Poland's conservative Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called on politicians and public figures Sunday to make the public debate more respectful after the slaying of Gdansk city mayor which raised calls for national reconciliation. Morawiecki said that the death of Pawel Adamowicz was a "great evil" that should be turned into something positive. Adamowicz died Jan. 14 after being stabbed the night before onstage at a public charity event in the northern Polish city. The speakers, who weren't politicians, made appeals for the elimination of aggression from the public and political sphere. Poland's political debate is getting increasingly heated over the actions of the ruling right-wing Law and Justice party and ahead of local and European elections this year.

Source: ABC News January 20, 2019 16:40 UTC