In Poland, two generals from the very top of the army resigned, among other things, due to abuse in favor of the authorities in the campaign before the parliamentary elections on October 15, the media announced today from unofficial sources.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, General Rajmund Andrejczak, and the Chief of the Operational Directorate, General Tomasz Piotrowski, have resigned.
The unofficial information of the Žečpospolita daily was confirmed to Polsat television by the spokesman of the Operational Administration, Lieutenant Colonel Jacek Goriševski.
The reason for the resignations submitted on October 1, which have now reached President Andrzej Duda, is primarily the conflict with Defense Minister Marijuša Blaščak, which has been going on for a long time.
The conflict intensified after the fall of a Russian rocket near the town of Bidgošć in December last year, and the public found out about it only when it was accidentally discovered by a local resident almost five months later in the forest during a walk.
Minister Blaščak then accused General Piotrowski of the unsuccessful search for the missile, but it turned out that despite the army's request to expand the search when the missile was not found from the plane, the Ministry of Defense, fearing that the minister would be accused that Poland's anti-aircraft defense was ineffective, decided to the quest ends.
Minister Blaščak asked for the resignation of the head of the Operational Directorate of the General Staff, but Polish President Duda refused, so the minister began to ignore the Operational Directorate and the tasks of reinforcements for the protection of the border with Belarus and now also assigned the evacuation of Poles from Israel after the Hamas attack as tasks to the General Administration whose command is more loyal to him.
The Polish newspaper Žečpospolita and the media, which also unofficially received confirmation of the resignations at the very top of the army, emphasize that the ruling party Pravo i Pravda is massively abusing the army in the election campaign.
"It is a dramatic day for the Polish Army and a summary of eight years of the rule of Law and Justice. There is a dramatic crisis at work in the Polish army. The army cannot remain without commanders. President Duda is obliged to immediately dismiss Defense Minister Blaščak," he told Polish television. TVN24 former Minister of Defense Tomaš Šemonjak.
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