Polish lawmakers voted on Friday to carry nationalist opposition chief Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s immunity from prosecution, which means he can face costs referring to a scuffle throughout a commemorative occasion for an air catastrophe.
Activist Zbigniew Komosa accuses Kaczynski, chief of the Legislation and Justice (PiS) occasion, of assault, saying he hit him twice within the face throughout an anniversary commemoration of the air crash in Smolensk, Russia, through which Kaczynski’s twin brother and president of Poland, Lech, and 95 others have been killed in 2010.
Kaczynski stated Komosa had repeatedly introduced wreaths with offensive inscriptions to the Smolensk monument in Warsaw and that he was appearing “in self-defence”.
The crash in thick fog close to Smolensk was Poland’s worst air catastrophe since World Battle Two and surprised the nation. It additionally deepened political divisions and revived suspicions about Russia, Warsaw’s former Chilly Battle grasp.
Kaczynski and his supporters imagine the crash was not attributable to pilot error, as concluded in an official investigation by Poland’s centrist authorities, however by foul play and Russian interference. Russia denied any involvement.
Kaczynski’s immunity as a lawmaker has been stripped solely relating to Komosa’s costs.
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