Polish PM: Protests being led by politicians who lost power
- 8 years ago
Anti-government protesters who have held rallies in Poland over the past two weekends faced dual accusations aimed at discrediting them Sunday.
The prime minister said they are the work of opposition members angry about losing power and privileges, while the leader of a different right-wing party said they were financed by a "Jewish banker."
Those accusations come amid a deepening political crisis brewing in Poland since the right-wing Law and Justice took power in mid-November.
Protest organizers deny both claims and decried the use of "anti-Semitic" language that they said is being used as a political tool.
Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated across Poland on the last two Saturdays to protest moves by Prime Minister Beata Szydlo's government to reduce the ability of the constitutional court to be a check on the government's power.
The prime minister said they are the work of opposition members angry about losing power and privileges, while the leader of a different right-wing party said they were financed by a "Jewish banker."
Those accusations come amid a deepening political crisis brewing in Poland since the right-wing Law and Justice took power in mid-November.
Protest organizers deny both claims and decried the use of "anti-Semitic" language that they said is being used as a political tool.
Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated across Poland on the last two Saturdays to protest moves by Prime Minister Beata Szydlo's government to reduce the ability of the constitutional court to be a check on the government's power.