THE TELEGRAPH: The funeral of President Lech Kaczynski has sparked protests in Poland over whether he should be allowed to be buried at Wawel Castle in Krakow alongside the country's heroes and royalty.
It has been planned that Mr Kaczynski is to be buried in the cathedral crypt in the grounds of Wawel Castle, in Krakow, the equivalent of burying a British prime minister in Westminster Abbey.
The protests in Warsaw and Krakow show that the death of Mr Kaczynski has failed to erase his unpopularity among many Poles and were the first sign of cracks in the national unity following the air crash which killed Mr Kaczynski, his wife and 93 of Poland’s top political and military leaders.
A Facebook page dedicated to opposing the decision generated more than 31,000 supporters in a few hours.
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow has consented to a request from the Kaczynski family that the presidential couple be buried in Wawel Cathedral after Sunday’s funeral, which will be attended by the Prince of Wales, who will represent Britain, President Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president. >>> Matthew Day in Warsaw | Wednesday, April 14, 2010
