Macierewicz: Martial Law initiators stripped of their army ranks
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Poland’s Ministry of Defence declared on Tuesday that former Generals and Polish Communist Party leaders Wojciech Jaruzelski and Czesław Kiszczak will be stripped of their army ranks. “I want to tell Poles that today was the last time [that] any officer of the Ministry of Defence will use the word ‘general’ [beside] the name of Mr. Jaruzelski. We are taking legal steps to strip the ranks of both Mr. Jaruzelski and [also] Czesław Kiszczak…[they] do not deserve to wear the military ranks,” the Minister of Defence said, Antoni Macierewicz said.
The announcement was timed to mark the 35th anniversary of the beginning of Martial Law in Poland, during which time Jaruzelski’s administration imposed severe restrictions on the freedom of movement of Polish citizens and also gave permission for troops to fire on citizens.
