“It is no secret that the prosecutor himself said today in the case that no new evidence has emerged in this case,” Dr. Michał Skwarzyński said on television in Poland.
The Warsaw District Court has made a shocking decision regarding priest Michał Olszewski and two employees of the Ministry of Justice. They will all remain in pre-trial detention.
The case was commented on Polish television by the defense attorney, Fr. Michał Olszewski, Dr.
The meeting has been closed, but that does not mean that the public cannot obtain any information from the defense in such a situation, because that would be absurd. Of course, we cannot disclose what is covered by the confidentiality of the investigation and preparatory proceedings.
– he said.
According to the lawyer, it is inconceivable that a lower court would interfere in the decision of a higher court.
It is no secret that the prosecutor himself said today in the case that no new evidence has emerged in this case. Our situation is that on July 31, the Warsaw Court of Appeal worked with exactly the same evidence that the district court used today. The prosecutor’s office admits this, but the decisions are different. The situation is unacceptable in a state governed by the rule of law. It is inconceivable that a lower court should interfere with the decision of a higher court on the same evidence. The court had a new circumstance, namely, artificial charges brought on August 13 regarding alleged operations in an organized criminal group. In the case of Father Michał, these charges are certainly ineffective. I do not know that no one informed me, as a defense attorney, about this activity, but the decision to bring these charges was signed by prosecutor Woźniak, who, together with Tomasz M., recorded conversations in this case. And he will have the status of a witness. Of course, the prosecutor appeared in this case, he did not exclude himself as a witness. In addition, he became the head of the investigation team number 2, which will not prevent the verification of the correctness of the making of these recordings in the end, and the defense will question and cross-examine witnesses about the recordings made by Tomasz M.. And he will also question the prosecutor.
– he said.
We have a strange situation. Here, a witness in the case made allegations, appeared in the case today, and thirdly, the allegations of an organized group were made artificially so that the court would have, to put it crudely, a basis for issuing today’s ruling. The problem, however, is that it is clear to everyone that these allegations are made for the sake of appearance at this point.
– added the patron.
He then drew attention to the words of Donald Tusk, in May of this year, who had already said directly who would lead the aforementioned organized criminal group.
Donald Tusk already said in May that the organized group of the Justice Fund was headed by Minister Zbigniew Ziobro. He spoke about an organized group, both Bodnar and Korneluk, and many people – prominent in the Civic Platform, so the prosecution cannot claim that now suddenly – in August – it had a normative epiphany and said that it would bring charges against the group. Because the fact that such allegations were of interest to the prosecutor’s office was known from the beginning of the proceedings, and the court fell into this trap. It challenged the decision of the Warsaw Court of Appeal only on this basis, because there is nothing new in it. This means that in Poland it is possible to bypass pre-trial detention procedures.
– argued Dr.
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