Smolensk victim's family sues

31st July 2010

Walentynowicz was a prominent figure for Solidarity

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A German lawyer has filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Tusk and President-elect Komorowski, claiming they pulled out of a joint Polish-Russian investigation into the Smolensk plane tragedy.

Acting on behalf of the son of Anna Walentynowicz, an important figure of the Solidarity movement who was killed during the crash, Stefan Hambura now plans to sue Poland's two main leaders.

According to daily Rzeczpospolita, the lawyer has accused both the PM and President-elect of “resigning from a joint Polish-Russian investigation into the Smolensk tragedy”.

Hambura points to Donald Tusk’s website which stated on April 10, that President Dmitry Medvedev had given assurance to the Pri ...

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