Wałęsa skips Sierpień '80 anniversary
The former leader of Solidarity did not participate in the official Sunday ceremony for the third in a row, opting rather to place flowers under the Monument of Killed Shipyard Workers on Saturday. Wałęsa he did not want to watch the "show off of those who were sitting under the benches and now playing heroes."
However, the spirit of solidarity seemed to be missing during the Sunday event with the majority of the crowd comprising of right wing and Radio Maryja supporters. The public buzzed when the names of the main heroes of the events were mentioned including Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz and Lech Wałęsa.
"You are bringing shame to Solidarity. [...] But the truth will prevail," said Paweł Adamowicz, mayor of Gdańsk. President Lech Kaczyński claimed that "our society is not developing in line with the rule of social solidarity, but the rule is different, purely liberal". "And one has to fight with this," said Lech Kaczyński.
Sources: Dziennik, Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita (M.M.)
However, the spirit of solidarity seemed to be missing during the Sunday event with the majority of the crowd comprising of right wing and Radio Maryja supporters. The public buzzed when the names of the main heroes of the events were mentioned including Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz and Lech Wałęsa.
"You are bringing shame to Solidarity. [...] But the truth will prevail," said Paweł Adamowicz, mayor of Gdańsk. President Lech Kaczyński claimed that "our society is not developing in line with the rule of social solidarity, but the rule is different, purely liberal". "And one has to fight with this," said Lech Kaczyński.
Sources: Dziennik, Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita (M.M.)
