Smolensk exhumations starting
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
14.11.2016 09:29
The remains of president Lech Kaczyński and his wife Maria will be the first of the victims of the 2010 Smolensk disaster to be exhumed, in a procedure on Monday.
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The First Couple were among 96 people who died in the plane crash on 10 April in western Russia. They were buried at the Wawel castle in Kraków.
The State Prosecutor has said that a total of 10 exhumations will be performed this year. A total of 83 of the victims will be exhumed in a process that is expected to last until autumn-winter of 2017.
“I confirm, because there is absolutely no secret that exhumations will begin [in] Wawel with the exhumation of the President,” deputy General Prosecutor Marek Pasionek said last week.
The exhumations are part of an ongoing investigation by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party into the causes of the crash.
In a recent speech, PiS head Jarosław Kaczyński, twin brother of the late president, said that Poland will not be “truly free” while the Smolensk disaster case remains open.
PiS politicians have challenged a report under Poland’s previous government which concluded the crash was an accident. (rg)