serve my homeland, an independent Poland,” Macierewicz said during the award ceremony at the Kraków Opera.
During a speech at the ceremony, Janusz Kawecki, a member of the National Council for Radio and Television, said that: “There is no freedom without truth. The fight for truth is service to the Fatherland. Antoni 'dared to be wise' from a young age.”
Macierewicz was a founder of the Workers' Defense Committee (KOR) in 1976, which was a precursor of the Solidarity trade union.
He has served as defence minister since late 2015. (rg)