The One-Month Anniversary of the Smolensk Disaster and the Cries of Protesters. Police Intervened.
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Tensions flared and police intervened in Piłsudski Square during the monthly commemoration of the Smolensk disaster. Protesters disrupted the commemorations. Jarosław Kaczyński spoke of "rudeness" and "Putinad."
Every Smolensk monthly commemoration must end this way: with an attempt by PiS opponents to disrupt the commemorations and an outrageous speech by Jarosław Kaczyński. This time, however, PiS vice president Antoni Macierewicz also clashed with protesters. The weapon was... a paintball gun.
Jarosław Kaczyński stood again in front of the Smolensk monument, and the same ritual took place again. A speech, counter-protesters, shouting, police, scuffles, and mutual accusations. Years pass, governments change, parties rise and fall, but on the tenth of the month, the center of Warsaw still becomes a site of political brawl. It's hard to understand what purpose this serves, other than to perpetuate the conflict that […]
PiS President Jarosław Kaczyński said that we should believe that justice will return to Poland and the years of ruining the country will end. As every tenth day of the month, the leader of PiS together with the politicians of this party paid tribute in Warsaw to the victims of the Smolensk disaster. The celebration was interrupted by a group of people.
Thursday's Smolensk commemoration in Warsaw was marred by violent disputes and police intervention. Media reports and recordings of the ceremony indicate that attempts were made to drown out Jarosław Kaczyński's speech with shouting. The Law and Justice leader responded with harsh accusations, directed at both the counter-protesters and the ruling camp.
Thursday's Smolensk monthly commemorations were disrupted by protesters. Jarosław Kaczyński spoke of an "incredible lack of civility" and "rudeness," and linked those disrupting the ceremony to Russian agents.
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