– Dear fellow countrymen, ladies and gentlemen, it has been 15 years and I inactive have in front of that Warsaw and the coffins of the presidential couple and my dead friends standing in the palace. They created a mourning avenue, which walked on an endless march of Poles paying tribute to them," said president Andrzej Duda in a message on the anniversary of the Smolensk disaster.
– Lech Kaczyński's office was empty, at the door of the offices of those who left were burning candles. The Presidential Palace, usually vibrant, resounding with conversations and meetings, abruptly froze. It was filled with silence and despair," added the president.
– I besides have in front of my eyes the large building of the prosector in Moscow and its dark rooms, where the bodies of the victims of the Smolensk tragedy were located," said Duda.
15th anniversary of the Smolensk disaster. “Russian land again absorbed Polish blood”
The president stressed that the Smolensk disaster is inactive "a large unrepentant wound in the hearts of families, relatives and friends of the dead." He added that “the Republic of Poland suffered an tremendous loss, we all Poles”.
– The outstanding statesman, the president Lech Kaczyński, his wife Maria Kaczyńska and the president of Poland in exile, Ryszard Kaczorowski, died. Representatives of the President's Chancellery, the Council of Ministers, representatives of all political forces died – Duda said.
– Officials, social activists, state-owned public servants died. Generals, commanders of the armed forces died, I am excellent scholars, clergymen, people of culture. The officers of the Government Protection Office and all the aircraft staff died," he stressed.
– Russian dirt absorbed Polish blood again. Dear fellow countrymen, president Lech Kaczyński, for whom an crucial part of the public mission was restoring the fact about our history, gave his life in order to pay tribute to those whose Soviets and communists tried to erase from national memory. He went where in the intention of enemies and traitors of Poland the lie was to triumph over the fact forever," Duda stated.
"The Catastrophe has received 96 prominent compatriots from Poland". Andrzej Duda on his anniversary
The president said that in a speech prepared for the Katyn celebrations, which Lech Kaczyński had no time to speak, but wrote that in the way to reconciliation 1 needs partnership, dialog equal to equal, not imperial longing. The Katyn crime will always remind of the threat of enslavement and demolition of people and nations, the power of lies.
– He was the president of the future based on fact and concern for the destiny of subsequent generations of Poles, a visionary who could admit geopolitical challenges and threats – he said.
Andrzej Duda besides recalled the 2008 words of president Lech Kaczyński from Tbilisi, erstwhile he warned the planet about the rebirth of Russian imperialism.
“The disaster took Poland distant from 96 prominent compatriots, yet from this large failure a community was born. On those memorable days, many people decided to engage in public affairs. The bottom-up social initiatives and the level of cooperation for the common good were created," said Duda.
He stressed that "such Poland – ambitious, assured place in Europe and in the world, conscious of its history, strong solidarity of citizens and building the power of its army, is the best consequence to contemporary threats and reborn Russian imperialism".
– Only in this way will we fulfill the will of the murdered in Katyn and the will of those who died on 10 April in Smolensk. Hi to their memory," said the president.
The article is updated.
Disaster of the presidential plane close Smolensk
15 years ago President Lech Kaczyński died in the plane crash close Smolensk., his wife Maria Kaczyńska and 94 others, among them many advanced government officials and military commanders.
On April 10, 2010, the aircraft took off from the Warsaw airport just before 7.30 p.m. He flew to Smolensk, from where members of the delegation by car They were to go to Katyn, where an anniversary ceremony was planned at 9.30 a.m.
At an hour. 8:41 The plane crashed close Smolensk-Siernier Airport. All on board died: 89 delegation members and 7 Tu-154M crew members.
On the same day, a national mourning was announced, which lasted until 18 April until 24:00.
