(ANSA-AP) - WARSAW, AUGUST 8 - The speaker of the Polish
parliament says he is resigning after a scandal erupted over his
and his family's private use of a government plane. The affair
was threatening to damage the reputation of the right-wing
ruling party, Law and Justice, ahead of parliamentary elections
in October.
Speaker Marek Kuchcinski made his announcement Thursday
standing alongside party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski. Polish
politics have for days been consumed by an affair dubbed "Air
Kuchcinski" after the media and political opponents revealed
that the speaker frequently flew by government jet from Warsaw
to his home city of Rzeszow, some 280 kilometers (175 miles ) to
the south.
Kaczynski has since tightened rules about the official use of
government flights. (ANSA-AP).
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