Judge Piotr Gąciarek sees nothing wrong with the fact that he has suspended the execution of a sentence for a fraudster who embezzled PLN 9.5 million in EU funds. The case was published on Friday by the portal wPolityce.pl. It didn’t take long for a member of the extremely politicized association of judges “Iustitia” to respond. Gąciarek is suing the National Judicial Council and Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro.
READ ALSO: Judge Gąciarek’s shocking decision! He suspended the execution of the fine against a fraudster who embezzled PLN 9.5 million from EU funds!
On Friday, we announced the shocking decision of Judge Piotr Gąciarek of the Warsaw District Court. It concerns the Zbigniew Z. case, who misled the Ministry of Economic Affairs and extorted EU money from the Operational Program Infrastructure and the Environment 2007-2013 using an unreliable document. It is about PLN 9.5 million. In September 2020, Zbigniew Z. received a ridiculously light sentence of two years in prison with a suspended five-year suspended sentence, a fine and an order for damages for the amount he embezzled. In March 2022, the fraudster was sentenced by SA in Warsaw to 4 years of absolute imprisonment. However, Gąciarek suspended execution of the sentence. And that means that Zbigniew Z. does not have to serve a prison sentence for the time being and he is (at this stage) not obliged to repair the damage, which the Ministry of Economic Affairs estimated at PLN 9.5 million! The judge ruled that the judgment of the SA in Warsaw “is affected by an irreparable legal defect in the form of improper staffing of the court (Article 439 § 1 point 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)”. As we reported on Friday, the reason for this “irremovable defect” is said to be the fact that two judges who ruled on Zbigniew Z. were nominated for SA with the participation of the National Court Register. This was enough to suspend the enforcement proceedings against the fraudster who had embezzled EU funds. The wPolityce.pl portal found that the judges whose status Gąciarek challenged are very experienced. They have been adjudicating in various instances for more than 20 years. They also do not hold positions in SA in Warsaw.
Gaciarek replies
The National Judicial Council became interested in the topic, which also posted on social media about Gąciarek’s decision. What am I interested in? He blames the Council and the judges who are not interested in the political crusade of Gąciarek and “Iustitia”.
The politicized judges and neo-judges of @KRS_RP who actively support the sick views of the judiciary a’la @ZiobroPL closer to Asia than the EU are responsible for chaos in the courts, for destroying the rule of law and for depriving citizens of law before a legally appointed court with independent judges
– wrote Gąciarek on Twitter.
Gąciarek’s provocative entry should come as no surprise. Fierce in his hatred of the National Judicial Council and judicial reforms, Judge Piotr Gąciarek is completely detached from reality. It is a pity that he continues his activism. He has made similar shocking decisions in the case of a drug dealer and a member of a group dealing with VAT carousels.
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Source: wPolityce