Following the announcement that Lech Walesa will not be attending key anniversary celebrations of the 1980 August Agreements this week, three-in-four Poles say all Solidarity’s leaders should be present.
Seventy six percent of respondents told the Homo Homini pollster that they think Walesa should attend celebrations today in Szczecin, Gdansk tomorrow and Silesia on September 3.
Walesa will also probably not attend the celebratory Solidarity Trade Union Congress in Gdynia today, which has a guest list including President Bronislaw Komorowski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Just 14 percent think he should not attend celebrations marking historical agreements marking 30 years since the communists granted Solidarity legal status, the first trade union in the communist bloc to win such a recognition.
Walesa has long been at loggerheads with the current leadership of the Solidarity trade union, which has given backing to the opposition Law and Justice party under the leadership of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, a one-time ally now arch foe of the former Solidarity leader.
The 67 year old Walesa, who has undergone heart surgery in recent years, also announced on his blog that he was tired and did not feel up to attending some of the many celebrations this week.
The Homo Homini survey was commissioned by Polish radio and was taken from a sample of 1073. (pg)
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