Polish anti-government group urges leader to resign
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
17.01.2017 18:39
The management board of Poland’s anti-government Committee for the Defence of Democracy (KOD) has called on the movement’s leader to resign after a financial scandal.
Mateusz Kijowski. Photo: Platforma Obywatelska RP/CC BY-SA 2.0/commons.wikimedia.org
In a statement published on Facebook on Tuesday, the board said it had "adopted a resolution expressing no confidence” in Mateusz Kijowski and “urging him to immediately step down.”
The move came after Kijowski admitted earlier this month that public donations to his movement - a focal point of opposition to Poland's governing Law and Justice (PiS) party - were used to pay his company for IT services.
Kijowski has previously apologised to supporters for exposing the movement to criticism.
But he has denied wrongdoing, saying in a statement: “Perhaps there was a lack of experience and prudence of my part, but I assure you that there is no dishonesty involved in this matter.”
Senior politicians from the governing Law and Justice party have slammed Kijowski while the opposition has said that the finances of social movements should be transparent.
(pk)
Source: IAR