Attorney Adam Gomoła, defense counsel for Zbigniew Ziobro, commented on the court’s decision to impose pre-trial detention on the former minister of justice. “I have reviewed today the decision ordering the detention of Minister Zbigniew Ziobro. I cannot talk about what is in that decision, because the prosecutor would detain me as well for disclosing the secrecy of the investigation. Fortunately, no one can forbid me from saying what is not in that decision,” he wrote.
Following yesterday’s decision to place the former minister of justice, Zbigniew Ziobro, in pre-trial detention, the prosecutor issued an order to search for the PiS MP by means of an arrest warrant. The Warsaw Metropolitan Police published the wanted notice on its website, including Ziobro’s image and personal details. The Warsaw-Mokotów District Court refused to suspend the enforcement of the detention order.
“I have reviewed today the decision ordering the detention of the Minister,” Ziobro’s defense counsel, attorney Adam Gomoła, wrote on X.com.
“In the detention order against the former Minister of Justice there is NO reference whatsoever—even the most general one—to the factual circumstances relating to any of the TWENTY-SIX offenses alleged against him. I do not consider the mechanical copying of file page numbers from the case records to be an argument of this kind,” attorney Gomoła emphasized.
“The Court does NOT state what specific evidence proves the misappropriation of PLN 25 million under the agreement with the CBA, PLN 66 million under the agreement concluded with Profeto and other foundations and associations. There is NO reference to the allegation concerning the renovation of the National Prosecutor’s Office. There is NO mention whatsoever of how evidence favorable to the defense translates into the issue of the allegedly high probability that the Minister committed the acts he is accused of,” the defense counsel enumerated.
“There is NO reference whatsoever to the widely raised doubts regarding the credibility of the so-called minor crown witness,” attorney Gomoła added.
Why is Ziobro to be held accountable, and not Bodnar?
“There is NO reference whatsoever to why Ministers Ziobro and Romanowski are to be held accountable for attempted misappropriation of funds they did not disburse, while Ministers Bodnar and Rudzińska-Bluszcz are NOT to be held accountable for the misappropriation of more than PLN 7.5 million paid out on the basis of the same, allegedly defective agreements,” the defense counsel asked.
“Please do not easily give in to the propaganda of those who are pleased with this decision,” attorney Adam Gomoła appealed.
Zbigniew Ziobro’s defense has consistently maintained that the former minister of justice is a victim of political persecution and has no chance of a fair trial in Poland. Hence the decision to travel to Hungary and accept political asylum from the authorities there.