Kaczyński: Poland not truly free until Smolensk case closed
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
11.11.2016 10:36
Poland will not be “truly free” while the Smolensk disaster case remains open, Jarosław Kaczyński, the head of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, said to a crowd gathered outside the Presidential Palace in Warsaw.
Jarosław Kaczyński. Photo: Twitter.com/@pisorgpl
People gathered on Thursday as part of monthly remembrances of the 2010 Smolensk catastrophe, in which 96 people including Kaczyński's brother, who was president at the time, died when their plane crashed in western Russia.
Thursday’s monthly anniversary came a day ahead of Poland's Independence Day.
“Poland will not be truly free without the truth [...] without closing the Smolensk case, which has cast a long shadow on the life of our nation, our society,” Kaczyński said.
He added: “Our celebrations, our interventions, our fight for the truth to be revealed, for the victims of the Smolensk tragedy to be venerated, for monuments to be put up, is part of a bigger project, it's part of everything that we do for Poland's independence.”
The Law and Justice (PiS) party, which came to power last year, has reopened a probe into the 2010 presidential plane crash.
PiS politicians have challenged a report under Poland’s previous government which concluded the crash was an accident. (vb/pk)