Tuesday's court verdict concerned a trial that had been ongoing since 2018. The case included allegations of abuse of power when filling positions at the Supreme Audit Office in 2013. The indictment, filed by the prosecutor's office in August 2017, accused Kwiatkowski of four crimes, including activities related to competitions for the positions of director of the Supreme Audit Office's branch office in Łódź and deputy director of the branch office in Rzeszów. Jan Bury, former head of the PSL club, was also accused in the trial, who was accused of, among others, incitement to abuse of power.
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Suspension of Senator Kwiatkowski. The former president of the Supreme Audit Office issued a statement
The spokeswoman of the Civic Coalition club, Dorota Łoboda, announced that Senator Kwiatkowski issued a statement in which he emphasized his innocence and announced the fight for justice in the second instance. As she noted, the politician decided to suspend his membership in the club so as not to burden him with his case. “The senator clearly assures his innocence,” Łoboda said in an interview on TOK FM, adding that the court's verdict is not final, which means that Kwiatkowski remains innocent in the eyes of the law. According to the decision of the authorities of the Polish club KO, the former president of NIK was suspended for three months.
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Sentence for Kwiatkowski. Senator disputes evidence
During a conversation with journalists after leaving the courtroom, Kwiatkowski announced an appeal, criticizing the way the proceedings were conducted. He stated that the evidence in the case was based on “recordings cut up to suit a preconceived thesis” and emphasized that he had not yet received the originals of these materials. In a statement provided to the Polish Press Agency, the senator said that the court issued a verdict without sufficient evidence.
The court acquitted Kwiatkowski of one of the four charges, and Jan Bury of one of the three charges. Both defendants agreed to give their names to the media. However, the final decision on the appeal and further developments remain in the hands of the justice system.
