Editing Jan Olszewski (section)

===De-communization and the Parys affair===
The conflict between Olszewski and Wałęsa continued to escalate throughout 1992, culminating in a major political crisis by that summer. As premier, Olszewski portrayed himself and his government as staunchly anti-communist, arguing that in the year 1992, Poland continued to remain a communist country. Claiming that communist agents remained in all corridors of economic and political power, Olszewski argued for a purge, particularly of those in the economic sector, whom Olszewski believed were holding back Poland's new capitalist free market and kept workers bound.<ref name=Ost71/> "The invisible hand [of the market]", Olszewski said, was "simply the hand of the swindler plundering funds from the state treasury".<ref name=Ost71/> As such, Olszewski argued for increased democratization and de-communinization at all levels of Polish society. Olszewski's drive towards de-communization was also reflected in his cabinet. Jan Parys, Olszewski's defense minister, actively pursued efforts to de-communize the [[Polish Armed Forces]] and establish civilian ministerial control.<ref name=Epstein113>[[#CITEREFEpstein2008|Epstein]], p. 113</ref> These plans ran in conjunction with Wałęsa's efforts to stake executive control over the defense establishment.<ref name=Epstein113/> Parys and Wałęsa repeatedly clashed over plans to reorganize national security commands, with Parys effectively challenging Wałęsa's role as commander in chief by claiming ministerial rights over the armed forces.<ref name=Millard58>[[#Millard|Millard]], p. 58</ref>

The clash between both men came to a head in April 1992, when, upon learning of a meeting between [[National Security Bureau (Poland)|National Security Bureau]] Director Jerzy Milewski, a close Wałęsa ally, with [[Polish Army]] General Tadeusz Wilecki, promising the general's promotion to the [[Polish General Staff|high command]], Parys accused the presidency of interfering with the defense ministry's portfolio.<ref name=Betz79>[[#Betz|Betz]], pp. 79-80</ref> Parys stated that "certain politicians" promised promotions to army officers in exchange "for a kind of army support for political maneuvers".<ref name=Engelberg>{{cite news|last=Engelberg|first=Stephen|title=Poland Buzzes With Party Strife and Talk of Coup|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/08/world/poland-buzzes-with-party-strife-and-talk-of-coup.html|access-date=18 February 2014|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=8 April 1992}}</ref> Parys further elaborated that "politicians who undertake such moves behind my back are simply involved in intrigue", believing that "they are working to the detriment of the army and Poland; they simply are political schemers. To put it briefly: the Polish Army will help no one striving to abolish democracy in Poland".<ref name=Engelberg/> Parys's implication of a possible [[coup d'etat]] on the behalf of Wałęsa and his allies with bribed high-ranking military officials rocked the entire Polish political establishment. To quiet the political storm, Olszewski responded by placing Parys on administrative leave.<ref name=Simon>[[#CITEREFSimon1996|Simon]], p. 82</ref> In response, a parliamentary commission was quickly created in the [[Sejm]] to investigate Parys's claims.<ref name=Betz80>[[#Betz|Betz]], p. 80</ref> The commission's findings cleared Wałęsa of wrongdoing and declared Parys's claims as baseless and "unfounded", forcing the defense minister to resign.<ref name=Betz80/> In the aftermath of the Parys affair, Wałęsa bitterly complained of the Olszewski government's handling of the controversy, declaring the government's civilian leaders of endangering both national security and the professionalism of the military. The relationship between Olszewski and Wałęsa further soured with Olszewski's appointment of [[Radosław Sikorski]] as deputy defense minister without presidential consultation, a move interpreted as the premier vying for influence within the armed forces.<ref name=Goldman233>[[#CITEREFGoldman1997|Goldman]], p. 233</ref>