Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland, assured on Tuesday that obtained evidence of government acquisition and use of Israeli Pegasus software his predecessor, the right-wing party Law and Justice (PiS).

“This document that I hold in my hands, unfortunately, confirms what we feared most: At the initiative of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA), the Justice Fund was asked to finance the purchase of Pegasus, which was confirmed by (former Justice Minister) Zbigniew Ziobro,” he said.

Tusk instructed the Minister of Justice and the Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar to transfer the received documents to the President of Poland Andrzej Duda, given that these documents “They confirm one hundred percent that the program was purchased and used legally and illegally.”

Sources close to the matter note that One of the victims of the spyware will be the former Prime Minister of Poland, as well as a member of the PiS party, Mateusz Morawiecki. which would show a split within the conservative PiS party and the interested use of Pegasus by some of its internal factions.

Tusk noted at a meeting of the Council of Ministers that Poland is in a “very serious situation” regarding security, adding that the list of “victims” of the practice is “very long”. This was reported by the Polish news agency PAP.

On the other hand, the Polish leader emphasized that “despite disagreements and disputes on various issues, the issue of security must become a national priority that unites everyone in Polandwith no exceptions”.

Never before have I been so convinced that the situation on the borders of Europe, our borders, is so serious.

In the end of January, The Polish parliament has elected members of a commission to examine whether the previous government used Pegasus to spy on political opponents.as some media reported at the end of 2021.

According to these reports, The previous manager approached Pegasus at least three times. spy on prosecutor Ewa Wrzosek, who criticizes judicial reform, lawyer Roman Giertych and senator Krzysztof Breiza. The then leader of PiS, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, then denied these suspicions.

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Tusk has vowed to investigate alleged abuses by the previous administration. Two other investigations are awaiting analysis of alleged irregularities related to the issuance of visas and the electronic voting system in Poland’s 2020 presidential elections.

(Europe Press)