The defence ministry commission in charge of the inquiry is set to meet the media at 11 a.m. on Monday, the state PAP news agency reported.
‘It was an assassination’
Last Friday, Poland’s conservative leader Jarosław Kaczyński said in a radio interview there was “no doubt whatsoever” that the April 10, 2010 plane disaster near Smolensk, western Russia, happened as a result of an attack.
The deputy prime minister told public broadcaster Polish Radio: “By now we really know a lot about what really happened at the Smolensk airport. There is no doubt whatsoever that it was an assassination, although in terms of a court trial the situation is a bit more difficult, notably more difficult, but hopefully we’ll be improving it and probably the conclusion will be precisely to this effect.”
Kaczyński, who leads Poland’s governing Law and Justice (PiS) party, is expected to announce “concrete action” regarding the Smolensk disaster on its 12th anniversary on Sunday.
Investigation continues
Meanwhile, earlier this week, investigators probing the 2010 crash told the families of the victims that evidence was still being gathered and "all hypotheses" were being considered, according to PAP.
The probe continues despite the death last week of the lead investigator, Deputy Prosecutor General Marek Pasionek, officials told reporters.
The plane crash near the western Russian city of Smolensk on April 10, 2010, killed Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife and dozens of top officials. It is still a source of controversy and recriminations.
The new commission to reinvestigate the crash was set up by the ruling Law and Justice party, which came to power in 2015.
The party's head, Jarosław Kaczyński, is the twin brother of the late President Lech Kaczyński.
The ruling conservatives have long challenged an official report into the crash issued by the previous Polish government which cited a catalogue of errors on the Polish side, while also pointing to errors made by Russian staff at the control tower of Smolensk Military Airport.
A Russian report placed all the blame on the Poles.
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Source: PAP, dziennik.pl