During a press conference today, the National Prosecutor’s Office announced that the investigation into the death of Barbara Skrzypek has been transferred to the Warsaw-Praga District Prosecutor’s Office. An autopsy on the woman is scheduled to be conducted today. The office is headed by Aleksandra Sroczyńska, who was praised by prosecutor Ewa Wrzosek over a year ago.
On Monday, Piotr Skiba, spokesperson for the Warsaw District Prosecutor’s Office, stated that the case materials would be forwarded to the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw in order to assign the investigation to a prosecutor’s office outside the Warsaw district.
Ensuring Impartiality
“In order to thoroughly examine the circumstances of this death, the case materials will be transferred to the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw to ensure a fair and transparent investigation. Our primary concern is to eliminate any doubts regarding the impartiality of the prosecutor’s office and its officials, as such concerns have arisen in the media over the past 48 hours,” Skiba said on Monday.
Warsaw-Praga Prosecutor’s Office – Leadership
Today, it was confirmed that the regional prosecutor has decided to transfer the case regarding Barbara Skrzypek’s death to the Warsaw-Praga District Prosecutor’s Office.
It is worth noting that the District Prosecutor of the Warsaw-Praga office is Aleksandra Sroczyńska. In February 2024, upon her appointment to this position, she received a kind of “endorsement” from prosecutor Ewa Wrzosek, who was involved in a case in which the late Barbara Skrzypek had been questioned.
“Prosecutors Małgorzata Adamajtis, Aleksandra Sroczyńska, and Piotr Kowalik guarantee independence, depoliticization of the prosecutor’s office, and accountability for past wrongdoings,” Wrzosek wrote on social media.
It is also worth mentioning the head of the 1st Investigative Division of the Warsaw-Praga District Prosecutor’s Office—prosecutor Hubert Podolak. In 2014, he was present at the headquarters of the Wprost weekly during an Internal Security Agency (ABW) operation. In 2009, he handled a case concerning Gazeta Polska, in which the prosecutor’s office collected information about editorial meetings.
Odwołania to jedno.
— e-wrzosek #FBPE🇪🇺🇵🇱🏳️🌈#FundamentalRights (@e_wrzosek) February 2, 2024
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Prokuratorzy Małgorzata Adamajtis, Aleksandra Sroczyńska i Piotr Kowalik dają gwarancję niezależności, odpolitycznienia prokuratury i rozliczenia patologii pic.twitter.com/hW4WByX6WK