Justice Minister Adam Bodnar has decided to revoke the suspension of the sentence imposed on Robert Bąkiewicz, leader of the Border Defense Movement. In December 2023, Bąkiewicz was sentenced to one year of unpaid community service for “violating the bodily integrity” of well-known provocateur Katarzyna Augustynek. The sentence was previously suspended, but today Bodnar ordered it to be carried out. What’s more, in his official statement, he refers to Augustynek as “Grandma Kasia,” as if he were her friend rather than a government official.
“On November 3, 2023, Robert Bąkiewicz was lawfully convicted for violating the bodily integrity of activist Grandma Kasia. The sentence – one year of restriction of liberty in the form of unpaid community service for 30 hours per month and a fine of 10,000 PLN to the victim. The then Prosecutor General, however, initiated clemency proceedings and suspended the execution of the sentence,” Bodnar wrote on Twitter.
“There is still no decision from the President regarding the pardon. As a result, for a year and a half the lawful verdict has not been executed. At the same time, we all see how the convicted person behaves after the ruling was issued. Therefore, in accordance with applicable law, I have decided to revoke the order suspending the execution of the final sentence. I concluded that there is no basis for Robert Bąkiewicz to continue benefiting from this privilege,” he added.
Legal experts commenting on the matter have unanimously stated that this is a case of politically motivated repression. “I wonder what the police officers who were publicly insulted by the activist ‘Grandma Kasia’ feel now, considering that her case, brought through private prosecution, has received such high-level intervention from the Prosecutor General himself,” remarked attorney Bartosz Lewandowski.
In addition to commentary about the repression of Bąkiewicz, internet users also posted videos of Augustynek’s vulgar “actions.” In one of them, she shouts toward Jarosław Kaczyński:
“Jarek!!! We’re gonna f…ing kill you soon!!!”