WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish ruling celebration chief, Jarosław Kaczyński, has paid 50,000 zlotys ($11,500) to the Ukrainian military to settle a defamation case with a political rival.Kaczyński was ordered by a courtroom in December to pay Radek Sikorski greater than 700,000 zlotys ($162,000) to cowl the prices of publishing an apology for calling him a “diplomatic traitor.”Kaczyński made the remark in 2016 in connection to the 2010 aircraft crash close to Smolensk, Russia, that killed Kaczynski’s brother, then-President Lech Kaczyński, and 95 others. Sikorski was international minister on the time of the catastrophe and is now a member of the European Parliament. Sikorski belongs to Civic Platform, a celebration that has been in opposition since 2015. Kaczyński has lengthy accused Civic Platform leaders of getting a job in his brother’s dying, a declare not substantiated by investigations so far.Kaczyński mentioned the courtroom’s penalty was so excessive that he must promote his home to pay it, and that even then he won’t have sufficient.Sikorski then mentioned that he believed “that the penalties for defamation ought to be extreme however not ruinous.” He mentioned if Kaczyński paid 50,000 zlotys to Ukraine’s armed forces he would chorus from demanding an apology.Kaczynski mentioned in an announcement on Tuesday that he had paid the cash.“At present Ukraine is combating for its independence and freedom, but in addition for our safety. We assist it and we’ll assist it. For the reason that fee to the assist fund of the Ukrainian Armed Forces closes my controversial dispute with (Sikorski), I achieve this with satisfaction,” Kaczyński mentioned in an announcement printed on Twitter.Sikorski mentioned he accepted that type of apology, including “I am glad we discovered a patriotic resolution.”
