The Prosecutor's Office wants to remove the lawyer Krzysztof Wąsowski from the office of Fr Michał Olszewski. According to Dr. Bartosz Lewandowski, the actions of the “Bodnarists” are illegal.
The case is described in item by the portal atPoliticy.pl, which evokes the content of the prosecutor's letter of 30 October 2024. It states that, according to the order of the Administrative Court in Warsaw, Fr Michał Olszewski and Urszula Dubejko are prohibited from contacting another “witnesses” of the case. How did the “Bodnarists” court interpret this?
"The prohibition besides applies to you. In specified circumstances, further representation by your suspects (...) gives emergence to negative procedural consequences for the identified suspects (...) – in the event that you make contact with the suspects or in the unfair exercise of their rights of defence – in the absence of specified contact, and thus you cannot decently defend the interests of your superiors”, it is written.
In consequence to this letter mec. Wąsowski pointed out that in accordance with the law in force in Poland, “you must not question as witnesses: defenders.... Thus, no defender in a given case can witness.” He then recalled that he had been a proxy for Father Olszewski since 26 March, that is from the day of the arrest of the clergy.
“Not long after the first hearing, I was treated and admitted to trial by interrogators as a defence attorney. besides later (...) the investigators treated me as their defender, as evidenced by the issue of me - which was later regularly and “without problems” repeated - appropriate consents to the alleged barrister's appointments and the rich correspondence collected in the files of this proceeding", he emphasized in the further part of the answer by Mr Wąsowski.
Mec. Wąsowski there is no uncertainty that specified actions on the part of the “Bodnarists” aim to destruct him from the process of Fr Olszewski.
"The prosecution's behaviour is exacerbated by my impression that in this case it was not about getting from me any peculiarly crucial deposits made as a witness in this investigation, but about eliminating me from acting in this case as a defender of both Mrs. Ursula Dubejko and Fr.
"In conclusion, I would like to stress that I treat the prosecutor's letter as unprecedented, unauthorised and unfounded, besides far-reaching interference in the implementation of the constitutional right of defence serving both my Mandates - Mrs Urszula Dubejko and Fr Michał Olszewski. (...) In the light of the above, I am obliged to notify the ruling composition in the SA in Warsaw (...), all defenders, the Dean of the territory Bar Council, the president of the ultimate Bar Council, the Ombudsman and the applicable national and global institutions,” said Mr Wąsowski.
Dr. Bartosz Lewandowski commented on the case. "You know that in Poland AD 2024 found a way to destruct a very good defender from 1 of the most crucial for the criminal government?
I wipe my eyes with amazement... Well, Mr. Krzysztof Wąsowski, whose clients late paid for the prison walls after he successfully filed a complaint, received a letter from the prosecutor handling the Justice Fund case, in which he indicates that... Mr. Wąsowski cannot contact his clients. So he should quit his defense.
How? specified that the Prosecutor's Office – knowing that Mr. Wąsowski is simply a defence counsel of suspects – wanted to interview him as a witness (sic!), although Article 178(1) of the NCP forbids this. And now the D.A. says that if the court forbids suspects from contacting witnesses, he can't even talk to them.
Once again: Mr. Wąsowski took part in the trial activities, read the files, wrote an effective complaint, held visits to the temporarily arrested, but now that they are at large he cannot defend the clients.
I thought I'd seen a lot, but life can surprise...
In specified a situation, any defender can be eliminated erstwhile the prosecutor joyfully finds that the lawyer can be interviewed as a witness, although nothing came out of the hearing, due to the fact that the summoned simply refuses to answer questions," wrote Dr. Lewandowski.
Source: atPoliticy.pl, X platform
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You know that in Poland AD 2024 found a way to destruct a very good defender from 1 of the most crucial for the criminal government?
I wipe my eyes with amazement...
Mr Krzysztof Wąsowski @KAW1944whose clients late paid for the prison walls after... https://t.co/37qiTaio2m
— Bartosz Lewandowski (@BartoszLewand20) November 4, 2024
