“The testimony of a single person was enough to get me arrested,” revealed former associate of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Anna Wójcik, in an interview with Telewizja Republika. On Thursday, after two months, she was finally released from custody.
Shortly after 1 p.m., Wójcik emerged from the detention facility in Katowice. She had been held there for about two months in connection with an investigation into alleged irregularities at the Government Agency for Strategic Reserves (RARS). As reported multiple times, her imprisonment had a dramatic impact on her disabled son; the 13-year-old even attempted suicide.
Upon her release, Wójcik spoke to Telewizja Republika. According to her account, it appears that the so-called “Bodnarowcy” (prosecutors affiliated with Adam Bodnar, Minister of Justice – ed.) subjected her family to this ordeal based solely on one person’s testimony.
“I am bound by the secrecy of the investigation. I can’t go into details, but I just want to say one thing: as the media have already reported, I was simply slandered, and the testimony of one person—one person only—led to my arrest,” Wójcik stated.
She stressed that she will be able to reveal more details of the case in the near future.
Her remarks indicate whose testimony may have led to her detention. In recent days, investigative journalist Piotr Nisztor released the testimony of Paweł Szopa, who began cooperating with the prosecution. He reportedly told investigators that Wójcik had demanded a bribe of 5 million złotys in exchange for influencing the outcome of a public procurement process for power generators at RARS.
Previously, the former head of RARS, Michał Kuczmierowski, had already cast doubt on Szopa’s testimony.