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”.
Hearing in the presidential palace?
PiS politicians said they would submit a report on the arrest of MPs The possibility of committing a crime “On those who led yesterday's police action.”
– The investigation was started under Article 231 of the Criminal Law Code, i.e. regarding the abuse of authority by the employees of the service, – says Prosecutor Shimon Bana, the spokesperson of the Warsaw District Prosecutor's Office in an interview with “Rzeczpospolita”. The case concerns the employees of the police and the State Security Service.
Pressure on the Deputy Chief of Police
“As “Rzeczpospolita” has unofficially established, it is not only about entering the presidential palace, but also about alleged pressure to use operational means – including wiretapping – to arrest Kaminski and Vesic as quickly as possible,” we read.
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.
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