Poland Considers June Vote, President’s Burial Site
It's looking like the Polish people will vote for the replacement of their late President Lech Kaczynski, lost in last weekend's plane crash in Russia, on June 20, giving the grieving nation a little extra time to gear up for the election. (continued)
It’s looking like the Polish people will vote for the replacement of their late President Lech Kaczynski, lost in last weekend’s plane crash in Russia, on June 20, giving the grieving nation a little extra time to gear up for the election. Meanwhile, some Poles are up in arms over the plan to bury President Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, at Krakow’s Wawel Cathedral. –KA
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Poland’s ruling centrists said on Wednesday a presidential election was likely to be held on June 20 as protests erupted over the choice of a burial site for President Lech Kaczynski.
Some Poles reacted angrily to plans unveiled on Tuesday to bury Kaczynski and his wife Maria, who were killed in a weekend plane crash, at Wawel Cathedral in Krakow, a place normally reserved for national heroes, poets and kings.
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