The opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party has criticized Prime Minister Donald Tusk for going on holiday when Poland is threatened by the gas crisis.

"It is to his discredit," said party spokesman Jan Kurski, commenting, Thursday, on the behaviour of PM Tusk, who is currently taking a skiing holiday in Slovakia.

Kurski said that Tusk’s party, Civic Platform, has been from the very beginning of its term of office not invested in vital gas-ports in Gdansk or Swinoujscie, northern Poland, enabling ships carrying gas to arrive at Polish shores – a project launched in 2006 when Law and Justice were in power.

Although both economy vice- minister Adam Szejnfeld and the head of the Civic Platform's parliamentary party Zbigniew Chlebowski have reassured that Poland is not threatened by the Ukraine gas crisis, the situation remains rather pessimistic, as some industrial clients have already experienced a drop in their supply under special decrees given to Poland’s gas distributor by the government. (is)