PiS holds party conference amid Red Cross funds scandal

PiS members convened in Katowice, southern Poland, on Friday, October 24, to kick off a two-day party program conference.

Jarosław Kaczyński

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By Saturday, supporters of the right-wing populist Law and Justice party will be working on a new political program.

The schedule includes over 100 discussion panels with more than 600 participants.

The party conference is taking place in the shadow of the Red Cross funds scandal.

Prosecutors are investigating whether money siphoned from the Wrocław branch of the charity was used to fund the election campaigns of PiS politicians, including MEP Anna Zalewska, former education minister in the PiS government.

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Source: IAR/Radio Poland