Walesa tries to make his peace with dead president

16th April 2010

Walesa asks God for forgiveness

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Lech Walesa has asked God for “forgiveness” for his behaviour towards President Lech Kaczynski and expressed deep regret that they were unable to the heal the wounds of a bitter feud that had tainted the relationship between them for years.

Speaking just hours after the president had died in the Smolensk air disaster, a shocked Lech Walesa spoke about the need to make peace with Lech Kaczynski.

“I forgive and I ask God for forgiveness because I was not forgiven,” the Solidarity hero said in a television interview, describing the Smolensk crash as an “inconceivable tragedy, an inconceivable disaster”.

The two had been involved in a long and bitter feud since the early 19 ...

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