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| Polish PM sacks interior minister | Polish PM sacks interior minister |
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| Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has sacked Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek amid a deepening government crisis. | Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has sacked Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek amid a deepening government crisis. |
| Mr Kaczynski told reporters there were suspicions Mr Kaczmarek had leaked classified information, obstructing an inquiry into alleged bribery. | Mr Kaczynski told reporters there were suspicions Mr Kaczmarek had leaked classified information, obstructing an inquiry into alleged bribery. |
| He said early elections might be unavoidable as a result of the crisis. | He said early elections might be unavoidable as a result of the crisis. |
| On Sunday, a junior member of the governing coalition pulled its ministers out of the cabinet. | On Sunday, a junior member of the governing coalition pulled its ministers out of the cabinet. |
| The move was announced by Self-Defence Party leader Andrzej Lepper, who was sacked in July by PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski after he was accused of involvement in the same corruption scandal at the agriculture ministry. | |
| It is alleged that millions of dollars were paid in bribes to redesignate agricultural land for commercial use. | |
| Mr Lepper denies any involvement. | |
| Without his party's support in parliament, the ruling Law and Justice Party does not have a majority. | |
| Mr Kaczynski said Wladyslaw Stasiak, who heads the president's National Security Council, would replace Mr Kaczmarek. |