“Today, the priority is removing this harmful government from power, not constantly fueling conflict on the right,” Law and Justice (PiS) leader Jarosław Kaczyński wrote on X. He also urged supporters to attend a protest against the prosecutor’s office’s actions targeting MEP Daniel Obajtek. The former Orlen CEO is expected to face charges related, among other things, to withdrawing from sale an issue of the weekly magazine NIE featuring an offensive cover involving Pope John Paul II.
On Saturday, Law and Justice (PiS) MEP Daniel Obajtek announced that prosecutors intend to bring charges against him. The case concerns his decision, while serving as CEO of Orlen, to remove from Orlen petrol stations and Ruch kiosks an issue of the weekly magazine NIE that featured Pope John Paul II on its cover. At the time, Obajtek argued that the publication offended the religious feelings of many Poles and defamed the Polish pope.
Obajtek has been summoned to appear before the Warsaw Regional Prosecutor’s Office on July 28.
The case prompted a response from Law and Justice (PiS) leader Jarosław Kaczyński, who also referred to the recent divisions on the Polish right following the departure of Mateusz Morawiecki’s faction from the party.
“Strength lies in unity! Attacks on Law and Justice (PiS) – the largest opposition party to Tusk’s government – serve only the script written by the December 13 coalition. Today, the priority is removing this harmful government from power, not constantly fueling conflict on the right,” Kaczyński wrote on X.
He also called on supporters to gather outside the prosecutor’s office “as a gesture of solidarity” with Obajtek.
“Once again, he is being persecuted by Żurek’s illegal prosecutor’s office. Only together can we stop the madness of Tusk’s government!” Kaczyński added.
The protest is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m.