Foul-play suspected in case of MP’s suicide
An inquiry into the suicide of left-wing politician Barbara Blida has taken a new twist following claims from a prosecutor that key documents bearing his signature were forgeries, prompting accusations of political interference in the legal system.
An inquiry into the suicide of left-wing politician Barbara Blida has taken a new twist following claims from a prosecutor that key documents bearing his signature were forgeries, prompting accusations of political interference in the legal system.
Jacek Krawczyk, a former district prosecutor in Katowice, said that two handwritten letters from him ordering an investigation into the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) MP on possible corruption charges had been forged.
Blida shot herself dead in April 2007 while officers from the Internal Security Agency (ABW) searched her flat.
Mr Krawczyk claims that the letters formed part of a witch-hunt against Blida launched by the then PiS (Law and Justice) government, which was frustrated after an initial investigation by him into possible corrupt links between the SLD (Democratic Left Alliance) politician and Barbara Kmiecik, a leading figure in the coal industry, came up blank.
The PiS government had come into power pledging to crack down on corruption, and had a number of SLD politicians, whom they suspected of illegal activity, in their sights. Both Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the prime minister, and his energetic justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, believed that Blida may have been involved in something termed the “coal mafia”.
Providing more detail, Mr Krawczyk said that his superior, Krzysztof Sierak, had also put pressure on him to return to investigating Blida, but he had refused to do so.
“He suggested that I take a look again at the Blida case,” said Mr Krawczyk. “I said I wasn't interested in politics and that I wouldn't participate in the campaign against the left-wing that the Kaczynski brothers and Mr Ziobro had pledged."
The statement also goes against claims by Mr Sierak that at the time of the alleged discussion he knew nothing of the case.
Investigators have passed on the two letters at the centre of the Krawczyk testimony to handwriting experts, and politicians believe that, if confirmed fake, they provide evidence that the then government was using the powers of law and order for political gain.
“If the graphologists confirm the forgery, the key question will be who did it and why,” asked Marek Wojcik, PO (Civic Platform) MP and member of the inquiry committee. “It would be proof that the prosecutors opened the inquiry into the coal mafia with ill intentions - of discrediting the left-wing.” Link
An inquiry into the suicide of left-wing politician Barbara Blida has taken a new twist following claims from a prosecutor that key documents bearing his signature were forgeries, prompting accusations of political interference in the legal system.
Jacek Krawczyk, a former district prosecutor in Katowice, said that two handwritten letters from him ordering an investigation into the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) MP on possible corruption charges had been forged.
Blida shot herself dead in April 2007 while officers from the Internal Security Agency (ABW) searched her flat.
Mr Krawczyk claims that the letters formed part of a witch-hunt against Blida launched by the then PiS (Law and Justice) government, which was frustrated after an initial investigation by him into possible corrupt links between the SLD (Democratic Left Alliance) politician and Barbara Kmiecik, a leading figure in the coal industry, came up blank.
The PiS government had come into power pledging to crack down on corruption, and had a number of SLD politicians, whom they suspected of illegal activity, in their sights. Both Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the prime minister, and his energetic justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, believed that Blida may have been involved in something termed the “coal mafia”.
Providing more detail, Mr Krawczyk said that his superior, Krzysztof Sierak, had also put pressure on him to return to investigating Blida, but he had refused to do so.
“He suggested that I take a look again at the Blida case,” said Mr Krawczyk. “I said I wasn't interested in politics and that I wouldn't participate in the campaign against the left-wing that the Kaczynski brothers and Mr Ziobro had pledged."
The statement also goes against claims by Mr Sierak that at the time of the alleged discussion he knew nothing of the case.
Investigators have passed on the two letters at the centre of the Krawczyk testimony to handwriting experts, and politicians believe that, if confirmed fake, they provide evidence that the then government was using the powers of law and order for political gain.
“If the graphologists confirm the forgery, the key question will be who did it and why,” asked Marek Wojcik, PO (Civic Platform) MP and member of the inquiry committee. “It would be proof that the prosecutors opened the inquiry into the coal mafia with ill intentions - of discrediting the left-wing.” Link
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