Warsaw [Poland],October 11: The resignation of the army chief of staff and combat commander before the Polish general election is said to be a shock to the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS).
On October 15, Poland enters a general election that could determine the country's political future amid a crisis in the eastern wing of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
The army today, October 10, confirmed the sudden departure of two Polish commanders , respectively General RajmundAndrzejczak, Chief of the Army General Staff , and General Tomasz Piotrowski, Commander of Polish Army Operations. The two generals submitted their resignations while the general election was about to take place in less than a week, according to The Guardian .
The information shocked the PiS party, which ran for election based on the claim that this party is a patriotic force capable of defending Poland against external opponents, and is the only party that can ensure security for Poland. Eastern European country.
PiS is aiming to be re-elected for a third consecutive term. However, the party faces a challenge from the opposition led by former prime minister and current European Council President Donald Tusk.
Surveys warn that this will be a difficult election, with the power of both sides quite balanced.
"It is a symbolic decision. They want to resign before election day to show that they have no faith in the current class of politicians," Onet.pl website quoted former Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz as saying .
GazetaWyborcza newspaper reported that the last straw leading to the departure of the two generals came from Interior Minister Błaszczak assigning another commander, General WiesławKukuła, to be responsible for evacuating Polish citizens from Israel.
Tensions between the military leadership and the Polish Ministry of Defense have clearly been increasing in recent times, with the heads of the Ministry of Defense making decisions to "circumvent" the leadership's intervention. army.
Daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita , the first newspaper to report that General Andrzejczak and General Piotrowskihai resigned, also said that the two generals objected to the army being dragged into the current government's re-election campaign.
These are not very positive signs for the ruling party before the Polish general election begins.
Source: ThanhNien Newspaper