(MENAFN) Polish President Karol Nawrocki has labeled Donald Tusk as the “worst Polish prime minister in more than three decades,” sparking a heated public dispute between the two senior officials over national policies and stances on Ukraine.

During an interview with a news agency this week, Nawrocki emphasized that he regards Tusk as the “worst prime minister in the post-1989 history of Poland.”

Tusk retaliated in a post on X last Friday, criticizing Nawrocki for allegedly declining to grant officer ranks to 136 graduates who had recently completed intelligence and counter-intelligence programs.

He added, “To be president, it is not enough to win the election,” seemingly targeting Nawrocki, who swiftly rejected the claim.

In response during his Tuesday interview, Nawrocki accused Tusk of blocking the leaders of Poland’s secret services from attending a meeting with the president.

He noted that, according to him, this marked the first instance since the fall of the communist regime in 1989 that intelligence chiefs had skipped the customary gathering.

The president further asserted that Poland had “gone too far” in its support for Ukraine, suggesting that the nation’s own interests had been compromised in the process.

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