In the spotlight: Jan Lesiak
Documents discovered in the closet of a former SB (communist secret police) and UOP (State Protection Office) colonel, Jan Lesiak, include testimony by former UOP chief Jerzy Konieczny claiming that former Minister of the Interior Andrzej Milczanowski ordered surveillance of the right side of the political scene. A group headed by Lesiak monitored and infiltrated the right-wing parties, including the Kaczyński brothers' Center Agreement (PC), which had opposed then-President Lech Wałęsa and Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka.
The unearthed documents show that Lesiak's group worked at sowing dissent within and between opposition parties. Konieczny testified that Wałęsa, Suchocka, Milczanowski and the then-head of the Prime Minister's Office, Jan Rokita (currently one of Civic Platform's [PO] leaders), were asking for information on the country's political climate.
Law and Justice's deputies have appealed to PO to state its position on the case and claim that these documents are proof of Rokita's responsibility for the spying, although his name is not mentioned in the sections which detail the program.
"Rokita at least knew about [the infiltration], if he didn't inspire it," Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński claimed.
Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro promised to declassify further documents regarding the issue. Secret Service Coordinator Zbigniew Wasserman added that a previously discontinued investigation into those who gave Lesiak his orders could be resumed.
