President Kaczyński past as justice minister comes back to haunt him

"The defense of an independent and free media requires a very serious approach. The jokes in this case are over," PO leader Donald Tusk announced yesterday during a press conference in Szczecin. Tusk added that he is counting on the support of Law and Justice (PiS) to create the commission. In a statement yesterday, President Lech Kaczyński did not exclude such a possibility. The President however, would become one of the most important witnesses in the investigation, as it appears he was the Minister responsible for the secret services spying on journalists. The National Prosecutor Janusz Kaczmarek declared that from the announcements made by prosecutors at the time, the Justice Minister had good grounds to believe that a crime was being committed and that he had the right to take such steps. (Rzeczpospolita, p.A5) A.K.