Former defense ministers: Antoni Macierewicz has to resign

Former Polish Defense Ministers have issued an open letter (which was published on the website of Gazeta Wyborcza) saying that their successor Antoni Macierewicz has to resign from his position. The officials wrote that the Law and Justice (PiS) government has undermined Poland’s position in Europe and NATO, and current Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz “discredited the potential of the Polish Army” when he said in 2015 that “the Polish armed forces had no capacity to ensure national security.” “Even the fiercest political struggle should not be waged at the expense of the interests of Poland. We believe that Antoni Macierewicz should not remain in office as defence minister,” the letter concludes. The appeal was signed by former defense ministers Bronisław Komorowski (a former president), Tomasz Siemoniak, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Radosław Sikorski and former deputy defense minister Janusz Zemke.