PM seeks retribution for internal party criticism

The head of Law and Justice (PiS) and outgoing Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński wants to punish three former deputy heads of the party, namely Ludwik Dorn, Kazimierz Ujazdowski, and Paweł Zalewski, for criticizing the way the party is run. According to the PM, it is an issue of honor that PiS deputies who have anything against the party should excuse themselves from the Sejm. "If someone radically disagrees with the line of the party, does not want to operate within a joint undertaking, then this person should resign from their mandate as a Sejm deputy. This is an honorary obligation. I hope these men do not lack honor," announced Kaczyński during an interview yesterday. Former deputy heads of the party, who decided to step down from their party posts when their requests to change the way the party is managed was rejected by Kaczyński, do not plan to resign from their deputy mandates, nor end their membership in PiS. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1, Dziennik, p. 3; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 6) A.K.