The sixth day has passed since the explosion behind the wall of the chief constable’s office, and we are still convinced – as after our football team’s games – that “nothing really happened”. There are no firings, no indications of those responsible for this scandal. And the mockery of all the servants continues.
The case is deadly serious. It is clear that an investigation by the prosecution is underway, so we probably won’t know the details of the event any time soon. However, it is difficult to understand that almost a week is not enough to draw consequences.
The Polish police became the object of ridicule both in Poland and abroad. And it’s not surprising. There are at least a few facts in this case that should not have happened.
So let’s ask the basic questions:
Is it a rule for the chief of police to accept military gifts from foreign services without checking what’s inside? What does the commander’s security look like? Is it a rule that the commander brings weapons to Poland (whether they are “working” or “used”) without declaring/checking such luggage at the border? Is it a rule that this gun (still uncontrolled) be placed in a room next to his office? Does the commander of the Polish police have such confidence in the heads of foreign services that he does not recommend that military gifts be examined for safety? Has anyone verified that the Ukrainians converted grenade launchers into loudspeakers, as Szymczyk claimed? It sounds grotesque, but why, for example, was Kiev not asked to play music from the second grenade launcher? Why did the general become suspicious, about which he spoke today in “Rzeczpospolita” (“Although life has taught me to rely on facts and evidence, in this matter I have serious doubts whether it was someone’s fault (…) There are many reasons why someone would either want to discredit me, or hurt me, or break off relations between the Polish and Ukrainian services”), only after a week after receiving the gift?
The Polish police should not have a boss who is not able to take care of his own safety at such an elementary level. Nor one that makes the whole operation a laughing stock. He has one today. General Jarosław Szymczyk says he feels like a victim in this case, but the term takes on a double meaning here.
It was wrong that the confirmation of the event only came after the media reported it several dozen hours later. Things go bad and beyond, because while the commander’s safety was clearly ignored, there are no culprits.
Inspector Szymczyk was very lucky that he literally did not lose his head as a result of the explosion. But it’s hard to imagine that his head didn’t figuratively “flew” as a result of this incident.
Source: wPolityce