The recent case of PO Deputy Beata Sawicka being arrested by the Central Anti-corruption Bureau (CBA) is the latest in a line of worrying developments for the state of civil-libities in Poland. I am hearing the stories in a somewhat sanitised way as my level of Polish means that I can not read or understand the news articles first-hand. However, as far as I understand things, this is a case of provocation. The term entrapment is a difficult one for many to fully deliniate as often law enforcement agencies have to play the role of criminals if they are to gather hard evidence. However, in this case it would appear that there was no previous history of corruption (I stand to be corrected, if you know of one) and so I fail to see what was the case put forward to the prosecutors’ office to authorise such an operation. I assume that the CBA did have to justify its actions, and it is not just free to target anyone. The lady in question does seem to have been extremely foolish, however, without the CBA’s instigation then I doubt any crime would have been committed. Therefore it is pure and simply entrapment. The CBA seems to be acting as a branch of PiS and not as a state institution dedicated to the defence of Polish people.
Yip, spot on. The fact that the head of CBA, Mariusz Kaminski, is also standing for election today for the government party is a strong indication that this is a de facto private PiS military force to purge their enemies - some of them corrupt, others just plain innocent - but it takes a while before they can clear their name.
ReplyDelete- The CBA are armed and negligent (e.g. Blida's death)
- They are politically controlled by the PiS party and act solely for their interest
- They act outside any accountable
structures
- They stage big sting operations
which are broadcast live on TV
- And very annoyingly, they have gammy voice distortions for their own security when they are interviewed on TV.
But most annoyingly of all, their initials can be confused with Canadian Bankers Association, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, Council for British Archaeology, Continental Basketball Association, Canadian Bar Asscoiation, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Center for Backyard Astrophysics, Chesslock, Bakker and Associates, and the Christian Brothers Academy.
I mean, do they have no google sense or whah?
AFter the political change, i think CBA's days are numbered, at least from a senior adminidtartion point of view, even if the agency stays.
ReplyDeleteGood for people to know.
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