Journal 52 - Polish Prime Minister fires his deputy

Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski fired his deputy Andrzej Lepper from the Sel-Defense party. Leaders of the fired deputy prime minister’s party voted to leave the coalition. The coalition consists of three major parties: Law and Justice, League Polish Families and Self-Defense party.
Primer Minister J. Kaczynski said Andrzej Lepper was dismissed as a deputy prime minister and agricultural minister because his name was had been linked to a corruption.
Andrzej Lepper said he was innocent and stated this Self-Defense party would pull out of the coalition. The Polish Sejm, a lower house of the parliament, consists of 460 seats. Self-Defense party has 46 votes, the majority is needed 231.
It is interesting that Andrzej Lepper has lost his post the second time. He was fired in the previous year for criticizing the prime minister; he later rejoined the governing coalition.
Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski also fired Sports Minister Tomasz Lipiec as part of a different corruption investigation. Tomasz Lipiec is member the same as Kaczynski Law and Justice party.