In order for Poland to be great, it must be united in fundamental matters – the Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish appealed at the grave of Vincent Witos. In Wierzchosławice there were celebrations dedicated to the leader of the folk movement and 3 times Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland. The head of the MON recalled Witos' message of love for the land of his homeland and called for work for the safety of the country.
Witos breaths in Podtarnowskie Wierzchosławice were held on Sunday. At the yearly gathering commemorating Witos and the heroes of the folk movement, they went to his native village of folk from all over the country.
– Vincents Witos He is the Prime Minister of our freedom,” said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and president of PSL during the ceremony. He recalled that it was Witos who took work in 1920 at the most hard minute Wars with Bolsheviks and formed a government of national unity. The Minister of Defence emphasized that, as Witos defended Poland against Bolsheviks, so now the current power must defend the country against “the forces of evil”. The head of the MON indicated the top threats to Poland, i.e. the hybrid war at the border, the war in cyberspace and acts of diversion and sabotage. “For Poland to be great, it must be united in fundamental matters,” Kosiniak-Kamish appealed. As fundamental issues he mentioned the right state, the safety of Poland and the prosperity of citizens. He stressed that following these issues protects the country and makes us feel safe. I invitation and call. This is Witos's number 1 message about love for the land of his homeland – the Deputy Prime Minister noted.
Minister of Defence besides spoke about another Polish hero – General Tadeusz Rozwadowski, the first Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army in the reborn Poland. He recalled that on October 28, 106 years have passed since the General was appointed to this post. He announced that he would ask president Andrzej Duda to posthumously give General Rozwadowski the Order of the White Eagle. In addition, the search for the General's burial site is to be undertaken. The Deputy Prime Minister recalled that he was buried in 1928 among his soldiers at the Lvov suspect Cemetery. erstwhile the communists destroyed this cemetery after 1945, the Polish patriots hid the general's body, but it is inactive unknown where. “We gotta find this place and bury Gen. Rozwadowski with dignity,” stressed Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
Witos dunes have been organized since the early 1960s. “We always come here with an open heart, open minds and the hope that from here we will draw wisdom, that here we will gain an interior confirmation that what we do for Poland, for another communities, for public life is right and serves Poland and Poles”, said Ryszard Ochwat, president of the Society of Friends of the Wincenty Witos Museum in Wierzchosławice, organizer of the ceremony. This year’s Souls were part of the celebration of the year of Vincent Witos, which parliament established for 2024, on the 150th birthday of politics. The celebration began with a mass in the parish church in Wierzchosławice for Witos and another folk activists. Then a memorial appeal was held at the close cemetery at the tomb of Witos, where flowers were besides placed.
Vincenty Witos was 1 of the fathers of Polish independence and 1 of the main builders of the Second Republic, as well as its three-time Prime Minister. He came from a peasant household from the Podtarnian village of Wierzchosławice. For many years he was active in the folk movement and, among others, headed the PSL “Piast”. In 1918 he headed the Polish Elimination Commission, and from 1919 he was a associate of the Polish Parliament. During the Polish-Bolshevik War as Prime Minister of the National Defence Government, he contributed to the enlistment of peasants to the Polish Army. In 1930, he was imprisoned by the sanatorium authorities in the Brest fortress. During the Second War, he rejected the German proposal to make a co-operative government and was imprisoned. After the war he became president of the Polish People's Party. He died in Kraków on 31 October 1945 and was buried in his native village.
