Poland
Polish government to prosecute German newspaper for insulting the Polish president
Warsaw, Poland July 7, 2006 The Polish President's staff and the Polish Government ruling coalition party, Law and Justice, have been in the uproar over an article that was printed in a German newspaper which article, described that as a satire and placed in the newspaper where satirical articles are normally placed, the Polish president apparently took as an insult and canceled his attendance of the meeting of the Weimar TrianglePolish Stae Affair.
Former Polish ministers of foreign affairs sent to the Polish president, Lech Kaczynski, a letter that denounced his cancellation of the attendance of this meeting for a minor health matter. This letter created more turmoil and reactions from the ruling government coalition.
The President's staff came to his defense. The Polish President's Under Secretary of State For Foreign Affairs was a very definite in his announcement on television that even though President Kaczynski missed a meeting, the Visgard Group would continue to exist. Polish journalists do not understand why this man is concerned about the VisGard Group when the meeting was for the Weimar triangle.
Another member of the staff criticized the foreign ministers by saying that even at a toothache would make it difficult for the Polish President to properly conduct a meeting.
One of the further reactions has been the submission to the public prosecutor of a request to investigate the German newspaper and to present charges against them for insulting the Polish President.
The Polish President has continued to remain in seclusion while he recovers from his illness in Poland. No information is available about exactly what the illness is.
