The fresh findings of the “Rzeczpospolita” shed light on the scenes of 1 of the loudest political scandals of fresh months. According to the journal, the recording of Roman Giertych's conversation with Donald Tuski from 2019 was to be commercially destroyed by the Central Anti-corruption Office. Meanwhile, the recordings were late found in the National Prosecutor's Office, and fragments of them went to the right-wing media.
CBA was expected to blow up Tuski's conversation.
According to information published by ‘Rzeczpospolita’, conversation Romana Giertych au Donald Tuski of 2019 was covered by the decision to destruct the CBA. The origin quoted by the paper admitted that Police demolition of recordings to prevent legal problems in the future. This was to include talks with Stanisław Gawlovski, erstwhile PO Secretary General, accused in the alleged melioration scandal.
The decision was justified by the fact that the materials contained the contents covered attorney-client privilege, which, legally, should exclude their further processing or storage. The paper informer pointed out that there was evidence of the demolition of the recordings, and surveillance material that was transferred to the prosecutor as evidence in the Polnord investigation, did not include legal protection talks.
Recordings “found” in the National Prosecutor's Office after years
Despite the formal demolition procedure, two months ago media containing recordings of Giertych's conversations with Tuski were found in investigation squad 3 at the National Prosecutor's Office. It's the same squad that's investigating the illegal usage of Pegasus.
According to “Rzeczpospolita”, the discs were to go to Bogdan Święczkowski, then the national prosecutor and now the president of the Constitutional Court. The material was to be passed on with annotation of secrecy, which may have made it hard to control their further fate. We inactive don't know, How precisely the recordings went to right-wing mediasuch as TV Republic and TV in Poland24.
Publications of recordings in media conducive to the Law and Justice
The first passages of Giertych's 2019 conversation with Tuski were published 13 and 14 June. These included, among others, the creation of themes PO electoral lists and talks to Grzegorz Schetina on the possible start of Giertych in parliamentary elections. shortly after, they appeared subsequent tv publications Republicwhich announced further emissions.
The publications met with the immediate reaction of Roman Giertych, who called them the effect illegal Pegasus surveillance And an effort at political retaliation. Mr Giertych recalled that in the proceedings conducted by the National Prosecutor's Office he had position injuredand according to the CBA statement, his conversations were to contain no criminal content and stay deleted.
The prosecution's actions and the Minister of Justice's response
Ombudsman National Prosecutor's Office, prok. Przemysław Nowak, confirmed on Tuesday that the PK had received two reports of suspected crime related to the disclosure of material from operational control.
Minister of Justice and lawyer General Adam Bodnar reported that Investigative squad 3 started intensive cooperation with CBA to explain how disclosure of legally protected contentof which defence secret. He besides stressed that all circumstances of the event were analysed and, if necessary, separate procedure initiated.
Games: The tapes were taken out before the change of power
Mr Ko clearly stated that the recordings came from the period erstwhile he was Inspected illegally utilizing Pegasus – June to September 2019. He stressed that copies of the recordings were taken out before the electionand now they are politically utilized by media and environment related to Law and Justice.
Gierty combines the publication of recordings with his last request for recalculation of votes in the presidential election and its investigative activity towards the actions of erstwhile power. In his opinion, we are dealing with Abuse of power and violation of fundamental principles of the regulation of law.
Conclusions and possible consequences
The “Giertych tape” case reveals possible irregularities in the management of operational materials by the service and prosecution during the regulation of the United Right. Key questions are:
- Were the recordings actually destroyed, or were they just removed from authoritative records?
- What kind of people had access to copies of a secret telephone call?
- Is revealing them now part of a political game or a consequence of organization chaos?
In view of the presence of materials in public space and the announcement of their continued use, investigators and state authorities will gotta precisely identify the origin of the leak and the possible criminal or disciplinary liability of public officials.
Regardless of the course of the investigation, the full case becomes another evidence of how Operational technologies, including Pegasus, can be utilized not only to fight crime but besides as Political Combat InstrumentIf there is no organization control and transparency of the activities of the services.
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CBA was expected to destruct Giertych and Tusk recordings. The tapes came back years later
