Antoni Macierewicz, Polish Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Parliamentary Group set to investigate and establish the causes of the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154M crash in Smolensk was invited to an ECR Group meeting in Strasbourg. The new “Smolensk Report - 28 months after Smolensk” with a power point presentation and short film was presented to ECR group members, showing the works and latest results of a team of experts investigating the causes of the Smolensk disaster.

 

Ryszard Legutko, ECR Vice-Chairman and Polish delegation leader said: "Three years on, the Smolensk disaster continues to deeply divide the Polish public opinion. Not a day has gone by in the past three years without a Smolensk story in the press, leaving many Poles weary and frustrated."

 

According to the poll conducted for public broadcaster TVP 52% of Poles believe that the reasons for the crash have still not been clarified and do not believe in official accounts of the causes of the crash, whereas only 34% of the respondents were confident that the reasons for the crash have already been explained. Further, a recent survey by Homo Homini for Rzeczpospolita daily indicated that 31,7% of Poles believe that the delegation to Smolensk was assassinated. 49,4% believe that the plane crash was a tragic accident. 19% declared they didn't know whether to qualify the crash as an assassination or an accident.

 

The Polish Parliamentary Group chaired by Antoni Macierewicz, since its establishment, has focused its efforts on bringing to light facts, causes and irregularities surrounding the crash in Smolensk.

 

The "Smolensk Report" with a power point presentation and short film was be presented to ECR group members, showing the latest results and works of a team of experts investigating the causes of the Smolensk disaster.

 

On this occasion, journalists will were exceptionally given access to the ECR Group meeting to hear the presentation made by Antoni Macierewicz during the Group meeting.

 

"Families of the victims still have many unanswered questions. I am pleased that MEPs from our group will have the opportunity to hear about all ambiguities related to the Smolensk plane crash." said ECR Chairman Martin Callanan MEP.

 

 

 

 

source: http://ecrgroup.eu/pl/?p=6030, http://ecrgroup.eu/pl/?p=6041

photo gallery: http://ecrgroup.eu/?p=8410

Press conference video: http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/player/streaming.cfm?type=ebsvod&sid=227674