“Today, Paweł Adamowicz would like all of us here in Gdańsk and throughout Poland to be smiling. This is not easy. We have gathered today in our, also in my beloved city, to remind all of Poland and Europe of this tragic event. The reason for our gathering is a tragic death. There is the brutal assassination of the Mayor of the City of Gdańsk, Paweł Adamowicz. So why should we smile? Paweł would have wanted it. And he would have wanted, and we owe it to all of us without exception, that when we meet every year at the place of his tragic death, we should think, we should talk about the future, not only about what happened,” said the Prime Minister, recalling his friend.

As he stressed, this tragic death gave deep meaning to the conviction that the whole of Poland can and must be a place for people who have rid themselves of contempt and hatred.

" Light for Paweł Adamowicz" – Ceremonies in Gdańsk

The focal point of the commemoration of the 5th anniversary of the tragic death of Paweł Adamowicz was "Light for Paweł Adamowicz", attended by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the family of the late Mayor and Mayor Aleksandra Dulkiewicz. The song “Sound of Silence” was played during the ceremony.

"Paweł, I promise you, and I think I can do it on behalf of all of us, that we will not rest until we are sure that Poland, that the Polish nation is free from contempt and hatred, is free from lies, that never again a bad word kills any honest person," the Prime Minister stressed.