The subcommittee led by Antoni Macierewicz destroyed the Tu-154M aircraft with the number 102, a duplicate device for the 1 that crashed under Smolensk, said present in the Sejm Deputy Minister of defence Cezary Tomczyk. Earlier, Macerewicz had accused Donald Tusk's erstwhile government of this.
Tupolev's last flight in the Air Force. Landing at military base in Minsk Mazowiecki, 26.10.2011
Today's session of the Sejm began with a verbal clash between politicians from the current and erstwhile head of the Ministry of Defence. Before noon, the Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Caesary Tomczyk answered the questions of Members. Antoni Macierewicz, formerly Minister of Defence in the Law and Justice government, then head of the subcommittee investigating the origin of the Smolensk disaster, entered the platform. – I would like to find out why the Deputy Minister of National Defence hides the fact of the demolition of Tu-154 aircraft number 102 in 2012 – he asked. mentioned by Macerewicz Tupolev is the duplicate device of the 1 who on April 10, 2010 crashed, approaching landing in Smolensk. According to the erstwhile head of the MON, in August 2012, specialists investigating aircraft number 102 detected an engine failure. However, the failure, as he argues, was not removed. The plane hasn't flown since. This was to be the work of Donald Tusk's then government. “Tomczyk accuses the demolition of this plane of the Smolensk Subcommittee, which began to survey it 4 years later,” said Macerewicz and added: “Besides lying and fraud, what is the real intent of Mr Tomczyk’s action on this matter?” he asked.
– The old Polish adverb says, "Strike the table and the scissors will speak." We welcome the scissors in the hall – reposted Tomczyk. According to him, Macerewicz tries to accuse others of his actions due to the fact that he fears responsibility. “If I were him, I would besides be afraid,” said the deputy chief of the MON today. “The fact is that between 2016 and 2017, you and your squad of people, due to the fact that I will not say “experts”, destroyed this aircraft, cut it with saws and grinders,” he informed. These activities were intended to constitute a kind of experimentation and supply an answer to the question of the nature of the harm to the device crashed in the Smolensk area.
Currently Tupolev's destiny with number 102 is dealt with by the KG Military Police Investigation Division. Investigation supervised by the Warsaw territory Attorney's Office concerns the alleged breach of powers by members of the Smolensk Subcommittee. A fewer weeks ago, investigators ruled that the device suffered irreparable damage, which is to the detriment of the state interest. The subcommittee itself no longer exists. At the end of 2023 it was disbanded by current defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
Meanwhile, seismic emotions grew during subsequent appearances. Deputy Minister Tomczyk besides referred to the issue of protection, which Macierewicz was covered after the filing of the office. The erstwhile minister argued that his successor, Mariusz Błaszczak, was liable for this decision. Meanwhile, as Tomczyk commanded, (later presented the documents), the protection was granted due to the fact that Macierewicz himself sought it. The outgoing minister was assigned an armed soldier to the Military Police, as well as a car with a driver. – The car drove 378,054 km between 2018 and 1923, utilizing 46,060 litres of petrol. The taxpayers paid over PLN 230,300 for this – Tomczyk calculated. “It seems to me that this is the reason for many another lies that we will show to the public, due to the fact that I think that the biggest remedy for your lies is precisely facts and truth,” argued the deputy chief of the MON.
Macierewicz tried to talk again, but failed. The president of the session, Deputy talker of the Sejm, cut off the exchange of views by citing the Sejm's Rules of Procedure.
The current session of the Sejm is the last before the holiday.
