Macierewicz accuses Tusk of diplomatic treason

Poland's defense minister Antoni Macierewicz filed a motion with the prosecutor's office accusing the European Council President Donald Tusk of “abuse of trust in foreign relations.” Charges stem from the 2010 Smoleńsk plane crash, which took lives of President Lech Kaczyński and 95 others. According to Macierewicz, Tusk was working with Vladimir Putin to hurt Polish interests. “Tusk made an illegal contract with Vladimir Putin to the detriment of Poland and should bear criminal responsibility for that,” he said in an interview with Gazeta Polska Codziennie daily, accusing former Polish PM of agreeing to terms that prevented Poland from playing a full part in investigating the causes of the crash. A spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office in Warsaw confirmed it had received the ministry's notification, which effectively accuses Tusk of diplomatic treason. It now has 30 days to decide whether to investigate. Tusk called the accusations “an obsession.” “This is not a matter of legal or political nature, it is purely about emotions and obsessions,” he said.