WARSAW, Poland—Poland’s new conservative government has shut down the website of a state investigation into the 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski, reopening debate over the disaster.
Law and Justice, the conservative party that took power last week, is led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the late president’s twin brother. Kaczynski and other party leaders have long disputed the findings of investigators who declared the disaster an accident.
They have suggested possible foul play by Russia and accused Europe Council President Donald Tusk, and then the Polish prime minister, of negligence connected to the disaster.
A government spokeswoman, Elzbieta Witek, said Wednesday that she feels Tusk should face a top court, the State Tribunal, over his actions, but then insisted it was only her private view.
Earlier in the week, the government shut down the website set up by the investigators, whose findings are disputed by Law and Justice.
“The website has been closed and will simply remain closed,” Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said on Tuesday.
