Smolensk disaster. The official program of the 14th anniversary celebration

14th anniversary of the Smolensk disaster. Celebrations take place throughout the day, attended by the most important people in the country. President Andrzej Duda laid a wreath in front of the sarcophagus of Maria and Lech Kaczyński in Wawel. In the Sejm, Marshal Szymon Hołownia read out the names of the MPs and senators who died on April 10, 2010. The victims were also commemorated by Law and Justice politicians.

On April 10, 2010, 96 people died in the crash of the Tu-154 plane, which was carrying a delegation to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre, including President Lech Kaczyński and his wife Maria, the highest military commanders and the last president of the Republic of Poland in exile, Ryszard Kaczorowski.
Smolensk disaster. Celebrations on the 14th anniversary
On the 14th anniversary of the tragedy, the president will take part in numerous ceremonies. In the morning, Andrzej Duda laid a wreath at the sarcophagus of the late. Maria and Lech Kaczyński in the crypt at Wawel. Later, in the courtyard in front of the Cathedral, he made a statement for the media, and then went to the celebrations in Warsaw, where:

At 12:40, the president laid wreaths at the graves of the last president of the Republic of Poland in exile, Ryszard Kaczorowski and Fr. Józef Joniec, priest Zdzisław Król, Fr. Andrzej Kwaśnik and at the plaque commemorating the victims of the Smolensk disaster.
At 2:00 p.m. he went to the monument to the victims of the Smolensk disaster and the graves of the victims of the disaster and laid wreaths there.
At 3:15 p.m. Andrzej Duda laid wreaths in front of the monument of the late. President Lech Kaczyński and the Monument to the Victims of the Smolensk Tragedy of 2010 and at Marshal Józef Piłsudski Square.
At 3:40 p.m. he laid wreaths at the plaque dedicated to the late. The President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Kaczyński.
At 7:00 p.m., the presidential couple will attend Holy Mass in the Archcathedral Basilica of St. Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist.

Anniversary of the Smolensk disaster. Plans of PiS politicians
Law and Justice invited Law and Justice to all these events the day before. The party announced that after the end of the Holy Mass, at 8 p.m. there will be a memorial march from the Archcathedral Basilica to the Presidential Palace. An hour later, PiS president Jarosław Kaczyński will speak here.

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Posts from the formation's politicians have been appearing on social media since the morning. "The Smolensk disaster - the greatest tragedy of post-war Poland. It's already the 14th anniversary, we remember,"wrote Bartłomiej Wróblewski.

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The media note that this is the first anniversary of the Smolensk disaster after the change of government. Newly elected politicians also take part in the celebrations. The Speaker of the Sejm, Szymon Hołownia, and the Speaker of the Senate, Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, were present at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw. The mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski, also took part in the celebrations.
Smolensk disaster. The government paid tribute to the victims. After the beginning of the session, the Marshal of the Sejm read out the names of the deputies and senators who died on April 10, 2010. Szymon Hołownia asked for a longer moment of silence to honor the memory of those who - as he said - "lost their lives on that day fourteen years ago, and wanted to serve our homeland with their service, life and conduct."

PSL politicians also paid tribute to the victims of the Smolensk disaster. who, led by the head of the PSL-TD club, Krzysztof Paszyk, laid a wreath in the Sejm in front of the plaque commemorating the MPs and senators who died in this disaster.

The US ambassador to Poland, Mark Brzezinski, also honored the memory of the victims. "On the 14th anniversary of the Smolensk disaster, we pay tribute to President Lech Kaczyński and first lady Maria Kaczyńska and 94 Poles - military personnel, parliamentarians, public figures and members of delegations who lost their lives on that tragic day,"wrote the duplomata.

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