The Suicide of Walery Sławek

“I am taking away my life. Please do not blame anybody. I have burned all private papers, and those confined to me. If not all, please forgive me. God Almighty will perhaps forgive me my sins, including this final one.” This note and a firearm were found alongside Walery Sławek’s body at precisely 8:45pm yesterday evening. The deftest and most skilled doctors at Piłsudski Military Hospital could not stop Sławek’s body from bleeding and the former Prime Minister was announced dead this morning. Along with his note was a letter for the leader’s eyes only, and though its contents and Sławek’s reason for this most shocking act remain a mystery, speculation is on the lips of every man and woman in the nation. Many suspect the continued marginalization of the Sanation Left and Sławek’s ever-increasing isolation were great contributing factors to his melancholy, and the death of the Left’s most influential leader will no doubt leave many feeling disheartened and lost.