2023-05-12 23:28:11
Political storm over ‘possible Russian missile’ found deep in Poland
The announcement of the discovery of the remains of a missile “probably Russian” in the heart of Poland caused a political storm in Warsaw, with the opposition crying foul and demanding the resignation of the Minister of Defence, who aims to make his country a European military power.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said he only learned about the affair at the end of April, although the Chief of the Defense Staff, General Rajmund Andrzejczak, claims to have informed those responsible. “at the time of the events”.
On Friday, the National Security Bureau (BBN) attached to Polish President Andrzej Duda, who under the Constitution is the supreme commander of the armed forces, stressed that the information it has on the incident “would not justify personal decisions within the command of the armed forces”. According to the BBN, “no conclusion was presented to the president”in that case.
Without commenting on the accusations made against him, the commander of the operational forces, General Tomasz Piotrowski, called on Friday to ” the reason “To “weighing the emotions”saying do ” trust “ to the Polish courts.
The leader of the centrist Polish opposition, Donald Tusk, meanwhile estimated that “the first decision” to take was that of dismissing Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak who, according to him, is trying to “hide behind the generals”. Former centrist Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak, for his part, called “propaganda” the promise repeatedly made by the current holder of this post that Poland will have within two years “the most powerful army in Europe”. “The king is naked”concluded Mr. Siemoniak in front of the press.
For its part, the left has denounced ” The lie “ et “manipulations” power.
According to the Polish media, the missile, on which one could discern inscriptions in Cyrillic, had no armed head, which no official source has ever confirmed to date.
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