PiS holds march 'in defense of freedom'

Poland's main opposition party Law and Justice (PiS) organized a march “in defense of democracy and freedom of the media” on Saturday, December 13. The event took place on the 33rd anniversary of the introduction of martial law in then-communist Poland. During the event, PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński claimed once again that the recent local election was rigged. “There will come a day when this election will be repeated,” he said. “This is a march of those who want to defend the right to choose authorities in free elections, to judge and to dismiss those authorities,” Kaczyński said. According to the organizers, some 30,000 people took part in the demonstration.