Jolanta Lange, formerly Gontarczyk, was called upon to return the Silver Cross of Merit which she received in 1997 from president Alexander Kwasniewski for "excellent merits in social activity". The call, sent on behalf of president Karol Nawrocki, follows erstwhile the Institute of National Memory (IPN) established that in the 1980s she was a safety Service (SB) agent and was monitoring Fr.