Kaczyński appeals court ruling against him in Sikorski defamation case

Jarosław Kaczyński lodged a cassation petition contesting a court ruling that validated Radosław Sikorski's remarks about former President Lech Kaczyński's role in the Smolensk tragedy. Sikorski noted that Kaczyński had presented the Miller Commission report as evidence, a document that confirmed the crash was an accident and ruled out a bomb plot. He argued that political discourse invents a sabotage narrative, while legal proceedings focus on the factual accident.

The March judgment dismissed Kaczyński's lawsuit, deeming Sikorski's comment a permissible assessment. Kaczyński now seeks to overturn that decision at the appellate level.