“Rzeczpospolita” unofficially reported on Saturday that the issue of the entry of services into the presidential palace had a deeper meaning. There have been allegations regarding this Alleged pressure to use wiretapping.
The newspaper described that Warsaw Deputy Police Chief Krzysztof Smela, Warsaw's first deputy police chief for criminal matters, was allegedly pressured to use the wiretaps. Smela did not submit to the pressure, so they were excluded from the whole action. After these events, Smela had to resign and retire early.
Police respond
The PO spokesperson for the Chief of Police, Katarzyna Nowak, emphasizes that Krzysztof Smela's resignation is not related to the arrests of Mariusz Kaminski and Maciej Vesic.
– Inspector Smela submitted the first report on leaving the police service on November 8. He was supposed to leave on January 3, but when it became clear that the deputy commander, Inspector Dariusz Augustyniak, would take over the duties of the commander, Inspector Smela withdrew his report and wanted to stay on the job, Novak emphasizes.
As he adds, Smela submitted another report on his resignation on January 10. – The second decision is absolutely not related to the actions taken regarding the arrest of Mr. Kaminski and Vesik – he assures us.
Novak added that the police chief has been conducting a staffing review since taking office and “he wants to work with some people and not others.”
Regarding the issue of wiretapping, the spokesperson noted that there is no need to use similar methods in relation to people who appear publicly at briefings and there is no doubt about their whereabouts.
Kaminski and Vesik were arrested
Former CBA chiefs Mariusz Kaminski and Mackie Vesic stayed on Tuesday. They were arrested in the presidential palace, where they stayed at the invitation of President Andrzej Duda. PiS politicians were first taken to the police station at ul. Grenadiers, and then in the Grokhov pre-trial detention center.
On Wednesday, they were transferred to other prisons – Kaminski prison in Radom and Vesik in the town of Przytuli Stare near Ostrolenka. Before that, both politicians started a hunger strike.
After Kaminski and Vesic were arrested, law and justice politicians referred to them as “the first political prisoners in Poland since 1989”.
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