TV Republika CEO Tomasz Sakiewicz has once again been summoned for questioning by the National Prosecutor’s Office. As he stated on air, he had expected such a move. “We are dealing with something typical of the final years of the communist era in Poland,” he said.
The National Prosecutor’s Office has once again summoned Tomasz Sakiewicz, CEO of TV Republika, to testify as a witness. The summons concerns a case being conducted against, among others, former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro. Sakiewicz has requested that prosecutors reschedule the hearing.
Was Sakiewicz expecting another summons? He was asked this question during a broadcast on TV Republika.
“Yes, because they were genuinely frightened at the time. From the very beginning, they had a plan to put me behind bars. That is what they are striving for,” the station’s CEO replied.
He also pointed to what he described as irregularities surrounding the summons.
“I was summoned to appear the day after tomorrow, while the Code of Criminal Procedure unequivocally guarantees seven days’ notice. Yet I am expected to appear the day after tomorrow, and on top of that, I have a court hearing that requires my mandatory attendance. There is a scheduling conflict, but I fear that nothing seems to matter to them anymore,”
Sakiewicz stressed.
“Revenge is all they have left. They want to satisfy their most primitive electorate with vengeance,” he said in his assessment of the situation.
Sakiewicz was also asked why other parties within the governing coalition have not reacted to incidents such as those currently taking place.
“We are dealing with something typical of the final years of the Polish People’s Republic (PRL). Remaining in this camp will bring no benefits anymore, and it will become a burden that people will carry for the rest of their lives. In reality, everyone who is part of the governing coalition today will be ashamed of what was happening. Because all of it will come to light. Exposing it will be just as compromising as being a communist at the end of the 1980s,”
Sakiewicz stated.