Claiming that he was being threatened, the former Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski applied for personal security.

"Jaroslaw Kaczynski said that he was feeling threatened, that he had been receiving poison pen letters. I have no reason not to believe him so I gave him personal security", said Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Grzegorz Schetyna in a conversation with the RMF FM radio.

Schetyna added that he did so because Jaroslaw Kaczynski's application was credible, not because he is the twin brother of the incumbent President Lech Kaczynski.  

After the last year's electoral defeat of Law and Justice (PiS), Kaczyński stepped down from office as Prime Minister, after the first meeting of the newly elected parliament. He is presently chairman of the party. (mn)